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e .Wednesday, august i. 110 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. B School Budgets Considered Long Before Adoption School budgets, which are (figured on a fiscal year basis ifrom July 1 through June 30, ;are started early in the cal endar year in which the; fiscal .year starts. j Before the udget committee, iwhich Is composed of the school board and ag equal number . of lay members, is presented a proposed budget, it is reviewed by school, of ficials. The proposed budget includes only those items which are considered neces sary to operate a high quality educational program. Most budget committees in Jackson county , school dis tricts have 10 members five school board members and five lay members, all of whom serve without , pay and all of U it I p u nn.p Ui r -ts- a ' r. - ..:vsei-e.e-i... t SCHOOL REPAIRS Russ Acheson, (back to camera) assistant superintendent of Med ford public schools in charge of buildings, maintenance and transportation, gets a re port of progress of repair work at the Jack sonville school. Included in repair work was the removal of the cupola from the main building (over the main entrance above) as a safety precaution. Steps leading to the main entry also are being repaired. . m i j r j j i j irn 1 U - - - - BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPECIALS MENS RUGGED 17-JEWfl WRIST WATCH a a a Anft-Mofaetle EL Wreneh-Tlte C Sweep SecoRd HoW Eipswlo. land lncMttf Tht idtal watch for the active min. Shock and cluit.r.liltsnt,. it's I7jewel mov.mant It filar antftd d.ptndabl. mvnsi vunn . v ,50c A WEEK WVV! 4- NOW! SAVE OVER $20 DELUXE STEREOPHONIC HI-FI 4-SPEED PORTABLE PHONOGRAPH With Famous BSR Automatic Record Changer .. 1 "jjr ...' lO88 v'l Oil $69.95 fc-n y- terms , 1 1 Nw Powerful Two-Channel Starao Amplifitr ' ' Individual Starte Chinnal Volume Controla fSft. Personal Preference Variable Tone Control H$aLmmgP'3'i' m 2 Alnico V P.M. Dynamic Speakers D ik?T3B- I aer- Precision Flip-Over "Stereo Cartridge With Two ' ,,-1 f P'" Sapphire Needles ffl ' fcae I 9 Modern Slim Line Styled Luggage Case -a 2f Removable latched front speaker unit IV I comes complete with 12 ft. connectinf - !t 8 B fyf J card end plug. Case designed to play '.' I I Jf j 12" rerds with lid closed. ifla ' I I 122 East Main 9:30 to 5:30 Phone SP 3-5348 whom are responsible citizens in the district. One school district the newly consolidate Phoenix Talent district now has sev en school board members and seven lay members on its bud get committee. This is a result of consolidation. Other con solidated districts in the coun ty also will have 14 budget committee members after the consolidation is approved by the state department of educa tion and the new district be comes official. First Stage in Budget The first stagey in preparing a school district budget is in the individual school. Teach and the school custodians re view the previous year's pro gram and its cost with the principal. Then they compose a detailed list of anticipated needs, together with any re quests for additional items not included in previous years. The school's budget request is submitted to the district superintendent, who reviews all of the school's requests, and later discusses each school's needs individually with the principal involved. Each request, is substantiat ed with facts and information indicating the need. Funds for items which may be postponed or financed through other means (such as a bond issue) will be brought to the atten tion of the budget committee if not included in the pro posed budget. Toialt Compiled After the district superin tendent reviews the budget requests with individual school principals, totals are compiled on state supplied forms, and presented to the budget committee. This usual ly is sometime in February or March. Once budget committee meetings commence, mem bers devote many hours study ing requests, questioning items about which they may not have knowledge, compar ing the budget with previous years, and comparing it with budgets from other districts, if possible. Some districts con duct tours of district facilities so lay members of the com mittee may have a better idea of where the money goes. By comparing the proposed budget with that proposed in other districts of comparable size, budget committee mem bers can . determine if pro posed expenses are out of line with other districts. If they are excessive or considerably lower than other districts of a comparable size, the com plete program is reviewed to see what may be out of line. Determint Increase A comparsion with the previous year's budget will determine how much of an increase may be expected in property taxes in the district, the major source of revenue for Oregon school. If the in crease appears too great, the budget committee takes anoth er look at the requests and every effort is taken to keep increases to a minimum. Because of increased costs of services, supplies, equip ment and construction, and increased enrollments in al most every district in the state, eliminating some in crease in school district bud gets each year is almost im possible if the district main tains a standard educational program for its children. Once the budget committee decides on a budget which it believes will provide the most educational benefits for the least amount of money, the budget is submitted to the school board for final action as prescribed by law. Call Public Hearing The school board, when it receives the budget, calls a public hearing, at which in terested district patrons may discuss the proposal. In some districts, the board holds pub lic meetings to review the bedget with interested citi zens. The budget by law is pub lished in a newspaper of gen eral circulation in the district at least twice before the pub lic hearing. The school board also calls an election on the budget if necessary to get voters'" approval of expendi tures exceeding more than a per cent increase over the highest tax base of the previ ous three years. The latter has occurred each year for the past several years, and school officials have come to accept it as normal when considering the budget. Adopts Budget If no election is necessary. the school board adopts the budget following the public hearing. If there is an elec tion, the budget is adopted after approval of the voters. Should the voters reject me amount over trie 6 per cent limitation, the school has authority to make any cliang es necessary to meet the ap proval of the voters, or to cut the budget to within the 6 per cent limitation, which in most cases would mean un- desirable drastic cuts in the school program After adoption, tht budget is filed with the county cnhnnl snrtArintonWonf whn In i ... turn submits it to the county . : N s ? N'i n "n, v -,( v' - y i"' Vs" 'in .Whs AJhUL-' r M i 7T if . i ' I iniiiaa i aaai 1 1 iisiiiwi tumiwrn V REMODELING Included in the summer work program Above, workmen are shown remodeling the gymnasium at for personnel in the Medford school district is remodeling Jacksonville into a multi-purpose room. work in various schools to improve and expand facilities. - i ... 'Underachieve!' Is Subject of Research Washington, D. C. - If your child is intelligent, but not as successful in school as he should be, he may be what ed ucators call an "underachiev- As such, he and the thou sands of others like him have recently been analylzed, sur veyed, researched, probed, and conferred about by teach ers, psychologists, curriculum supervisors, and guidance counselors. Their purpose was to dis cover why people of similar intelligence often differ wide. ly in school achievement. The National Education associa tion has been conducting a special project on the aca demically talented for the past two years. These are some of the things the experts have discovered about the un derachieving child, and how he gets that way: Lack of Interest Lack of family Interest in assessor and the state depart-learning is - sometimes the ment of education. , 'reason for ccolastic under- achievement in children of ability. In one study, a group of children who had failed the first grade were put into a special room for the next year. During the period of investigation, teachers visit ed the home of each child. One of their observations was the lack of any kind of read ing material in many of the homes. In others, they found these underachieving children had never visited the public library, only three or four blocks away. The children had seldom traveled outside of the city. What can be done to help bright underachicvers live up to their high potentials? They do say this: the under- achiever in high school should be taught the learning skills he failed to acquire in earli er grades. He will probably improve, too, if he has teacher who is consistently interested in him as an indi vidual, and who accepts him as a bright and able person with a need for special help. AUAV U ($3" See Us For Your Skirts And Sweaters USE OUR : -LAY AW AY , SKIRTS Imported from London Imported English SKIRTS Imported Plains-Plaids-Tweeds Another Group Plains-Plaids-Tweeds SWEATERS All Colors Priced alM0.98-M1.98 The Fashionette ' Across From The Craterian ' 22' South Central : SP 2-8168 Back-To-School Dances Popular As schools open, thousands of youngsters all over the na tion have found a pleasant way to say hello to old friends and at tho same time make new ones-with back to school dance parties. The dances set a festive mood that continues through out the school year, accord ing to surveys conducted by the Recreational Dancing In stitute, a public service orga nization dedicated to further ing social dancing. Back-to-school parties range from a school-wide affair at the school itself or at a local ballroom, to class dances or dance parties at home. Com mittees should be formed to make the arrangements for any school-wide dance inaugu rating the new term. In the home, all that's need ed for party's success are simple refreshments ... a clear space for dancing. Music can. be provided by favorite recflrds or by a stu dent musical combo. Youngsters say dance par ties help them get acquainted with more fellow students; help them know newcomers to the school and help get the school year's social whirl gff to a good start! Registration Set At Ashland Schools Ashland Registration for Ashland city schools has been scheduled Sept. 8 and 9, ace cording to Stanley C. 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