Smyrna times., 1924-11-05
SCHOOL BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
TWO YEARS SHOWS INCREASE
BOARD OF EDUCATION FILES
ESTIMATE WITH GOV. DENNEY
Ask Total of S4,694,936 as COmpar-
ed With Four Million Dollars
of the Previous Two Years

ed With Four Million Dollars
of the Previous Two Years
According to the budget filed by the
State Board of Education at the hear
ing before Governor Denney last Fri
day it will require $4,694, 1886 to meet
the expenses of the public schools of
Delaware for the two years beginning
July l, 1925. The amount asked for
the year beginning July /, 1925 is
S2,322,474 and S2,372, ,462 for the two
years beginning July 1, 1926. The
last General Assembly appropriated
for this purpose 100000 each year
OF the present biennium and added for
the present year 100000, contingent
upon the collection Of school taxes.
The budget of the State board, there
fore, represents only about one per
cent increase over this latter sum.
The board spread before the Governor
the composite budget made compiling
the budgets of the various districts.
! special districts and the CITY of Will
mlngton. The grand total of these
for the year 1925-26 was S3,27O,21O.
but from that the board had deducted
S941,136, which it is not customary
to add in the general school budget.
such items as debt service, transpor-
tatiOn Of pupils, Americanization.
/ Wilmington's contribution to the sup
port of its schools and funds obtained
/ from the sale Of bonds, Similarly for
l926-27 the grand total was S3,O92,-
59O from which was deducted for the
same reasons the sum of S72O.128.
The supplementary budget which is
recommended for the decision of the
General Assembly carries the follow
ing items for 1925-26:
Scholarships and Other Items Included
Scholarships for training elemen-
tary teachers at University of Della
ware (same as formerly, $4,000;
AmericanizatiOn, (same), $4,000;
Smith-Hughes matching fund, (same)
$4,000; transportation of pupils,
tS25,OOO, increase), $13O,O00; debt
service carried by State up to 1923,
/ but not since, $178,736 For the year
l926-27 the supplementary budget is
as follows: Scholarships, (same), S12,-
900; Americanization, (same) ,$25, 900;
Smith-Hughes, (same), $4,000; tran
SpOrtatiOn of pupils, $4,000 increase)
Sl35,OOO; debt service, $135,928.
Uniformity in Opening and Closing
The State Board of Education in
session at Dover last week considered
several matters of vital interest to
the educational interests Of the State
The question of uniformity of the
daily operating and closing schools in
Delaware was taken up and after dis
cussion, it was decided to defer ac-
ton until the next meeting, in the
meantime a letter to be sent to all the
teachers in the State asking to the
hours Of opening and closing. Mrs.
Mary w. Thompson with other men,
bers of the Board of Trustees of Wal
nut Green School asked permission to
erect an additional room at the Wal
nut Green School building. After
hearing Mrs. Thompson and others at
the morning session of the oBard. the
matter was taken up again at the af-
ternoon session just prior to adjourn
ment and permission was granted for
the erection of the additional room
provided that the State Board be not
asked'or required to pay any part of
the expense of same.
Rice's School Consolidated with FELTON,
A petition from Rice's School Dis
trict, No. 12O, Kent county, for con-
solidatiOn with FELTON, School District,
No. 81, was approved by the Board.
The Board authorized the appoint
ment of Everett Long, Gardiner L.
Thomas and Asa Bennett as trustees
for the Frankford-Kelly consolidated
district in Sussex county. They will
retain office until June, 1925.-The
case of Mary Beauchamp, the unqual-
flied teacher at Whiteville School Dis
trict No. 95 in Sussex county, whom
the trustees will not discharge was
disposed of by asking her to discon-
tinue teaching because of failure to
have certificate to teach and neces- !
sarily is not qualified for teaching
Business Manager Adams made re-
port of the sale of several vacated |
schools in Kent county which was ap-
proved.