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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1946)
ia Y, OCTOBER 3, 1946 u ^ g P ^ .^ p S - H A R B O R PILOT, BROOKINGS P.-T. A. Will Hear Discussion ;oposed S tate “Basic School ort” Initiative, Of Coming Ejection nation. We must take what steps we can to assure the continuance of a sound, general system of edu- cation to assure the educational tuture of our youth. Our schools are not expensive. 1 hey have been so well managed ed from Page S ix posed m easure are: that the actual per-pupil cost of 1. To give every child an even education is surprisingly low. In (y $455. This is a ratio of chance b y equalizing Oregon's its fourth preliminary research re 1-an extreme example, educational opportunities. port dated June, 1946, the Oregon iting up an existing cir- A rticle VII, Section 3, of the Tax Study commission says that e The high Oregon coun Oregon constitution s a y s that of the II Western states, “Only valuation of $34,801 be- “The legislative assembly shall one state, Arizona, had a lower ch child; the low county provide by law for the establish per capita cost for schools in $3,502—a ratio of 10 to 1. m ent of a uniform and general 1942 than Oregon’s $18.52." Of our I tax rates also vary as system of common schools.” Ac- state and local governmental ex depending on the circum - tually, the state has never made penditures in the 1943-44 fiscal of school districts. The adequate provisions to carry out year, school exjienditures account district pays 61.9 mills as this m andate of the fram ers of, ed or only 22%, or about one- ted to a low of 1.0 mills, the constitution. fifth of the total cost for state ge is 61.9 to 1. and local governmental functions. 2. To eliminate the uncertain gh a system of s t a t e ty that comes from the year-to- These facts should re-assure the upport which provides for year financing, and to stabilize general public. Our school costs ition, some of these g rea t school support to permit long- are very reasonable; our school (ties could be elim inated, range planning. systems are well managed. But initiative measure for a good management alone cannot 3. To finance the program with avert the crisis which is bound sic School Support Fund (pared with care to m eet sta te funds so that support need to come if our system of financing stions point out. On the not come through the property public schools rests on a shaky $50 per census child, it ta x alone, but can be drawn from foundation. The state basic school led that the m easure will the income tax receipts or from support fund m easure is that tpproximately $15.000.0001 such other sources as the legis badly needed firm foundation. schools of Oregon. If pass- lature may provide. The property (Local explanation of this m ea measure would supplant tax is the only source of funds sure will lx* heard at the forth pr forms of school revenue available to the county and local coming P.-T. A. meeting, billed for Thursday night at the high from the state, except school district. To attract and keep quali- school. Wide attendance is urged). small amount of the ir- i:e school fund — about fied teachers by establishing the schools on a sound financial basis. annually.. (resent the state is piovid- The method of apportionment ut 10 million dollars an- of the funds is left to the legis of state support. This fund latu re to decide. But the bill spe- up of the 5 million of the cifificfially states that the distri Labeling of butter m u s t be support fund. 3 million bution shall be designed to equal is a biennial appropriation, ize education apportunities and brought in line with the actual out 2 million from the ele- conserve and omprove the stan butter quality, officials of the de f)' school fund. All of this dards of public elem entary and partm ent of agriculture, at Salem, 1 is currently offset by in secondary education throughout said. Monday, in asserting that insistence will be placed upon the tax receipts. j the state. basis school support fund Oregon’s schools are good, but correct and propert labeling of rt* would require only about they could be made better thru this commodity. Kenneth E. Carl, assistant chief ton dollars beyond t h e sound financing. We are proud which the state is already of our system of public education, of the diviison of fods anod d air Ming. It could be offset by , yet we know that the schools are ies in charge of dairy’ -enforce ‘ tax receipts. j facing a period of crisis just as ment, pointed out that 50 per basic objectives of the pro- are all the schools throughout the cent of a quality butter is picked up in Portland stores was mis labeled as to grade. “We failed to find single pound labeled as grade B bu tter in the stores w h e r e purchases were i made. But when the samples had been analyzed, just about half of th at butter m arked or labeled as Grade A. was actually grade B.” and Apparel Shop This condition is not confined j to Portland and as rapidly as pos sible the departm ent is moving to Brookings , correct the situation, which is a Butter Labels Must Be On All Sold OREGON Home of The Croft Lily quality defect brought about so much by w ar-tim e conditions. The greatest emphasis in correction will be placed before the cream ery operators and bu tter graders and m akers because through a Page Seven program of this type officials will be able to realize in quickest pos sible time their insistence upon proper labeling. Try Classified Aits Excavating They pay! Sand - Gravel Shovel Backhoe Dragline Road Rock Fill Material River Silt READY - MIX CONCRETE BASEMENTS FOUNDATIONS SIDEWALKS RETAINING WALLS All kinds of Concrete Work M OORE’ S A R I E T Y K ellogg & Bihl Yelton Apts. 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