Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-02
Eye SHALL KNOW
THE TRUTH"

To dissolve the Willow River Con-
solidated School District at this time.
and turn it over to the semi-bankrupt
schools of the Pine county "unorgan-
lied Territory School District" could
not possibly help the standard of our
splendidly equipped school, nor. can it
possibly help the tax situation, for
the following reasons:
A. The Willow River School and
School District is in excellent shape
1 On cash basis. This year we
are earning over $4,000 in state aids
Enrolment and curriculum one
of the best in Pine or Carlton coun-
ties.
3 Building and equipment, of the
very best, and meet the state stan
dards and requirements
State aids earned this year will
exceed our expenditures for opera
ton, equipment, etc.
Conservative local management
and excellent cooperation.
Our school system serves wide
territory around here very efficiently
and at state expense.
Politics and personal grievances
or grudges should never have a place
in the operation of any school system
World wide depression should not
cause people to become insane and
give up one of their most valuable
possessions good school.
B. The Unorganized School District
is undesirable for us. because:
1t is usually made up of districts
dissolved because of bankrupt condi-
ton, scarce population. etc. None
of these cases or conditions apply
| to US.
Territory" is now over bonded and
| bankrupt" and the school warrants
are discounted SO.
We understand that Pine county
"unorganized territory warrants
paid for services at Bruno. etc. are
already on SO discount basis.
| c. The state laws would take away
our present advantages and turn them
over for the benefit of the morgan
lied Territory District at Large. The
Laws provide:
That the County Board of Educa-
ton takes over our cash on hand, ALI
taxes due and past due that come in.
all future taxes collected. all state
aids due now, and all state aids re-
ceived in the future.
2 The County Board of Education
may spend this money at will, and
collect over go for commissions, etc
for spending it, The Laws provide
this.
Our present district must pay for
all bonds against it to date, and the
unorganized territory or any other
territory cannot and will not assume
any portion of them. The laws pro
vide this also.
But any bonds floated in the un
organized territory after we join it,
we would have to pay our share. So
says the law. Hence we would soon
be paying double load of bonds.
) Our building and splendid up-to-
date equipment would be no longer
possession of this present school dis
trict, but would be the property of
the Unorganized Territory, (under
remOte-political control and no longer
under patriotic local control.) They
could move our Science equipment,
ETC., to Bruno or ClOverton.
ID. Since change at this time could
not possibly improve our financial
condition, our equipment, our stan
H. rdS our chOOl rating or our ClaS-
sification: and since it could not pos
sibly ION the face of the existing
conditions or facts) help our tax stu
alton, there must be other reasons
for change that are not true or
fair reasons.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Willow River School
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