Colton Union High School - Crimson and Gold Yearbook (Colton, CA)

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nj x ADMINISTRATION Top row: Fred M. Snider, president: Albert J. Erickson, clerk. Second row: George H. Castle, Grace Milbright and Fred R. Crunk The School Board The powers of the School Board are many and varied, ranging from the enforcement of the state school code to the responsibility for every detail of school management. Annually the term of office for one or two members of the school board expires, by election, then, the people of the district are assured of complete con- trol of the school at all times, and their interests are safeguarded. In normal times one heard very little about school costs or school finances, ordinarily, nothing was too good, when it was a question of educating our chil- dren. In times of stress or financial difficulty, when taxes seem too great, some few seem to believe that the whole burden of taxation and financial depression is the result of over-education. Hence the present cry against school costs and school salaries. However careful state wide analysis has shown that school salaries are just one step above those of unskilled labor, and that Colton school salaries are among the lowest in the state, when compared with other A. D. A. costs in schools of similar size. After three years of scaling down school costs, it is harder now to End safe and sound economies for further retrenchment, without the cutting of depart- ments. This the Board is loath to do, unless the necessity becomes far more urgent than is now apparent. Nevertheless, the public schools belong to the people, and the Board will endeavor at all times to carry out their wishes. They will guarantee to give to our young people as complete a school as is possible for the money expended, and with as low a cost if not lower than that in any other comparable school in the state. FRED M. SNIDER, Preridenr NINE