West Paris High School - Nautilus Yearbook (West Paris, ME)

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'r fe '. - Eg m.- Tk FEDERAL AID TO EDUC ATS-L DH Our present day educational system presents a problem abguti which not meny peocle are aware. On the surface, it apoeers to be functioning smoothly and efficiently, but if one studies the sit- uation carefully, he will detect many irregularities that should not present themselves in a system of education so vast as thatof the United States. It has advantages, naturally, the mejor one being thatpublic education is the last vestige of States-rights that exists on any large scale. The conservative faction of our country demand that the Federal government play Uhands-offn with the education of our children. They believe, and rightly so, that if the government aids our education financially then it will soon start dictating policies. AD undesirable feature of this system might -be that 'there would be considerable consolidation of schools in order to: ll? reduce areas reouiring insoectors or commissioners: C25 lower the cost of mrintnining hundreds of unneccessary buildingsg fl? eliminate future construction of many small buildings to provide for the raoidly expanding school enrollment. However, let us look over the good side of this measure and attemot to devise a system to smooth out the difficulties, First, the state handling of public education on the surface seems to orovide adequate facilities for the schools. The towns supoort and direct the schools in their own respective ways, meanwhile maintaining certain standards which the states set up in order to receive from the state, financial reimbursement for a oortion of the funds that are exoended. Thus, schools are able to exist, but only on the barest minimum of necessary eouinment and teachers. If, on the other hand, this some situation existed with the states in turn being reimbursed by the federelgovernment for a oortion of their exoenditures in education, the steteswould not be afraid of soending their money in order to build end main- tain well-eouicoed and well-directed schools that any child would be glad to attend. You will hear the conservatives screaming about the national debt, but they may scream in vain. Certainly we have a huge debt, but on whose shoulders does it rest! Natu- rally on the caoitclists, but are they kicking! Cf course they're not, their money is drawing interest and if the government should fail because of its debt or for any reason whatsoever, theirmoney would be no good anyway. Therefore, I still contend that federal aid to educationwill be the ultimate achievement of those who are not afraid ofchange. Francis Slattery '50