Keep Pasadena Schools
Among the Leaders
Special School District
Election, July 9
Vol. 40
Pasadena Junior College, July 8, 1946
Special
Tax Up Necessary;
Higher Costs Cited
Faced with rising costs and increased enrollments
throughout both the high school and junior college school
districts, the Board of Education has called a special election
for Tuesday, July 9, to submit to voters a proposal to increase
the maximum tax rate from $1.10 to $1.25. The income from
this increase was specified >f or use to increase salaries and for
general operative purposes. _ _ _ _ _ — - — - - -
Building Projects Are
In Support of Bond I i
Taking their problems directly to the voter, the membj
ask citizens of the high school district and the junior
bond issues for the two districts totalling $8,000,000.
The money derived from the sale of the bonds,
tion of new buildings and additions to present
Here are the figures:
ined
ne Board of Education will
strict on July 9 to approve
proved, will be used for construc-
facilities.
PASADENA CITY JUNIOK COLLEGE
The Board’s action came as a
direct realization of the fact that
the schools can no longer be op¬
erated on the income legally a-
vailable under current tax limits.
At the beginning of the depres¬
sion, at the insistence of the tax
payers, the board abandoned its
policy for accumulating balances
for capital outlay and general op¬
erating expenses. Instead, it de¬
voted all the money raised to the
payment of current costs.
These current costs have risen
steadily year by year for more
than ten years. Rising prices
and increased enrollment have
been the two major factors in
bringing the school districts to
their present financial state.
At the end of the war, the
board was faced with a stagger¬
ing rise in prices, in wages and
.in construction costs.
In addition, substantial increas¬
es in enrollment in the elemen¬
tary schools and more than 100
percent increase in enrollment at
PJC further lifted the cost of
operation.
Through stinting and crowding,
the schools have been kept open
and operating through 1945-46.
But the budget for 1946-47 pre¬
sented a greater problem. After
careful study, Dr. John A. Sex-
son, superintendent, was forced
to report to the board that the
educational program could not be
paid for out of the estimated in¬
come from taxation during the
1946-47 school year.
He further reported that after
every available penny was ap¬
propriated, there would still be
no money to adjust salaries and
wages, to buy equipment, to pro¬
vide text and library books, to ,
re-open the West Campus or t<j
"get the needed building-expansio
program under way.
Men’s Gymnasium and Armory (PJC Campusi _
at an estimated cost of . . $ 225,000
Library and Women’s Education Bldg. (B^^^Bmipus)
at an estimated cost of . ■Jfflsmf?.. . . 375,000
Shops (PJC Campus)
at an estimated cost of..
Additional funds to complete Stud
(PJC Campus) estimated
Amount to be used as need fa^^Hpment and
capital outlay expenditures^^^Bc and Muir
Campus as enrollments
я
HKs demand..
175,000
100,000
325,000
..$1,200,000
PAS
Completion o.
School
Com
nor
Junior
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HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
: W. Eliot Junior High
timated cost of . $ 195,000
Woodrow Wilson Junior High
estimated cost of . 450,000
School at La Canada
■stimated cost of . 550,000
School at Temple City
estimated cost of . 575,000
or a Junior High School for
Sierra Madre and Hastings Ranch, estimated . 30,000
Total . . $1,800,000
Precincts Announced
For purposes of this election,
the county election precincts lo¬
cated within the Pasadena City
High School and Junior College
Districts have been consolidated
into twenty-seven larger districts,
the polling place for each pre¬
cinct being a school-house (plus
the Board of Education Build¬
ing). The map below should en¬
able one to locate his polling
place, but if there seems to be a
question, call Mr. Monsen or his
Election Deputy, SY 3-5111, Ex¬
tension, 268, and he will gladly
assist you.
VOTE TOMORROW!
This special edition of the
Chronicle is being published in
order to inform the students of
the college and their parents and
friends of the necessity of the
success of these measures. It is
hoped that each students will at¬
tempt to obtain at least three
favorable votes for the passage
of these bonds.
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