Milford chronicle., 1931-05-01
GOVERNOR SIGNS
100000 SCHOOL
BUILDING BILL
CCOntiHRed from FIRST Pagel


which recognized and provided fol-
the differential in cost of educating
the children in the various grades
This will be divided on the following
basis: $50 per pupil for those in the
tenth, eleventh and twelfth, or high
school grades; $82 per pupil for the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades
and the remainder to be divided on
the basis of the number of pupils in
grades I to 6, divided into the bal
ance left and after the first two
group deductions are made.
Aside from the generosity in APP
preparations this year was the
change made by House Bill No. Al
under which each board of trustees
in special districts consists of four
members of whom not more than
two are TO be of the same political
party, but making no reference to
politics in schools outside of special
school districts. House Bill Al also
provides that the State Board of Ed
ucatiOn shall consist of six instead
of four members and that four of
these shall be selected from the four
subdivisions of the State and two at
large and that not more than three
shall be of the same political party.
House Bill No. 85 requires all tea
chers to take the oath of office be-
fore. getting a certificate House Bill !
No. 139 provides a compulsory |
school attendance law for Whining
ton which this district has not had |
before.
Finds Present System Best
The question has been raised
whether the day will come when all
schools throughout the State will
come under the direct control of the
State Board of Education. Asked
what he thinks of this plan DR.. Hol-
lOway believes the present system
underwhich special districts, which
may desire by special taxes to sup
plement their educational facilities,
is far better than to have all dis
tricts in the State under the direct
control of the State school depart
ment.
One of the reasons this question
has arisen is that in every special
school district, and this is particu-
larly true in Wilmington, there are
children attending school who live
outside the boundaries of that dis
trict. DR.. Holloway says that this
works out to the economic adVan- ;
tage of these special district schools. !
He cited an example. Assuming that
there is a classroom which con- ]
tains room for 80 children and there ]
are % from the limits of the dis !
trict occupying seats there. Should {
the other five seats be occupied by /
children outside of the district, the t
special school district would receive
$3.50 more year from the State {
school fund on the per pupil basis {
for looking after these children who I
could be taken care of with little if '
any increased overhead expense.
Some of the special school districts, t
Dr. Holloway pointed out, have gone Il
so far as to provide for transporta- t
ion of pupils outside of the district s
n order to fill the classroom and get Il
he additional allowance per pupil a
which would come from the State
und. Il
Transportation Fundamental i,
There has also been some ques- Il
ion as to how much further the Il
State should go towards paying u
money for the transportation of Il
Dr. Holloway said that q
is a modern necessity
n the modern school in order to u
i've every child, no matter where he u
ives in the State, equal educational el
opportunity. He said that with con- c'
olidated schools it often happens
hat children live from Z to 10 miles 81
way from high schools and there is u
10 reason why because of the dis a
ance from the school, they should pi
ot have the opportunity to attend. d;
when reasonably administered" VI =.
)r. Holloway added, transportation -
children to schools is sound and ll pl
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