IMEDFORD' MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1932.
PAGE FIVE
Southern Oregon Women Invited to Enjoy School at Fox Rialto
Information for School
Patrons Given as Date
Of Election Approaches
To the Editor:
I understand that there la to be
a school election some time this
month to select two directors lor
our local school system. When la this
election to be held? Who are to be
the candidates? These are matters
of importance to all school patrons,
and are pertinent at this time when
there are rumors of extravagance,
partiality and lack of harmony in
our school system. Please publish
also the following questions so that
public answers may be forthcoming
and the voters and school patrons
may know more about what be
comes of our school dollar:
1. What has been the amount bud
geted for each of the past seven
school years?
3. What Is the present Indebted
ness of the school district?
S. Why Is so little information given
about the finances of our local
school district, and so much
space given to commendations
concerning courses and accom
plishments and harmony? We
are not bookkeeping experts and
cannot . get this financial In
formation either from the annual
report to the county superin
tendent, nor from the books of
the district.
4. What has been the attendance
during each of the past 7 years?
5. How many teachers have been
employed during each of the
past 7 years?
Does the school board have a
salary schedule for teachers and
other employees? Is It followed?
What was the cost of the land
upon which the new high school
was built?
Have administrative costs In our
schools followed or led the in
crease In enrollment?
Can our school taxes he lowered
by continually adding to the
number and salaries of "supers"
and overrunning the 6 per cent
limitation each year?
I am asking these questions be- i
cause I want to know the answers
to them. I hope some Independent
candidates run for positions on our
school board this year. I am tired
of having the board members se
lected by "friends of the district"
and always voting "yes" upon any
proposed expenditure of school
money.
Respectfully yours,
PHIL S. LOOSLEY,
717 N. Riverside.
June 11th.
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In response to questions directed
to The Mall Tribune by Phil 8.
Loosley of this city, answers, carry
ing extensive information regarding
the affairs of the Medford schools,
have been obtained through Super
intendent E. H. Hedrick and mem
bers of the board. They are sub
mitted to the public as follows:
The annual school election in all
school districts is fixed by law on
the third Monday ' in June. This
year the date is June 30. The elec
tion tn the Medford district will be
held in the high school building on
South Oakdale street. Polls are
open from 3:00 p.m., to 7:00 p.m.
Notices calling the election were
posted by the district clerk In ac
cordance with the law June 8th.
They are also being printed in all
three local papers on June 0, 14 and
17. Each local paper has also car
ried a news article on the election.
Two directors are to be elected at
this time. Or. R. E. Greene and
Marc Jarmln are candidates for re
election. No others have tiled.
It Is probably true that there has
been a Bllghtly disturbed condition
In school circles since the board an.
nounced a few months ago a 950,000
slash in salaries for next year. In
volving a lessening of the corps by
14 teachers and a 134 per cent cut
on all remaining salaries above 9100
per month. "Drastic cuts of this
nature may be expected to produce
some such effect.
1. The past seven budgets voted
by the school district are as fol
lows :
Old Issue
New issue
..$133,000 00
357.000 00
Total bonded debt 890.000.00
Warrant and all other indebted
ness at this time totals $78.078 90.
On the other hand the school dis
trict Is short In Its receipt during
the last three years more than 9135,.
000, due to delayed payments of
taxes. This would more than take
up all "warrant and other indebted
ness." 3. Information concerning finances
of the school district Is published
from time to time through the
columns of this paper, as released
by the school authorities.
Once each year, at thd time the
budget Is voted upon, an Itemized
account of all money received and
expended by the school district is
required by law to be published.
This was printed in all local papers
for three Issues each, during last
November. Only recently, an item
ized account of all building opera
tions of last year was published by
this paper.
4-5. The total school enrollment
for all schools for the past seven
years, together with the number of
teachers employed aa furnished by
the city school office is as follows:
Pupils Teachers
1025-36 .. 2160 - 74
Total 'Total
1926- 27 ............... 2360 - 86
1927- 28 ........ 2557 96
1928- 29 2772 100
1929- 30 2932 106
1930- 31 3021 . 107
1931- 32 2987 107
Total teachers employed. Includ
ing principal and superintendent.
6. Yes, the school board has had
a salary schedule for a number of
years. It provides a salary of $100
1926- 27
1927- 28
1928- 39
1929- 30
1930- 31
1931- 33
1932- 33
Total
9239.001.00
280,270 00
265.610.00
366.511.00
296.127.85
310.920.00
333.813.73
Debt Service Op. Costs
952.000.00
51.300.00
34,950.00
26.695.00
36.300.00
32.650.00
75.844.73
SI 87.00 1.00
208.970.00
230.660.00
239.816.00
259.827.85
278.270.00
257,969.00
The last budget voted (for 1932-
33) and which has not been expended
showed an Increase of nearly 923.0Q0
over that of the year before. This
was explained by the clerk at the
time It was voted as being neces
sary because two payments of prin
cipal and Interest on the new bond
Issue, Instead of one. had to be met
that year. The school budget Is
always voted a year ahead, and when
the 1931-33 budget was prepared, no
provision for the first year's pay
ment on the bond Issue was made
for the reason that the bond Issue
was not voted until after the budget
had been prepared. While the debt
load shows a considerable Increase
over the year before, operative costs
are about 920,000 less. The school
board last April announced a slash
in this 1932-33 budget which will
bring It down to 950.000 less than
last year and wrote the teachers'
contracts accordingly.
3. The present bonded indebted
ness of the school district, as re
ported by the school clerk, is as follows:
per month for normal school gradu
ates with two years' experience and
8116.68 per month for teachers who
are college graduates and have had
two years experience. The schedule
also provides Increases of 95 per
month each succeeding year for six
years when normal school gradu
ates reach a maximum of $1560 and
college graduates at 91760. The
principals and superintendent are
not on a schedule. Their salaries
are fixed by the board, depending
upon their training and work. The
salary schedule has been closely fol
lowed in Medford until this spring
when the board granted no raises,
but elected all teachers and other
employees at a 12 per cent cut
under last year.
7. The cost of the new high
school site was 619,300 for approxi
mately 15 acres. It was purchased
in 1928.
8. The question as to how costs
of the schools have kept pace with
school enrollment may be answered
in a general way by an examination
of the figures quoted above. It will
be noted that budgetary costs grew
from 9239.001 In 1926-27 to 9310.920.
The total enrollment reported for
June 1926-27 was 2160. The enroll
men for June 1932, la 2987. If these
figures are correct school coats in
creased 30 per cent during the six
year period, while school enrollment
increased 38 per cent.
9. School taxes can be lowered
any time the voters want them
lowered. The school budget is pre
pared each year by a committee of
tax payers and submitted to the
voters at a special election held in
October or November,
OWEN WILL HAVE
60-DAYFURLOUGH
The Medford branch recruiting of
fice will be offlclrlly closed June 20
when Sgt. G. C. Owen will take a
two months' furlough, he announced
today. The branch is being perma
nently discontinued.
Sgt. Owen, who Is a lieutenant
in the reserve corps, has been trans
ferred to the air corps, but said to
day that he did not know where he
would be stationed at the close of
his furlough.
While in Medford, Sgt. Owen has
taken a prominent part in civic af- j
fairs, and is district committeeman
for the Boy Scouts. He is also a
member of several Masonic orders.
Including HUlah Shrine patrol.
LAKE OlfOODS FISHING'
FINE, CLAIMS OFFUIT
Pishing Is tine at Lte o' the
Woods this week, Wm. offutt report
ed upon arrival here from the resort
today. "Everybody's catching the
limit of sllversldes," he claims, "with
fishing better than it has been for
the . past several years due to an
abundance of water."
The road Into the resort by way of
Butte Palls, he also describes as In
good condition, with motorists mak
ing the trip from Medford In two
and a half hours.
SCHEDULED JUNE 20
School elections will be held In
the school districts of the county
Monday, June 20. Directors and
other officers for the year will be
elected. County School Superinten
dent Susanna Homes Carter urges
that all school patrons and taxpayers
attend the elections, and vote, and
voice their opinions. At the same
time annual reports of the districts
will be read and discussed.
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Bcakey. has announced that the first
traffic count will be made Friday,
June 17, with about 20 checkers sta
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3 p. m.
The season schedule shows that a
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Medford, north and. south of the
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