The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-07
FURTHER CUTS
SCHOOLS.
SAYS WILSON
If We Operate, There Can't
Be More SIaSheS,' Adjust
ment Board Is Told.
ACTION IS AWAITED
County Group Goes Into
Secret Session to Make
Up Its Mind.

An adamant, unrelenting school
board reaffirmed its stand against
any further reduction of the In
dianapolis school budget, before the
county tax adjustment board today.
and backed it's position with the
cry Our children's future must not
be sacrificed"
Acting as spokesman for school
officials, Russell Wilson, school
board president, warned that IF
schools are to operate, there can't
be any more cuts"
The adjustment group presented
school officials with three main pro-
posals for slicing the budget so as
to reduce the school city levy from
$1087 to less than 81.
Each of these items, the $425, 900
sinking fund, teachers salaries and
insurance on school properties, was
defended vigorously by Wilson.
Having failed to slice the county
and city budgets, adjustment board
members, it appeared, had resolved
to make substantial cuts in the
school budget" They go into Sc
cret session at 100 this afternoon
to take action.
Cut Salaries More?
A plan to cut teachers salaries
another per cent and warning
that the sinking fund could not be
touched" were before the board
when it adjourned at noon.
We're not going to abandon our
sinking fund, regardless of what
your board thinks" Wilson plain
ly told the board.
He was supported in defense of
teachers salaries by Parent Teacher
Association representatives at the
session.
Explaining that 1000 city school
teachers have taken salary reduc-
tons of HIT per cent, Wilson
candidly informed the adjustment
group: This school board has gone
the limit in cutting salaries"
Teachers spend years in prepara-
ton. They only are paid for ten
months, not twelve, and often spend
the summers in further training"
Mrs. Neil Waterbury, a taxpayer,
declared.
Thinking of Own Pockets
Suggestion the school budget
might be reduced by not insuring
some school buildings next year
raised heated opposition among
school officials. This budget item
only is about $4,000.
ut would be laughable to do away
with protection on our school
property" Wilson asserted.
He declared the budget already
had been reduced 1857 900, including
the following reductions: salaries
and personnel, lit per cent;
supplies, 1880 per cent; capital out
lay, 499 per cent; utilities, per
cent and maintenance. 1863 per cent.
Too many are thinking of having
money in their pockets today at the
sacrifice of the future of the chill
dren," Sam Garrison, school board
member, said at close of the session.
ANY reduction in the school
budget means somebody will lose a
job, means somebody's child will go
out of school," he said.
Lean to $1.5O Levy
At the conclusion of school board
arguments, it appeared the tax adj
justment board is leaning more and
more toward adoption of the $3.50
tax levy.
None of these officials wants to
reduce" declared John Newhouse,
county councilman and adjustment
board member, land, unless they re-
lent, I am in favor of letting the
$3.50 tax limit law be enforced"
Vote of only three members of
the adjustment group IS necessary
to prevent the raising of the tax
rate above the $3.50 limit.