Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1952 — Page 2

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Townships Facing Financial Troubles

By DAVID WATSON The Marion County School system is in a bad spot.

It has pupils coming into classes and no place to put ul

them. Tt needs money and is hard pressed to find it.

the county guperinrs a show the pain: them already under construction,

o nearly $3 said Mr, Gladden. By next fall it ii mhing pd the town- Should have another eight, Perry

. , has a special building fund tax ships have a borrowifig power of levy and a borrowing margin of

ttle less than $1.5 million. about $174,980, It ‘is about Only two of the nine townshiPs|¢;97 609 jn debt. Pf fn Marion County can boast no wy SHIN GTON: Trustee

bonded debt at all. . |g Chester McKamey said he has 23 At Jeast 130 classrooms could ,.o4me going up. He hopes to have sed at once. r 1 ! | be wie al ONCE. superintend.| SIE bY Jan."L. The township ent > euysty sehosls, said SOM ievy, bringing oo $220,000 this) 0 e n year, an ' next year. e under construction and others are ..¢s hag heen raised from 50 in the planning stage. cents, But the county still faces a& a, aMeKamey said he will need | major obstacle. [12 to 15 more rooms next fall, He Enrollment Jumps {said he is now using 13 rooms, at | Pupils are coming into sthool State Fairgrounds. He also said faster than the rooms can be he has no bonding margin left,| built {and has 220 John Strange pupils And school enrollment.iesti- on half days. : mates were upset this year, too. | Mr. McKamey said building will County officials expected an en- be delayed while the township, rollment of 21,000. The final count awaits tax collections. He added howed 22 000 had entered. townships need a new state law 8 Most townships in the county|Which . will let them use their have some sort of future building |credit through private firms. lan. Some do not.’ For two me iy They don't know where ing program was started too late the money is coming from. They to keep pace with incoming chil- \ eo ’ dren. The cumulative building don't know what the city’s next annexation move will be. {fund might take care of the grade Classroom costs have tripled (school children, but trouble will

vhen the big volume since 1939. come : W lues and new! reaches high school. Rising property values a | DECATUR: This township

construction have not gone far to equalize the balance. In the strange county picture, it is not always th with the greatest bonding powe which finds itself well off. [HEU Fred Bdtier said a

Population Silifts o tees Citizen's committee drafted a Most of the Jowns NY sees long range plan, but the attack agree that populatio 5 ‘iis being made one step at a time |

{took advantage of the law allowfinancial ing it to double its borrowing e county margin. It does not have a special ri/tax levy for a cumulative build--{ing-fund.

a cocked-hat. ‘ hool AT 16 rooms being built, they This is the way the school... fnished six rooms. A total a oifung pupils [Of 22-room additions have been around, can get by without im Pe as no half day sessions, | mediate I ho eo but had to increase the budget to | and has row ‘ |build. He plans to knock down Sbow $121,326 under its bonding (, tax rate after getting the mits. rooms, Major problem is that city If ppANKIIN: Now drafting annexing its territory, but the, 2 ze school plans through children still go to county schools. oy io0nis committee, A new ORY Je short on Jace. It Nas! echool will be needed if enroll-! oaned two roo ) ‘N* iments keep growing, sometime ship, and has no special bullding | it hin the next six years. The ! tax levies. township will start collecting on | HES WERENCE: NO er us 75-cent building fund next collectin year. special 75-cent building fund levy." wy yNE: It has been estiMore rooms are Beeded No Im-|, .ted at least 40 rooms are mediate half-day sessions 4T® needed here. Children are on half | fore. . {days at Fleming Gardens, Drexel | More building will be needed, |, dens. Mars Hill and Ben | {

{Davis Grade School.

: 1 t off It has a 75-cent building levy) do ep ou bor-| starting this spring and should | rowing reserve of about $221,543. | get about $307,000 a year out of it, No Building Tax Swag fo Sawing . _ieral help, espec sing | FIRE: This township just fin {about 400 Tyndall Town children, The township 18 $569,500 in| (debt, and has a margin of about

tax has been levied, although it $200,000. | eould be had upon petition of tax-| Trustee Parker Dunn said he payers. : | wants to get 36 rooms within the! This is one of two townships next two years. Two grade which can also take advantage of schools are hoped for next year. | an old state law which, in effect,| The township has received 29 doubles © its borrewing power, rooms in the last 13 years. It

{ate need of at least two more rooms. No special building fund

can be done by using civil town-| He pointed out his population ship bond issues to build schools. growth is about nine times the| Mr. Gladden said bonds can be national average. {ssued under both planes up to 2| e————————— per cent of the township's Tech Student Hit property valuation. | Pike is $175000 in debt, Mr. By Car, Arm Broken Gladden sald. The borrowing, A 15.year-old Technical High margin is $45,000. School student was in fair condiEven if the township got the {jon at General Hospital today additional two rooms, it is estl- srter he was struck by a car mated they would need more by while riding his bicycle late yesthe end of the school year. terday in the 2600 block of E. WARREN: Pupils are to move Newton Ave. into six new classrooms tomor-' william Zartman, 217 8. Key-| row, and into another six later.'stone Ave., suffered a fractured The long range program has jet arm, Police said driver of | placed two new building sites the cat was George Lindville, 65, | under option. Negotiations have ,¢ 306 N, Irvington Ave. been started on a third.

Two Rooms Donated 8 While this {s going on, how- D A NCE

ever, two rooms donated by Naval Ordnance Plant are in use BEGINNERS BALLROOM CLASS WALTZ—FOX TROT

by the township. There is a 50cent building fund tax levy, and it has already paid off $110,000. $220,000

It will bring in about for a full year,

the fall of 1953, he said, co . tion of a new elementary or jun- i Lessons— for high school is expected to 21 HOURS |

start, He said the township can now keep its bonded debt down and make classroom gains on the overflowing enrollment unless a? big jump in new entries comes. Warren Township is about $585,000 in debt, and has a reserve. of about $215,000. Ly . PERRY: This township needs about 24 rooms, but has eight of

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