Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-07-14

date set for annual school meetings
throughout the state. In school dis
tricts employing only one teacher
it is not necessary to file for member
of school board or prepare printed
ballots. Candidates in one-teacher
districts may be nominated at the
meeting and voted upon. In districts
employing two or more teachers, can
didates for school board should file
and official ballots prepared or
printed. Date for filing has now ex-
pired. Of course names can always
be written on the ballots.
High School Transportation
We have always found school board
members interested in the welfare
of the school and the children. Quite
often, however, matters that the
school board has full right to decide
are left to the voters at the annual
or special meetings. This is pure
democracy and not so much repre-
sentative.
If the matter of high school trans
portation of rural pupils is left with
the voters at annual meeting, please
consider wisely and fairly.
Fifty-five of our 80 rural districts
are now paying high school trans
portation. All but few of these are
paying in full. Of the A rural dis
tricts not paying, 80 of them are
in the Pine City high school area.
The way the aids figure out now, the
state covers practically every cent
up to two and one-half or three dol
lars per pupil per month. The usual
rate is about four dollars per month.
This may be paid by the state in
full next year. No rural district
can make moral or financial mistake
in paying at least two and one-half
or three dollars per pupil per month.
Rural districts should not do less than
that, because the state offers to re-
pay them. Let's make it 100 percent
this year in furnishing high school
transportation to our Pine county
rural boys and girls that are inter-
ested in further education. We really
owe that much more to youth.
Supplemental Aid Levy.
Forty-five rural schools and all of
our nine high school districts quail
fed for the supplemental aids this
past year. Many rural districts pro-
flied over $1,000 and up to $4,000 ex-
ira aids to build up equipment, sup
plies, etc. 1t would pay you to study
your individual districts case care
fully. If rural districts decide to
qualify for the extra supplemental
aids, they should vote a flat 3O-mills
school levy. Most districts that have
bonds to pay will find that the large
amount of income tax aids, now COM
ing in, will now cover bonds and in
terest as they come due.
The Case of District SO.
District SO raised its levy $40 last
year so as to reach the required 80
mills. This has made it possible for
them to more than double their in
come because they have thus quail
fed for extra state aids amounting
to over $1,000 this past year. Over
80 percent of the entire income and
aids earned this past school year
(S2950) will be covered by state aids
earned this past year. Less than $500
will come from property taxes The
school years business will show a
gain of over $500 because the sup
elemental aids make it unnecessary
to spend little or none of the income
tax money. This district has two
schools but no debts.
Another way to figure it for district
SO is: State aids earned this year
will balance the entire cost of both
schools, and the entire taxes COL
lected are thus saved to increase cash
on hand. If the supplemental aid
levy had not been voted, they would