The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
SCHOOL COSTS In STATE IS
1854 PER INHABITANT
Garrett County Spends Largest
Amount Per Person, Ac-
cOrding to Table.

For every man, woman and child
in the state in 1928 1854 was spent
to keep the public schools in opera
tion," figures compiled by the State
Department Of Education show, ac-
cording to Albert S. Cook, State Sup
erintendent of Education.
This amount is exclusive of all con-
struction costs and was spent for
maintenance only, he said Tuesday.
Maintenance" he explained, in
cludes teachers salaries, administra-
tive and supervisory stats, buying Of
books and supplies, heating, cleaning
and repairing buildings and trans
porting and providing health service
for pupils. In 1921, Nh. Cook said,
the amount in this particular for the
United States as a whole was ap-
proXimately $40 per person.
In the average county of Mary
land" Mr.. Cook said, " only $500 per
person was spent for maintenance,
but this amount varied from S5.03 in
the poorest county, St. Mary's, to
5000 in the wealthiest, Baltimore
county. In the latter there exists a
welI-trained, well-superviseda and we'll
paid staff, giving a rich and varied
curriculum.
THE county spending the most
money per person is Garrett. Here
S1066 was spent for maintenance.
This is because that county is noun
famous and very sparsely populated
Because Of the large number of one
teacher schools there this county is
spending more per inhabitant than
any other county, although it has the
most poorly trained teaching staff
and pays the lowest salaries Of any
county.
Baltimore city, with an allowance
Of 1923 for each inhabitant, is sur
passed in total maintenance cXpendi-
ture per inhabitant by four counties
only. These are Garrett and Balti-
more counties, and Kent and Queen
Anne's counties, the latter two spend
ing, respectively, 1886 and S949 an
nually for each inhabitant for main
tanning their schools.
"Of the amount spent by each coun-
ty, part was contributed by the county
and part by the state. For each in
habitant in the state the latter con-
tributed S6.57 for school maintenance.
The average county spent $500, this
figure ranging from S2.07, in Calvert
county, to 1886 in Baltimore county.
Baltimore city, which spent $7.81, was
the second highest contributor. The
only counties putting up less than 81
per inhabitant were Charles county,
which spent S245; St. Mary's, S2.47;
Somerset, 1854; Calvert, S2.07, and
Worcester, 1881.
"The purpose in having state aid is
to help the poorer counties. The lar
gest amount Of state aid per inhabi-
tant went to Garrett county, which
received S5.06; Calvert, 4.53, and
Somerset, 81. The smallest amounts
were received by the richest sections,
such as Baltimore city, which re-
ceived SLAP; Anne Arundel county,
S1.S3; Baltimore county, S2.02; Wash
ington county, $500; Allegany coun-
ty, S2.14, and Montgomery county,
1924.
"Anne Arundel county received
comparatively little on account of the
comparatively few high schools there.
For Maryland, one-foulth of the
amounts expended for school mainte-
nance came from the State Treasury.
On the average in the United States
the proportion of aid given by each
state is one-third of the total main
tenance cost. Maryland, with only "a
per cent, therefore, is not providing as
| large a proportion as the average
state"
The amounts contributed by the
state and by each county per inhabi-
tant for 1928 were as follows:
County. Locality. State,
90