The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 September 1964 — Page 3

Lakeland School News

Eight Taxpayers Present As Lakeland Budget Is Approved

• Eight interested citizens and school employees were present for the budget meeting held last Thursday evening in the Lakeland School Corporation s administrative offices south of Syracuse. At a meeting on August 1 the board of trustees approved for advertising a budget of $1,346,668 to operate the schools of the corporation for the year 1965. tin addition to this amount $145,000 was appropriated for cafeteria and textbook rental funds, however no levy was asked for this appropnation as these funds' are selfsupporting*. This represents an increase of $33,900 over the 1964 budget. There is an expected increase in enrollment of approximately 88 pupils for tiie 1964-65 school year. Fac- _ ilities and material need to be proJ, ‘ vided for these youngsters as well as a continuation of the policy of upgrading curriculum, replacement of school buses, maintenance and improvements on buildings and an increased number of teachers to take care of the increasing enrollments. State support from property tax relief is scheduled to increase approximately $50,000 in the next cal endar year. All of this money mtbl |. ° because of the way the law is writtea there is no advertised rate for bond fund and all debt retirement must come through the special school fund. Increased Valuation An u: i to assessed valuation of aver 51,000,000 as well as an increase tn property tax relief fund and intangible tax fund have all contributed to bringing down the local tax rate to the present level. The advertised rate for the special school fund of 96c was 2c more than the actual rate for 1964 and the advertised rate in the tuition fluid of $1 14 was Ic more than the actual rate in 1964. It was pointed out at the 1 that the special school fund i< ryally the “special school and bond fund" ; and that the 2e inctease reaHj present- a minimum amount of increase considering that this fund will now carry all Kind obliagtions—both civil and school building bonds Along with the cumulative building fund of sl. this make- a total rate of $3 12 which makes an increase of 25c over last y< at 9 actual levy and is 2c less ; tlian the total increase in the cumulative building fund Answer Questions Board president James Stucky opened the meeting and stated the purpose of the meeting was for the board to answer questions on the bud- . get which was advertised on August - - 6 and 13 Harold Hartman, trustee of Plato tow r d how much the total . A.T.i up An-wer .Vlittle over one million dollars Arthur Mom-. a farmer from - al que-tions during the evening. He j W asked if the*' valuation of Turkey. V ' Creek township was gning up very ■ much He went on to comment that ■ it seems with the national wealth ■ going up and the township hasn’t F gone up. To answer this question Lewis S. Immd. school superintendent, referred to the 1963 book published for the corporation on information gathered for the Purdue report According to the report which includes Turkey Creek. Plain, Tippecanoe. Van Buren and Jefferson townsliips the total .i--<-■-< <.! valuation in 1952 was i $21,660,567 In 1962 the valuation was $34,858,310 with just the east poi of Jefferson township. The.n- t >ort also showed 1.640 resident students in the corporation in JSft? and 2.J69 students in 1962. Mr. Morris then ask why the inZ** crease in rate’ Answer Better services, better mamlainance, better transportation, and more teachers Board members also said the valuation behind each student has gore down The Purdue report shows the valuation in 1952 was $13,208 and the S* valuation m 1962 was $12,588 per re ( sident pupil. . In answer to a question about the “ cumulative fund. Mr. Morris was told . the fund of $1 per SIOO will be in effect for three years and then if the board wishes to have it continue i‘. will have to re-establish the fund. When ~-<<-d if it would be reestablished board members said they could not say. It was pointed out that Turkey Creek township has had a sinking fund since 1947. Mr. Morris asked when the relief will start. The state promised a relief in property tax when the sales tax went into effect. Mr. Stucky said the board try to see that things are run economically and it has two responsibilities with neither being more important than the other. The responsibilities listed by Mr. Stucky: To all the students and to all the taxpayers. Important Statement One of the most important statements made during the evening was when Mr. Stucky said the following: • We cannot send the children of today after tomorrow s jobs with yesterday’s education facilities”. _ A list of maintenance that has been done on the several buildings in the corporation was rend. This list appeared following the August 12 meeting of the board A list was then read on proposed improvements for next year. Some of the improvements follow Seven class rooms to be painted: 10 sewing machines and stoves, refrigerators, washers and dryers for the home ec rooms of the several schools: filing cabinets for the offices: black boards, repaired and replaced; industrial arts equipment: teachers' desks; tax typewriters,drapes and blaekoul A question was asked as to why the board was spending money to re pair buildings which would be aban

; doned. Answer: The buildings are going to have to be used for a long time as the corporation his no extra ■ rooms at all. At present outside buildings are being used — churches are used in North Webster and Leesi burg for kindergarten and kindergarten is held in the library at Milford. When asked how they knew there wouldn’t be another re-organization I board members stated the way it was now the only way the corporation could be re-organized was if the I school board would agree to do so. | Board members stated the present ■ board wouldn't and. they were sure jno future board would go for any kind of re-orgainzation unless it was strictly to Lakeland’s advantage. Asked if the tax rate would increase a year from now board members stated they couldn’t answer that question as they don’t know what the future holds. The motion to accept the budget |as published was made by William Pearl rite prc.-i.’ent of the board, I andJßwSecond Brown, board secretary. Present at the meeting were board ; members Stucky. Brown. Pearl and j Ralph Brubaker; superintendent Immel: business .manager Don Arnold; ! and the following interested citizens and school employees: Cliarles G. ' Beck. Arthur J. Morris, and Stanley Mikel of ■ Tin »a y Ciet k ’oa . Trustee and Mrs Harold Hartman of Plain townships Mrs. Nellie Paley, a Leesburg teacher and president of LCSC classroom teachers’ associa- ! tion; Edgar Speer, principal of the Syracuse elementary school and the corporation's elementary coordinator. I and Milton E. Brice, principal of Syracuse-high school. ’ f ' T Teachers Approved By LCSC Board; Other Business Following the budget meeting last Thursday evening the board mem-, bers of the Lakeland Community j School Corporation held a short; bnsini-'S session. Lewis S. Immel, superintendent of the schools, presented the following teacher recommendations which were accepted by the board: Joan Haab. part time librarian at Milford; Philip E Bond, commerce and phys. ed. at Syracuse; Lois Crandal. elementary music at North Webster: James S. Stryker, science] and math at Syracuse,; and Steve I Roderick, phys ed.. corporation wide, and gol: coach. This fills all the] teaching positions in the corporation ( -d- a complete list by schools appears j elsewhere in this issue. Board member Ralph Brubaker I I questioned the teaching of golf in the corporation. He was told it was ju>'. I I like any other sport — basketball, : football, track, cross country, etc . r and was under the Indiana State j Athletic Association. I Don Arnold, business manager, reported having contacted gas station operators in the area on school buses receiving a 2 cent discount on j gas. The majority of the stations a- | greed. During the principal’s meeting held :: Wednesday a standard price vvaMt for lunch. Corporation wide lunch prices will now be $1 50 and $1.75 in the schools. Bus Drivers Also discussed during the prin- ; cipals* meeting was the bus drivers over 65 taking field trips. Board members voted that any j driver who will be 65 years old or > over during a current school year may not take field trips. I Give Book Rental Prices At Leesburg Book rental will start for the first time at Leesburg school. for grades 1- 6. On Wednesday. Sept. 9. a book hst will be sent home with each dukl gning full instruction for payment This came m the form of an announcement made this week by the school's principal. Charles Gamer. The follow ing fees will be charged at each grade level. This will include all books necessary for the school year. Grade one $8 50 ; Grade two I Grade three 8-48 Grade four 7-55 » Grade five 889 ; Grade six -• 7 ® - Kindergarten (includes all books and supplies for the year’ SB.OO Grades 1-12 All students are to report to school for the first time on Wettoes- . day Sept. 9. at 8:30 am. and wfll i be dismissed at 11 30. AU students will attend school for the first full - day on Thursday September 10, - 1964. i NEW BUILDINGS * AT INDIANA U. - BLOOMINGTON. Ind-Two new buikfaigs are currently under con1 st ruction and one recently occupied f on the Indiana university campus. 1 Now in the process of being built ? are new units for the School of >. Business and the Student Health e Center. An eight-story wring of the g Chenrnstry ftSldtog was recently competed and is now in use. d The chemistry addition was fi- (* uanced in major part a it National Science Foundation facilities grant, the Student Health y Center throusi student fees, and the School of Business by approy ► lation by the General Assembly

Attempt To Eliminate Overloading Os School Buses

In an attempt to eliminate all overloading of school busses this year, many route changes have been made throughout the Lakeland School Corporation. According to business manager Don Arnold. Four new 66-passengen busses hare replaced 48-passenger >buses, one additional route has been added at -North Webster and there will be two short second runs at Syracuse. The second runs will be driven by Carl Hadley and Richard Workman. It is believed that these chanSpecial Announcements By Milford Principals Principals Donn Kesler and Harold Young of the Milford schools have released the following items pertaining to school for 1964-65: Teachers will meet at Syracuse on Tuesday, Sept. 8, with the other iv;-ehers of the Lakeland Community School Corporation in the j forenoon They will meet in their I own buildings in the ‘ afternoon at •1:30. School buildings will open to the pupils at 3 ’O. The tardy bell will |be at 8:30. The tartly bell at noon will be at 12:35. D.srrussal time at the elementary’ 28 and 3 35 at the i high school. , Town pupils in grades 1 and 2 | are dismissed at 3:10 in order that they may reach their homes before i tie higher grades are dismissed. | I Th lunch prices are $1.50 for grades 1-5 if paid on the first day jof the week. The rate for a single I day is 35 cents. The lunch price at the high school building 'grades 6-12 > is $1.75 per week payable in advance the first day of the week.. This is an inse of 3 cents a meal over I last year. I Book Rentals »Book rentals are as follows: I Kindergarten $lO 00 I First grade 9.50 Second grade , 800 Third grade 7.25 Fourth grade 925 Fifth grade JOO Sixth grade "50 Seventh grade. 950 Eolith grade 1130 Special education 8.00 SCHOOL SECRETARIES HOLD LUNCHEON AND MEETING I The secretaries of the Lakeland 'Community. School Corporation atI teoded a luncheon and bassness meeting on Tuesday at the M and M iv'siaurant. Doti Arnold, business manager, also attended the meeting ■ Attending were Mrs. Evelyn Faw ley and Mrs« Jean Coverstone of the superintendent’s office; Mrs. Beverlv M. Smith of the school; Mrs. Eudora Hurd of the Milford elementary school; Mrs. Doris Wolferman of the Milford high school; Mrs Betty Ganger of tite North Webster school; Mrs. Kay Neff of tiie Syracuse elementary and Mrs. Jean Kolier of tlie Syracuse liigh school. SYRACUSE STUDENT GETS SCHOLARSHIP An Evansville college sophomore from Syracuse has been aw’arded an Andrew J, Bigney Sdiolarship for the 1964-® school year. He is Robert V. Fisher. Jr., 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Fisher, r 3, Syracuse. Fisher is a 1962 graduate of Syracuse high school. Tlie Indiana Conference of The i Methodist church and Evansville ] college each year provide four i full-tuition scholarships for preministerial students in memory of Dr. Andrew Johnson Bigney. BigI ney was professor of biology in Moores Hill and Evansville colleges for many years. STEVEN YODER GRADUATES FROM BALL STATE Steven R. Yoder, son of Mrs. Stanley Grimes of Syracuse and Ebert* Yoder of Goshen, received his master's degree m special ed--1 ucation during commencement exercises rewtkly M Ball . State Teachers college in Muncie. Both Steven and Ins wife, Anita, i will teach in the special education department of the Community > School District 15, Palatine. 111. He will be teaching speech correction and his wife wUI a i pre-primary class of retarded crnl- !■ dren. ' entertainment attractions BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana i universitv will feature four of the . nation’s ’ most popular entertain--1 ment attractions for the annual Pop Concert series sponsored by the t Indiana Memorial Union. f Scheduled for appearance; are i Henry Mancini and his orchestra. r ber 10; Juhe London, the Bobby Troupe Quartet, and the Gateway . Trio. October 17; and Ferrante and a Teicher, November 14.

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ges will also permit kindergarten children to ride one way who live along the established routes. Be ReadyChildren are asked to be ready and waiting outside the first few days to assist bus drivers who maybe unfamiliar with the route stops due to the changes. Additional changes may become necessary after the first few days if overloading is still present in some areas due to unforseen circumstances. NEW SCHOOL REPORTER — Paula Burgett, above, daughter of j Mr. and Mrs. William Burgett of I Emetine street, Milford, will be the new Milford high school reporter to, ] The Mail-Journal. Paula will replace Earlene Fisher who has graduated. The new reporter will be remembered for her well written articles of the seventh grade class during the 1962-63 school year and the eighth grade news last year. Paula, an honor student, plans to study English, biology. Latin, and alegbra during the coming school year. School Buses Will Be Rolling Again Yellow school buses, filled with students, books and noise, will soon be a familiar sight to Indiana drivers. But as familiar as drivers may be with the sight of the school bus. many drivers may not be familiar with the laws relating to the stopped and loading bus. The Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation cites Iwo important sections of the “School Bus Stop Law." One section of the Law applies when traveling on a two or three lane highway. If the school bus is stopIped on the traveled portion of the highway to receive or discharge school children, has its red warning lights flashing, and the stop arm exit, all drivers traveling to both directions must stop. The “stop lines” for cars meeting and passing tlie bus are imaginary- lines drawn across the road from the back and front bumper of the bus. A different situation applies when traveling on a highway with two or more lanes in eaih direction, which are. separated by an unimproved strip twenty feet or more in width. In this situation only the cars going m the same direction as the bus must stop. Vehicles traveling m die opposite direction of die bus should reduce speed, bitt may proceed past the bus with due caution for children boarding or alighting. hi both situations, drivers must stop only when, and as long as. the bus’s red warning lights are flashing and the stop arm is out. If this equipment is not in use, drivers may pass the bus wkh I caution.

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