Swatara High School - Yearbook (Oberlin, PA)

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Ge ZGQGW Some Facts Concerning the School A public institution can reach its highest point of etliciency only in the degree in which there is complete cooperation between the institution and the public which it serves. But cooperation is possible and can be hoped for only to the extent in which the public understands and has knowledge of the institution whidh serves it and vice versa. Public schools generally have too long failed to press their claims sufficiently into the mind of the public to receive the cooperation they need and deserve to have. Patrons frequently do not know what the schools are attempting to do for,their children and for the community, nor do they know of the many problems that confront teachers and a board of directors. The schools of Swatara Township are no exception to this rule. It is however the hope and the wish of the Selhool Board and the teachers that the public shall know more about its schools and the problem of financing an adequate system of education such as the boys and the girls of this township deserve. It is with the hope in mind that a beginning is made in this way to bring some outstanding facts to the public for their consideration. DID YOU KNOW? There are 1446 children between the ages of 6 and 16 years in Swatara Township. There are 1275 children enrolled in the schools of the township, distributed as follows: ISI in High School, 310 in the grades at Oberlin, 453 at Enhaut, 105 at Bressler, 222 at Rutherford Heights and 34 at Beaver. There are 510 children on half day session: 219 at Oberlin, 163 at Enhaut, 62 at' Bressler, 66 at Rutherford Heights. There are 145 children housed in inadequate emergency buildings in addition to the 255 children who have no rooms or desks of their own. The High School has grown from 69 six years ago to 151 pupils. Only one room has been added to: the High Sdhool to accommodate the increase. ' Nineteen are graduating this spring and that 70 or more will enter as Freshmen next Fall. Notwithstanding the crowded condition the school was rated as a First Class High School by the State Department. There are 32 teachers employed in the township. ' Teachers' salaries alone amount to 537,900 for the year. For teachers' salaries alone for all schools it costs almost S30 per year per child. For teachers' salaries alone for high school pupils it costs about S37 per year per pupil. The School Bus carries daily: 34 children from Lawnton to and from Rutherford Heights schoolg 30 children fromi the Beaver section to and from the Rutherford Heights schoolg IO children from Chamber Hill to and from Oberlin grade schoolsg 33 children from Ruthenford Heights and lower end of the township to and from the High School daily. If the Bus were not operated it would cost the township more than S1300 a year for street car ticketsg more than S2000 in high sohool tuition payable to other districtsg at least S1000 to maintain a school at Chamber Hill for ten pupils. The cost of operating the Bus last year including gasoline, oil, repairs, and drivers salary was less than Srooo. Operating the Bus will save for the township more than S2500 this year. J. E. SHI-:kK, Supv. Prin. mimi has l6l

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M We RSX Directors of the Board of Education le 4. - Y xl Back Row: J. lf. Berkheimer, Vice Presidentg Robert A. Shultz, P. I. Parthe- more, tl. li. Pacey. Front Row: Al. KI. Brb, President: VV. H. Horner, Secretaryg Geo. S. Yeager. Treasurer. No servants of the public do more for the Welfare of a community without remuneration than does a Board of School Directors who give of their time and their talent in the administration of a public school system for the welfare of the children of the community. Kluch credit is due to the School Board of Swatara Township for the efforts they have made to make the schools as eflicient as possible. Their problems are however numerous and very diflicult and they need the hearty co-operation and support of the public to carry out the plans they are making to increase the educational facilities for the boys and the girls. e e ear: l5l

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