The Coolidge examiner., 1937-08-12
Stop And Reconsider
Our School Problem
Before 1t Is Too Late
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for our school of 1864; There
was also our State and County tax
rate of 2.77; Also the San Carlos
Irrigation acreage tax of S3.05 per
acre besides Electrical District
obligations. In Electrical District
No. 2 the tax rate is s.1S56 plus
acreage tax of $347; In Electrical
district No. the tax rate is S.772
plus acreage tax of $3.50; There
fore. if living in Electrical District
No. 2 the taxes for 1886 per $100
valuation was for State. County
Schools. and Electrical District No
2 S492: plus San Carlos Irrigation
and Electrical District No. 2 per
acre tax of s3.397: If living in
Electrical District No. the per
500 valuation tax was $55064 plrs
San Carlos Irrigation and Electrical
and Electrical District No. per
acre tax OF 1884.
Let us stop and reconsider our
school problem and not rush head
long into something which would
jeoparidize our future progress and
the welfare of our school children.
Our present Grammar School
grounds are not large enough to ac-
comodiate present requirements
and | understand as long as three
tax rate per $4,000 valuation was
1.69779 for our High School district
and 1865 for our Grammar
or four years ago the children were
divided and given different recess
periods in order to relieve the
crowded play grounds. This is not
conducive to first class work inside
while children outside are echoing
sounds of pleasure from their play.
Since the grounds are inadequate
TO take care of the present needs,
other grounds are necessary before
we build extensively, but that
takes more money and too long to
acquire a site to relieve the crowd
ed situation of the class room for
the present. A parent realizes the
future of the child is best protected
by protecting present loop-holes
in the budget and not going beyond
the purse strings when there is a
safe way out by carefully planh-
ing. How do We manage at home
when our purse is low and a dire
need arises. We get along the best
we can on our purse allowances to
tide us over until we can go ahead
and Alright our position. 1t is ser
ious problem when we realize tie
danger we are exposing our chill
dren to by building an addition on
to our present school building dur
ing the school year. Besides the
danger. there would be the noise
of construction which would intel
fere with the study periods and the
clutter from building materials,
that would of necessity have to be,
would interfere with the play
Here is a plan that has Deen
suggested by parents that would re-
lieve the crowded situation and still
not leave us with a hazardous out
look. The addition 20 our gram
mar school as has been suggested
in the call for a $37 100000 bond
levy to be voted on August II.
could not possible be ready for tie
children before next spring ana
could not possibly take care OF oul
growing pains after that, but D.
voting NO" on the proposed bond
levy we could ask for special levy
out of our general fund to build
and equip dS AA"A'
portable bungalow type building
as needed for round about Sl,oOo.oo
apiece, and in that way keep cur
building down to very snn@' II
fisure in comparison with S3f ,oVo.
We would. by this procedure, not
only be avoiding another bond IS
sue but would have something we
could get ready for the crowded
condition this fall and something
that would be a valuable asset for
our growing needs as future de
mands. One of the bungalows
could even be placed in North
Coolidge and one placed in South
Coolidge for the primary grades
this fall and in that way the small
children would not have to cross
our busy streets going to and com
ing from school. Phoenix has
used this bungalow type method
for years in their crowded sections
and are real proud of the manner
in which they cope with the un-
certain tide of school population.
1t won't be long until North Coz