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B. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3. 1960 Financing Schools Will Be Discussed At Interim Session NEW TEXTBOOKS Mrs. Kathryn Lund quist, director of the curriculum materials center which includes receiving textbooks nd library books, is shown above with some of the about 10,000 new textbooks for students in the Medford district this year, About $50,000 has been budgeted this year for new textbooks. New textbooks include new editions, revised editions and new books for new students. Opening, Dates Noted These are opening dates for schools in Jackson county: Butte Falls: August 29 Prospect: September 2 Pinehurst: September 6 Eagle Point: September Rogue River: September 6 Applegate: September 6 Evans Valley: September 6 Phoenix: September 12 Medford: September 12 Ashland: September 12 District 6C (Central Point, Gold Hill, Sams Valley): September 12 Pupil Counseling At MHS Increased Full-time counseling serv ices will be provided for the first time this fall at Medford High school. Previously, two vocation al counselors plus academic counselors were available, but the counseling program was really one to see that each student had enough credits to graduate. This fall, six teachers will be given counseling assign ments during half the day. During the other half of the day, the teachers will be teaching their normal subjects. It is planned that each stu- students with problems will voluntarily seek the advice of the counselors. Prime advantage of the system is the amount of time made, available. Under the system an academic counsel or did not have enough time to get to know the student he counseled. Under the new procram. the counselor will meet each student at least once, itnd will have enough time to confer with the students who need assistance. The old nurse's room was remodeled this summer for the counselor's use. The dent will be scheduled to see counseling center will have me counselor at least once Individual office for the each year. It Is hoped that ' counselorlng sessions. . Christian School To Start Sept. 9 Classes at Rogue Valley unristian school, Ashland, will begin with a half-day ses sion, Friday, Sept. 9. to regis ter and to give preliminary in struction. according to Princi- pti aud Lowell, Bus transportation will be available to students from Central Point. Ashland. Phoe nix, Talent, Ashland, and oth er points in the Rogue valley. Rogue Valley Christian school was organized in Janu ary, 1959; to "provide elemen tary education integrated with the basic elements of the Christian faith." Special atten tion will be given to the basic skills reading, writing, and arithmetic. Non-denomination Bible In- struction is an integral part oi tne daily curriculum. Monthly tuition is $15 for the first child, $10 for the second child from each family, and $5 for each additional child from each family. Powell said. Application blanks may be secured by writing Rogue Valley Christian school, post- office box 1, Ashland. "Rogue Valley Christian school is not a correctional in stitution," Powell said. "We exist to prevent undesirable traits from developing and to encourage Christian experi ence and the development of trong Christian character." A discussion of whether the increasing cost of education should be financed from state aid or local property taxes will continue at a meeting of the Legislative Interim com mitlee on education in Med ford Aug. 5 and 6. Committee Chairman Sen ator Ward H. Cook of Port land said the full committee will consider further the prob lem of school financing when it meets at Hedrick Junior High school. . School officials have been aware of the problem, and have been working for some time on ways the increasing tax loads on local property can be relieved, and still maintain a quality education Becomes Concerning The problem becomes more concerning annually with rises in enrollment, costs of supplies, equipment and con struction. These costs, and the need for additional funds to finance more teachers, class rooms and supplies for in creased enrollments, are di rectly reflected on the prop erty owner, whose property tax is increased. In Oregon, according to the Oregon Education association, 66 per cent of the total school costs now must be raised by local property tax. it is a case of school boards having to obtain most of their revenue from an un popular (property) tax ap proved by popular vote," the association said. Other sources of income for Oregon schools comes from the federal government, which provides 3 per cent, and the state, whose contri bution to school districts is less than 30 per cent. Support Principle The Parent-Teacher associ ation, the State School Boards association, and the Oregon Education "association have supported the principle that 50 per cent of the cost of schools should come from the state level. The OEA noted, however. that the common interpreta tion of this is that 50 per cent of , the operating costs of schools should be financed from state sources, Operating costs do not in- elude expeditures for build ings, school sites or for perm anent equipment. Operating costs, according to the OEA, are the recurring expenditures needed annually to run the schools. Adding to the property tax situation are bonds, which generally are approved by district voters to finance new construction or additions to classrooms. These bonds are repaid over a number of years from revenue received through property taxes. Paying on Bond Issues In Oregon, about 70 per cent of the school districts are paying on bond issues. The other 30 per cent do not have bonds for one or two reasons, the OEA said. Either the district has raised the money in advance through an annual levy and avoided interest charges involved in bonding, or the district has no build ing problem. School officials believe that increased support from state sources for maintaining schools will relieve local property taxes and that the state would be taking on more of its responsibility. The latter point is one of the arguments for increased state aid since school stand ards, in both buildings and curriculum, are established and governed by the state. "This," school officials say, "is a state controlled situation financed locally." School officials argue that since schools are state con trolled tne state should pro vide more financial assistance, which would provide a more evenly distributed resource for school financing. Today's Students Becoming Among Best Traveled Use Our lay-Away Plan $1.00 Will Hold Any Sweater or Skirt depend on . Cardigans, that's the sweater news for fall . . Rath's to bring you the smartest versions pullovers , , , yes, and th Important new PONCHO types . . . orlon and wool knits In textures you'll love . . . every Imaginable color . . , and, of course, we have skirls to matchl and up Use your Charge Account ... or Our Budget Plan . . . Up to Six Months to Pay. OPEN MONDAYS-10 A.M. TO 9 P.M. 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Transmit to Others benous travelers on a se rious mission, they not only deepened their own Inter-na tional understanding, but transmitted it to others when they returned home. In the past school year, these young sters have made more than 1,500 public appearances be fore school and community groups, and have described their trip to a total audience estimated at almost 200,000 people. The whole effort with these "junior ambassadors of good will was so successful that the sponsor, the Nation Asso ciation of Secondary-School Principals, a department of the National Education asso ciation (NEA), intends to re peat it with another group of students in 1962. v According to a recent trav el survey, students make up the fastest-growing group of Americans nbroad - some 80,- 000 crossed the ocean this year, an all-time high, And the trend will continue. 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