Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
School Lunches.
A. E. GUSTAFSON, County Supt.

A. E. GUSTAFSoN. County Supt
School Lunches.
The Rock Creek school, district 4,
has started a Federal warm lunch
project. Mr.. and Mrs. Barringer
have charge of it.
We contacted Mrs. Oderberg, who is
supervisor of the women's projects,
and she states that all efforts pos
sible are being made to get the
Kingsdale, Cloverton and Bruno warm
lunch projects in action but certain
local problems or factors prevent.
These we hope will be ironed out,
such as certiication for those to take
charge and provisions made for ade-
quate space, etc.
Harold Weberg, who teaches the
Twin Lakes Indian school, district
90, has As children enrolled. A COM
plete hot dinner is served at school
to all pupils. Transportation is pro-
vided and attendance now is very
good.
PIT. A. Activities.
Sturgeon Lake, district 40. is plan
ming on organizing community Par
ent-Teachers' Association. This will
add much to the community social
and educational activities. We hope
that their splendid new three-room
school building will be ready by next
September. Shortage of certified
skilled labor has somewhat DELAYED
the project.
Children's Diseases.
Scattered cases of the less injuri-
Gus children's diseases remind us that
you should aim to read the weekly
news column in our papers that covers
the health service and nursing serv-
ice. Mrs. E. B. Linsley, Mrs. Herb.
johnson, Mrs. Harvey Reid, Miss Vir-
ginia Karlson and others furnish val
liable advice, information and health
news from time to time. In regard
to the mild communicable diseases
such as measles, "scarlatina", chicken
poX, ETC., let us always remind the
children that they must have proper
care and warmth or the complica-
tons and effects will generally leave
lifelong defects and sometimes will
result in death at an early age.
Aids in Danger Again.
The Association of Supplemental
Aid Schools in Minnesota held a
meeting at the Curtis hotel Saturday
afternoon for the purpose of opposing
and discussing the report of the
Legislative Interim Commission that
has been making a study of school
aids. Some of the things that we
are afraid the Interim Commission
will put over that will seriously af-
feet our schools and our hopes for
more adequate aids are:
(D They may abolish all classifi-
cation, departmental and library aids.
(2) They may reduce apportion-
ment aid about $1.40 per pupil. (This
would cut Pine about $1,000 annual
ly.)
(3) They may limit high school
transportation aid for transportation
of rural pupils to high school to only
five dollars per year. Thus the start
we made four years ago to equalize
educational opportunities and thus in
crease our high school enrollments
will be almost entirely lost.
(4) They may reduce the basis for
supplemental aid from $50 to $50 for
elementary pupils and from 500 to
$50 for high school pupils. (This
would reduce Pine about Is per cent?
50 Apparently they will do moth
ing about recommending that the bal
ance of the net income tax returns
be used actually and directly to pay
state aids in full.
(6) Evidently they will insist that
no additional legislative appropria-
tons be made to make it possible
to pay the state aids according to
law, so aids will be pro-rated at lower
rates than ever before. Less school
aids means higher local taxes.
The above actions would completely
knock out many of our struggling
Pine county schools. This was pre-
dicted in this column several times in
recent months.
The Association of School Boards
and Superintendent known as the
Association of Supplemental Aid
Schools" and all other school or
CARNATIONS in Minnesota do not ap-
prove of the above six points that
may be forced upon us at this ses-
sion. Perhaps if more of the in
fluential citizens of Pine county would
actively join us in our losing fight
for more adequate and more definite
state aids to schools, we could hope
for forward progress and not be
forced backward. Try it.