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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1946)
Page Six nome of m e croft L,uy costs have made it impossible for states m the percentage of state T he assessed valuati™. communities to maintain t h e i r support of the public schools. e rty behind each chiwt, schools within the limitations nor Throughout the nation, trend mally imposed. S t a t e support in school financing in recent years s,a ■' attendan“ thn»2 eliminate the necessity of most has been toward increasingly more tric ts Th " k»’ of these expensive special levy state support. Despite changes tricts. I he highest distnr s ta te has «2.122.900 elections. made in the fiscal picture in the child as contraster to th. The current teacher shortage last four years, Oregon still lags State Schools Face Crisis Unless Proper Measure Concluded on pag€ reflects the instability of school in this respect. Is Passed To Assure Future; People Urged To financing in the past. On the coast, per capita state Attend P.-T. A. Meetitng, Thursday Evening. Teacher-education graduates of aid to the schools of Washington the institutions of the state sys is $16.14; of California, $8.97, and Coming up for discussion at the State Basic School Support Fund tem of higher education have de of Oregon, $6.04. Expenditures per forthcoming P.-T. A. meeting, is initiative measure in tre general clined steadily in numbers or sev class room unit vary even more eral years. In 1931, the state sys the "Basic School Support” bill, election this coming November. tem sported the graduation of widely, being as follows: Cali The measure, its sponsors believe. fornia, $3,500; Washington, $2,200 which is considere a "must” for 1,177 teacher trainees. In 1934 and Oregon, $1,800, according to F u n eral Direct« future welfare of the state’s ele there were only 716 teacher grad-| figures published by the American mentary schools. Take from the and Endorsers of the Bill uates; in 1938. 701; in 1942, 368 Council on Education. Oregon Educational Journal is: and in 1945, 171. By June of 1946 J Ambulance Original sponsors of the state The variation in school support School financing today is a d if it was estimated that only 102 basic school support fund mea by districts in Oregon is tremen ficult and uncertain business. The teacher trainees would be gradu-' P*hone 1091 sure are being joined by an ever- dous and does not give every Ore ated. harrassed Oregon school boards increasing number of interested Crescent City, gon youth equility of educational know that. It is their difficult and Graduates are now far below opportunity. groups. The last report shows that often unappreciated duty to ob normal replacement requirements. tain the revenues to maintain these are endorsing: The result has been the extensive Oregon Federation of Women’s good educational facilities for the use of emergency taching cer youth of their districts. Schiol Oragnizations. tificates. Reports from the state Oregon Federation of Business teachers and administrators are department of education show that and Profesisonal Women's clubs. well aware of these problems The more than2500 of Oregon’s 8.254 Oregon State Grange. general public is becoming in teachers in 1945-46 were teaching Oregon Department of Am eri creasingly cognizant of the fact on emergency certificates. This can Legion. that "something must lx? done!” Oregon Department of Veterans shortage has been increasing for That "something” which can be the past ten years and is expected of Foreign Wars. done is to enact into law the We have a complete line of Raincoats for m Oregon J u n i o r Chambers of to be an acute problem for years to come unless more incentives Commerce. " omen and children. H urry and buy yours are developed to attract people Oregon Farmers Union. b e fo re th e r a in y seaso n sets in!! Original sponsors of the mea to the profession. Drop in, while in town, and visit our sure are the Oregon Congress of Teacher turnover is also an in Before Fall Rains Begin ! Parents and Teachers, the Oregon dication of financial unrest. The Store — and Remember our motto is: .-r«» State Association of S c h o o l OEA research department, on the Boards, The Oregon Educational basis of a sampling of half of Association, and Ronald E. Jones. Oregon’s first and second class school districts, found a 24 2 per is a workable solution to many cent turnover of the teaching of the school financing difficulties staffs throughout the state in of the present time. Their belief 1945-46. The turnover in third is shared by the important state class districts is always much It*« one big turpn ie after another wide groups which have already higher than in the larger districts. The Portland schools experi endorsed the measure, Now*, as when you redecorate a room with enced a turnover of 795 persons the election approaches, teachers Pittsburgh Techide. One coat 11 during the 1945-46 school year in and interested laymen can help sufficient over old wallpaper or to secure its passage by banding ?ioLntaining a teaching staff of other surfaces. An»l that one coat | together to present the facts to 1722 persons. Templar Hotel Bldg. Brookii Oregon lags behind its neighbor all the voters. General understand- may be applied in less than two h.xirs a n d dri** in o n * h o u r. You ; mg of the needs should assure its enactment. can actually hang up pictures 60 These needs are all too appar minutes after painting with Techidc. ent to school boards and Oregon Aak us to give you the wtiole story teachers. W ithin their local dis of this umaring wall paint. tricts, they know t h a t sound school financing is essential. Are these needs widespread, or are they purely local? Some of the ONE COAT COVERS incontrovertible facts pointing to Techide comes in paste form. Can current needs for statewide school support are indicated: be mised in just a jiffy! Local P.-T. A. Will Hear Discussion Of Proposed State “Basic School Support” Initiative, Of Coming Election Murdockt R0EDE1 DO Y O U N E E D A RAINCOAT? I)o That Painting Clothes for the FAMILY Smith’s Dept. Store R A D IO S " e Have I hese Radios In Stock—Pick Yours: EASY TO APPLY Abaciutely no mess' No need ti si-iape oft shabby old wallpaper. WASHABLE Techide walls may be quick!) washed with mild soap and water G allon... .$2.89 M x / e in 8 C o lo rs a n d W h i t * PITTSBURGH PAINTS C u r r y C o u n ty L u m b e r C o m p an y Brookings Oregon Increasing costs art forcing the school districts to exceed their 6% limitations. fror the school >ear 1946-47, 42 out of O regon's 45 first class school d istric ts found it n ecessary to ! hold special elections to exceed th eir c o n stitu tio n a l 6*5 lim ita tions, according to q u e stio n n a a ire re tu rn s com piled by the R esearch D e p artm en t of OEA. T he p ictu re lo r all school d istric ts w as h ard ly b e t te r , ep o rts showed th a t 86.6% of a ll school d istric ts w ere forced to vote special levy elections for the 1946-41 school year. S even m illion d o llars is a con serv ativ e estim ate of the am ount " hieh Oregon school d istricts w ere forced to levy beyond th e 69 lim itation in 1945-46 to m eet in creasing costs. 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