The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-31
What's Wrong With 1t?

WHAT'S Wrong with 1t.
stressed by of the of the school
organization BILL in his discussion before the people assembled
at the hearing Wednesday night that reorganization
mandatory and that the presented
his statement would have carried considerable weight
perhaps with the listeners but cogent adj
vanced by him as to why immediate action
did he outline detail the special merits claimed by
for the measure proposed.
Admittedly, there for Improvement school
SYSTEM but the undertaking broad of such vital
that should not be undertaken without careful
sderaon of all of the implications of proposed
It the opinion of this writer that there features
of the proposal that fundamentally One
the entire state This sort OF legislation cannot be carried out
with fairness to local conditions, varying widely
sections of the state The against this by the
ponents that provide the election of school boards
representing generally all of the districts the state But this
argument is refuted by the other fundamental in the
proposed plan, and that the establishment of this School
Reorganization Commission which would actually be die
atora body with practically unlimited authority in control
ing school system Whether or not this attempt to esab
sh dictatorship school system by small group of
political appontees by the deliberate not
submit that it is fundamentally wrong and IN essence undem
ocratc
AS the bill under discussion drawn approval every
action by local district authorities must be secured from the
And without doubt that authority to
dsapprove will be inherited by the State Board of Education
which the members of the commission 1.-TWO
years. appointed, expire.
This of course gets down to the thing that oascaly
with the entire proposal which is that places
finally entire educational system the hands of the gov
and direct control exercised by the
people The governor appoints TINS commission endowed WIN
absolute the reorganization and with the authority
overu the wishes and decisions OF local boards and when
the commissions lapses the termination OF its exist
ence, the State Board Of Education takes
Perhaps of looking for mscreants under
submit that there at least for
suspicion of the motives for rushing their
plan through at this time
Everyone we'll that there is strong Republican
majority of the houses and the party discipline
pears fairly we'll established with comparatively few
dssdents The bill for reorganization OF the school
SYSTEM by setting up sort of hierarchy of political ap
pointees, will at the time develop political machine
expected to function with extraordinary smooth
Subject the final decisions of this of Fords
apponees will be the local boards the city superintendent
will control the teachers of their county dis
commission with which it will be most healthy for
local boards and superintendent to get along.
It obvious that there number of representatives
of the majority party who do not like the bill
and provisions it's present form Amendments will be
offered might be remembered that the proponents may
expected make amendments which their face look
then rush the bill through There is only certain
way the dangers inherent in the bill and that to
kill And get another study of school system under
commission representative of various groups the
of the committee to be definitely determined by an
act legislature appropriation provided for it's
work.