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Sec. 2t Pg. 2 - Plaindealer - Wed. April 9, 1969 Cost Of Education Illinois' estimated $742 current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance for the 1968-69 school year is $62 or 9 percent higher than the U.S. average of $680 per pupil. These estimates, made by the National Education Association Research division, show that per pupil estimated spending makes New York the leader with $1140 per pupil in average daily attendance. The state of New Jersey is next with $913, followed by the District of Columbia with $886,: Connecticut $826, Oregon $793, Wisconsin $787, Maryland $775, Rhode Island $756, Delaware $745, Pennsylvania $743, and Illinois $742. The National Education association includes the following costs in determining such per pupil estimates: amounts paid for general control, instructional service, operation, maintenance, fixed charges, and other school services at all levels of administration - state, intermediate and basic local. Also included are governmental contributions to the retirement fund and expenditures for school services, including attendance, health services, transportation, food services and others. Six States are each presently educating in excess of two million students in average daily attendance, and these six states and their 1968-69 estimated per pupil spending are as follows: New York, $1140; Pennsylvania, 743; Illinois, 742; California, 697; Ohio, 634 and Texas, 480. California educates 1,136,000 more pupils than does New York, but New York's estimated current expenditure is $443 or 63.6 percent higher than California's $697 ^per pupil current expenditure. When compared with the five states ranking below New York and each educating more than 2,000,000 pupils annually, Illinois' estimated current Expenditure of $742 per pupil in average daily attendance ranks favorably. Driver Responsibility Motor vehicle statistics in the U.S. are quoted in billions and millions, and year after year the figures get bigger. Half the population, 102 million persons, drive cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, taxis. Last year they drove 96 million motor vehicles 935 billion miles on 3.7 million miles of the nation's highways. Deaths and injuries involving 24.3 million drivers cost $10 billion, according to the National Safety council. Four of every 10 drivers under 20 years of age were involved in accidents last year, nearly twice as many as all other age groups. These overwhelming figures have spurred the Cooperative Extension Service to activate the national 4-H Automotive program for boys and girls 14 to 19 years old. The 4-H program is not a drivef training prograrrult is designed to supplement school driver training courses by teaching driver responsibility, traffic laws, safety and desirable driver attitudes. Simple mechanics and car care also are covered. The 4-H program has been recognized for preparing predrivers for learners' permits and for its community action projects. This is a program that merits commendation. Asset To Small City A large metropolitan trade center may be an asset to the nearby small city some marketing studies show. In fact, the merchant in the small city may take more business away from metropolitan competitors than he loses. The result is largely dependent upon the ability of the local merchant to use his natural advantages. The community merchant which operates in the shadow of a large city has resources which his competitor cannot top. Such as: (a) Nearly everyone in a small city will give local retailers a chance to satisfy his needs before he looks elsewhere if local advertising is adequate. (b) Other things being equal, it is more convenient and less expensive to buy at home than elsewhere. (c) The consumer is fully aware that he can hold the local retailer accountable for faulty goods and unsatisfactory service. He feels less confident about his influence in dealing with large and distant stores. (d) Perhaps most important, the community newspaper provides an advertising medium which reaches more people at less cost than any medium, available to metropolitan retail advertisers. In the typical situation, it costs a metropolitan retailer ten times as much to contact a potential consumer in an out-lying city than it does the local merchant. The local retailer who does not make full use of his advantages in advertising and promotion sacrifices his own business and the vitality of his whole community. But the biggest loser of all is the local consumer. OQOQpOOCOODO^ j When selecting a gift for him. ... let us help! Store for MEN 1245 N. Green St., McHenry, 111. Phone 385-0U-3" Open Daily 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Fri. til' 9 p.m. CLOSED ().\ SUNDAYS * USE THE FREE GREL:. oTREET PARKING AREA PUBLIC PULSE RENTAL POLICY "Dear Sir: "It seems that the board of education of District 156 is not acting in the best interests of the community when it charges a prohibitive rent to the Mc- Henry Choral club. "This group, in existence for more than twenty-five years, has not only given much pleasure to the community but has contributed generously to many civic causes. It has added to the cultural life of the city and has provided artistic expression for music lovers of all ages. "If our schools are truly meant to be the center of public activity, it seems it would be wise to encourage such cultural endeavor rather than hamper it. "Rita Sayler" "Dear Editor: "Just a short note from an ex-tenor and ex-member of the McHenry Choral club. After reading the last two issues of SS6S T EME5 - a n t s & VIL LAGES (PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION) Percent Mi. , V2.?3 Increase ALG'~>r i', v • N i S" c : t V°o BARRINGTON HILLS HS 224 GS 4* 6 545 5.901 1 0.9°o Unit 300 B FPD* * 4.927 4.378 1 2.5 °o GARY 5 r;o 4 928 17.1 % CRYSTAL LAKE Algonquin Twp. 5.620 5.034 1 1.6% Nunda Twp. 5.745 5.183 10.8% Grafton Twp 5 773 5 072 13.9% Dorr Twp. 5.630 4.892 15.1% FOX "RiVER" GROVE " ~ HS 155 5.256 5.094 3.2% HS 224 5.791 5 568 4.0% HARVARD Dunham Twp. 4.305 4.124 4.4% Chemung Twp. 4.172 4 006 4.1% HEBRON 3.779 3.721 1.6% HUNTLEY 4.084 3.889 5.0% ISLAND LAKE Unit 118 4.810 4.651 3.4% HS 156 GS 15 5 251 4.457 17.8% LAKE IN THE HILLS HS 155 GS 47 6.186 5.309 16.5% Unit 300 5 628 5.001 12.5% LAKEMOOR McHenry Twp 5 261 4.412 19.2% Nunda Twp 5.261 4.427 18.8% LAKEWOOD Algonquin Twp. 5.438 4.853 ' 12.1 % Grafton Twp. 5.596 4.891 14.4% MARENGO Marengo Twp. 4.571 4.274 6.9% Riley Twp. GS 18 4.720 4.234 1 1.5% Riley Twp. GS J,40 4.736 4.420 7.1 % McCULLOM LAKE 5.034 4 110 22 5% McHENRY McHenry Twp. * 5 233 4 316 21 2% Nunda Twp. 5 233 4 331 20 8 % OAKWOOD HILLS Algonquin Twp 5.526 4.886 13.1 % Nunda Twp. 5.261 4 771 - 10.3% RICHMOND 4 685 4 S37 3.3% SPRING GROVE Burton Twp 4 y/3 4 6 29 4.2 °o Richmond Twp 78 U •: -J97 4.0% SUNN /SIDE 4 768 f -'.480 6.4% UNION 4 733 4 219 12 2. WoOLTGCK Dot,- Iwp GS 10 3 /4 < 22.3% Dei r Twp. GS 72 4 6/ 3.707 26 0% Gwd Twp. GS 1 0 4.829 3.98,7 21.1% Gvvd Twp. GS 72 4.9*3 3.945 24 5% Seneca Twp. 4 804 3 940 21.9% • * 1 lii/ .• ',t rate in . :ii d'je * 'Lowest rate in v!U Treimportation Guarantees School Saving For Your information Dear friends, The funeral in the United States is basically a religious ceremony. Naturally the clergymen, as religious leaders in each community, perform a vital role in the funeral service. Funeral directors and clergymen work together to provide a united service which clarifies the religious meaning of death and comforts the bereaved family and friends, Respectfully, McHenry PETER MJISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME 385-0063 the Plaindealer it seems that the McHenry Choral club, along with many other fine groups, are having to give 'way to the times. But just because a problem has been created does not mean that it cannot be solved. We, as adults, do have to work together to solve this minor misunderstanding or problem to set an example for the young adults replacing us each year. After reading all the letters to the editor in the April 2,issue of the Plaindealer, I counted nineteen parties that show great interest in the Choral club, along with myself making it twenty, so here we have twenty persons that I know will sell at least twelve tickets each to the April 26-27, 1969 programs to be held at the West school auditorium. I say this because I attended the December, 1968, program , and had a large choice of vacant seats. The show was great and in the last row could be heard well, so with this help and the choral group of fifty all selling at least twelve tickets each, we know that at both shows there will be 840 plus. "Then we sit down and visit with the board to see if the McHenry Choral club can become part of the night school, a subject in music. We may find many new members that sing well that would wish to join and add to this great group of people of all ages. Knowing how McHenry and the area has grown we all know there are many interesting persons that like to sing but know no one in the Choral club. Our two school systems have come a long way in the last twenty years or so and much work, time and money has gone into putting them where they are today, on the top. The people over on West Main street, at the administration office, are not that hard to get along with. They are there only to help and serve the education needs of all the residents. Let's understand that the tax dollar that paid for all the so-called sophisticated lighting equipment came from our pockets and no one would wish to change it, but erasers were put on pencils for mistakes, and mistakes with this equipment cost tax money. Just think, if we didn't have problems, many people would be out of work, and they have educated and professional personnel in the school system that will be happy to work with the choral group, so that all go away happy, and the show will go on. This is not the first time the group had a problem, and not the last. Kindly please call me if I may be of any service, and Ray Page, Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction, said that a new transportation formula for Illinois schools will save local school districts more than 7 million dollars a year if House Bill 1194 is approved by the Illinois General Assembly. Supt. Page said that the formula will increase state aid for transportation of pupils to and from school from ten million to 17 million dollars a year. This would allow local districts to use more than 7 million dollars (transferred from the educational fund for transportation costs) for other educational purposes. In a report, Superintendent Page said, "Certain weaknesses now exist in the present Transportation formula. 'The present formula was enacted into law in 1957. The state reimbursement ®to qualifying districts is made on the basis of 50 percent of the cost of transporting eligible pupils or by the applicable sparsity factor whichever is the smaller. With everincreasing transportation costs due to rising enrollment, inflation, and the raising of the state specifications standards for buses, the providing of an adequate transportation system in school districts has become a financial problem. "Under the new Transportation Formula, the amount of reimbursement to a district is computed by subtracting a qualifying amount from the cost to transport eligible pupils. Eligible pupils are those who reside one and one-half miles or more from the attendance center. The qualifying amount is computed on the district's assessed valuation; using a qualifying rate of .03 percent for high school districts, .05 percent for elementary districts, and .07 percent for unit districts. The maximum district claim is limited to the computation by the formula or 80 percent of the cost to transport eligible pupils whichever is the lesser. The minimum district claim is the amount computed by the formula or $16.00 times the number of eligible pupils whichever is the greater. "Under the present formula for the 1967-1968 school year, schSol districts were reimbursed $10,066,883. The total cost of transporting eligible pupils was $31,062,758. Therefore, the state reimbursement amounted to approximately 30 percent of the cost. Under the proposed new formula, school districts would be reimbursed $17,009,608. This would represent a reimbursement of approximately 55 percent of the cost. "Under the present formula, which reimburses districts for only 30 percent of the cost, it has been necessary for school districts statewide to transfer approximately 7V2 million dollars from the Educational Fund to the Transportation Fund to meet expenditures. The new formula would eliminate the necessity of making this transfer. Therefore, districts would have more moneys in the Educational Fund for educati&ial expenditures." Sup. Page lists the strengths of the new formula as follows: I will be glad to sell my twelve tickets. I plan to attend the show. "Sincerely yours, "Wilbert Hecht "McHenry and Crystal Lake" SHOP IN McHENRY •ma b Bifl6'5'a flg'8 a i rn b g g 5 nrn ni »TI Are You New In Town? Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to i every newcomer to our community. Ann Zaller CALL 385-0559 --c Fran Olsen 385-5740 Joan Stull 385-5418 ^IDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIflllllllllniniif ROYAL WELCOME (1) It is based on the equalization principle that provides reimbursement to districts on the basis of wealth. (2) It eliminates the necessity to use Educational Fund revenues for the operation of transportation. (3) It considers increased transportation costs because it is based upon the district expenditures to transport eligible pupils. (4) It increases state support for transportation from 30 percent to 55 percent. (5) It removes a barrier to district reorganization. , (6) It places the maximum regular transportation reimbursement on the same level of support as the reimbursement for students in Special Education programs, and Vocational Education programs. (7) It replaces an outmoded formula. 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