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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1947)
aj‘ "W o rld ’s Finest C lim a te -' Pape Srt*-n WOO COSTS SUM HKH h> Tbs Brookings-Harbor School District? fE 1927-28 SCHOOL Y E A R - i School Enrollm ent has increased........................ 557 ■ — Per High School Pupil has DECREASED... 22 THAT, whereas there is approximately 300 'r increase sus, the amount allowed under the constitutional 6 ition has increased from $7,217.00 to $10,950.00, or .which amount includes Harbor's addition to the Brook- base at the time of consolidation. FOR THE 1947-1948 SCHOOL YEAR imated Receipts from the County School Fund $3400.00 imated Receipts from the elemenarv school fund NONE -IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE SCHOOL CANNOT BE «RATED ON $3400.00 FOR THE COMING YEAR!! railable from the Basic School fund is estimated $17,425.00. is fund is received from the state and is distributed to &NDARD elem entary and high schools! If the State Oregon were to declare Brookings-Harbor NON-STAN- SINCE JUNE, 1944— High School Enrollment has increased ...................... 178 Cost per high school pupils has increased only................. 34* Census of the district has increased ..... 297 I)ARD, this district would then be no longer eligible to receive the fund, according to law for the period in which it operated on a non-standard basis. Total Estimated Receipts from all sources ....... $25,155.15 Leas Net Deficit 10,017.22 --------------- Total Available Cash Balance and available receipts are ................................................................. 15,107.93 To this could lx* added 10,950.00 which amount could be levied by the »ward without a vote of taxpayers ......................... $26,058.53 THIS AMOUNT, $26,058.53, IS ALL that is available for operation of the school if the amount above 6 limitation does not pass! ivailable Funds From The County & Elementary School Funds RE NOT SUFFICIENT to Maintain the Brookings Harbor School Are Brookings-Harbor, District No. 17, costs extrava- it or wasteful ? A comparison with the Gold Beach pub- schools will show* th a t D istrict No. 17’s proposed budget ovides for much less cost per child than the Gold Beach hools, which are described bv even opponents of the local ]get as ‘well m anaged.” |For the 1947-48 school year, Gold Beach Grade School igeted $27,895.00 in the general fund for operation. They )whave 130 pupils in attendance, or $210 per child in school- Brookings-Harbor budget, proposed, w o u l d provide 1340.00 for the general fund for operation. If we have same number in school this year as was present when kool was o u t-1 6 8 —the Brookings-Harbor cost would be 1700 ner child nr OO ner child Gold Beach Union High School has provided $25,190.00 the general fund fo r operation of their high school. They iw have 45 pupils In attendance, or a budgeted cost of $559.77 per high school student. Brookings-Harbor’s new budget calls for $-3,4-5 to pnj- vide tor 86 pupils, who have already registered in n t o school (9th, 10th, 11th and 12 g rades)—-or a total oi S c per child. Brookings-H arbor s proposed budget calls lot less than one-half the am ount per high school student reg- istered than Gold Beach I nicm High ’?'!.■ VI T, THESE FIG URES SI EAR I* Ok 1 HEM SEIA ES The Brookings-Harbor D istric t, No. I t , budge tann<\ ( a u “excessive or extravagant when compaie« o *<> < e i High and Elementary Schools. . Anil don t miss this figure. 2 i t eh budgeted $1 less to care for 86 pupils than Gold I.tach Union High School did to care for 45 pupils. It was only out o f the w ^ n in .l °wm c payers of this area th at scho 1 costs e pupil were kept at such a low figure by the budget committee. SO W HAT? u.,, , i i ii 4 „«-Ur m iv im i M’ But teachers , have been hold to the xcry MIMA11 M - 1 an p a i . •• janitors salaries, bus d rn e rs sala .. < I anes with nothing else added amoun to . . ' taxpayers of the Brookings- larlm r a read o n ap he amount over the 6 limitation, there woiiin n< 53 available to pay $38,900.99 salaries, n ot conn in - would lx* the amount paid, I’Ll S 6 inteiest. |( au(horitjcs werc (|ecidc w arranla could not be issued In excess of the amount legally levied, II ‘ .... (.rnei, accor<HnR,y. , h,.„ „ hen . available money was expended. WHAT ELSE in. am m o. MONEY? negative vote on the budget would jeopardize the stan- h m it.ii«, — "» h »-- '"™, ► alternatives, depending upon: school, tax ant <<>ur . . . .i- ii warrants could be in excess^d5 h e ^ c m n U e t ie d ‘legally, then the cost » t s a « ? * ........... ” * '• .. ...... ............. .......... “YES” to exceed the 6 limitation at the schcxd house Friday evening, of this week, September 26, at 7:39 o’clock, p. m. and budget committee and respect their " i n t e g r it y , " a n d w ill ■nge any statem ent or accusation of mismanagement, waste, extravagance or Irand. w o r t th e s c h o o l b o a rd Progressive Taxpayers W . „ .. Lucas. P r e s id e n t OF BROOKINGS-HARBOR VICINITY W . S. C h a d w ic k . S e c re ta ry
