Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Public School disbursement Of
Shenandoah Compare r avor-
ably With Other Counties

AT a meeting Of the County School
Board on June IS. 1928. the following
resolution was introduced and adopted.
WHEREAS A statement has been pub
lished to the effect that the Board of
Supervisors has entered an order
looking to an accounting of the public
school funds of Shenandoah County,
and
WHEREAS A statement has been pub
lished by the Board of Supervisors
showing the expenditure of large sums
of money for public education, and
WHEREAS The County School Board
| is vitality interested in the judicious
disbursement of the school funds of
this County.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the School Board of Shenandoah
County:
First That the success of our school
system is so close to the happiness and
welfare of our people, that unfair and
unjust controversies should not be al
lowed to interfere with the rendition
of the best services which our school
facilities can afford. To the end,
therefore, that everything should be
done that in reason can be done to
maintain and promote the efficiency
of the public schools in this County,
and to the end that the rich and poor
alike may have the opportunity of an
education as contemplated by law, tn,
County School Board desires to put
itself on record as being willing to CO.
operate to the fullest extent with the |
Board of Supervisors and the public at
large in securing and preserving, byl
the most economical and efficient
methods, those advantages to which
our children are entitled.
Second That requests have repeated
ly been made, and are hereby renewed,
that the Board of Supervisors investi-
gate for themselves the various
disbursements of the School Board. |
The County School Board will aid in
every practicable way an audit, asl
provided by law, of the school fund
and all other accounts incident thereto
with the view that such an investiga- |
ton may lead to the discovery of more
efficient methods of administrative |
control of the school problems of this
County,
Third That the published statement |
of the Board of Supervisors, in show
ing funds used by the public school
system, necessarily shows large ex-
penditures. The cost of operating the
public schools, like the cost of operat-
ing all other public work, has greatly
A comparison, however,
of the cost of operation in Shenandoah
with other similarly situated counties
of the State, is not disparagiDg TO our
School Board whether in the matter
of the salary of teachers or the super
or operating expenses. The
total per capita costs on enrollent for
the past session of 1921-1922 in Loudoun
County was $50 So; in Fauquier Coun-
ty, $27.26; in Rockingham, Frederick,
Clarke, and Albemarle Counties, be-
tween s21 90 and $500; in Shenan-
doah County, s27.72; in Page County
with only half the number of teachers
as in Shenandoah, $40 81. 1t is to be
that during this same
Sc ssion, Shenandoah County was put
to an unusually large expense in erect
ing new buildings costing 81, 1898,
equipping buildings with furniture at
a cost of $1,853.17, and in retiringl
bonds and interest thereon in the sum
Of $18,3l4.317.35. By deducting the
amount of these three items, the per
capita cost in Shenandoah County is
reduced to $1,000 per child.