Dr. Wey Writes An Open Letter To
Parents Concerning School Fees
Dear Parents:
The Facufty and Administra
tion of Appalachian High School
have recently been giving serious
consideration and much study to
tlie topic of student fees at
Appalachian High School. After
studying this problem we realize
that fees have increased to such
an extent that they are no longer
a minor item in the family bud
get. We have also come to the
conclusion that parents should
have some explanation of why
these fees are chaiged, how they
? are used, and how we can reduce
them. - The Administration and
Faculty *of Appalachian High
School would like the parents to
help continue the study of thii
problem in order that we might
be able to reduce student fees to
an absolute minimum.
In answer to the first question,
"Why do we have to charge fees
at Appalachian High School?"
the following can be said. The
small amount of money appro
priated from local taxes and from
state funds for school equipment,
, s u p p 1 i e s, an<l supplementary
teaching aids is not nearly
enough to support financially the
varied type of curriculum and
the progressive teaching methods
that are used in our school. For
example, our band and library,
which we consider among the
best in the state, are largely sup
ported through student fees and
local contributions. The type
writers in our commercial de
partment, which turn out young
people to go right into the busi
ness profession, are bought with
the fees paid by the students for
typing. In addition to these and
other subjects many of our extra
curricular activities would be
impossible without the student
fees. For example, the school
paper, wihch every child receives
every week, is supported by the
50c fee that every student pays.
Although the fees at Appala
chian High School are many,
they are smaller in comparison
than in the majority of other
high schools that offer a similar
type program. The reason for
this is that the Appalachian State
Teachers College has been allot
ting quite a bit of money for in
structional supplies and perman
ent equipment. The college has
just completed a chemistry and
physics laboratory costing nearly
$5,000 that will rank with the
best in the country.
The next question to be dis
cussed in this open letter to you
is the type of fees charged at
Appalachian High School and
the use of these fees. The first
and largest fee is the State Book
Rental Fee which is $3.60. This
money is turned over to the
oiaie ucpanmeni ana, in xurn,
they furnish each high school
student with his basal textbooks.
This fee covers only the basal
tbooks and doe*- not include
j aids. The second general fee
charged of all students is the
locker fee. This fee is 50c and
workbook and other teach
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entitles the student to the use of
a locker tor one school year. The
90c is used to keep the lockers in
repair and to purchase additional
ones. The third general fee is the
library fee of 50c which is turn
ed over to the library for the
purchasing and rebinding of
books and magazines. The next
general fee is the school paper
fee. For 50c a year the student
receives the school paper which
is issued once each week. The
next general fee is the handbook
fee. For 50c tv 1 student receives
a printed handbook containing
all information, rules, and regu
lations concerning the high
school. The last general fee
charged of all students is a 75c
fee tor the year which is used by
the office to cover general ex
penses ? such as postage, station
ery, etc. Not countii^ the book
rental fee the general fees charg
ed of all students amount to
$2.75 tor the year.
The above mentioned general
fees are small i A comparison to
the departmental fees which are
charged for special classes and
special activities. These special
fees are the ones that we need to
consider reducing. Each of the
fees which will be listed here is
charged by the department and
is used to buy materials for the
students to use in connection
with the actual class work or the
activities in which they are tak
ing part. For example, a $2 year
ly fee is charged tor chemistry or
physics. This $2 is used to pay
for part of the chemicals used by
the students in connection with
this class. It is used to pay for
glass tubing and other materials
that are used up in the process
of experimentation which the
students carry on. If it were not
for this fee, the students would
study merely from the state text
book and would not get to do the
individual experimentation.
The following is a list of the
fees charged to buy supplies for
the laboratories of the different
departments:
1. $2 yearly fee for agriculture
and home economics.
2. $1 yearly fee for home living.
3. $1 yearly fee tor geography,
biology, and other science cours
es.
4. 75c yearly fee for social
studies.
5. _5Ucl yearly fee for physical
eductftidh.-*
6. $1 yearly fee for dramatics.
7. $2 yearly fee tor chetnistry
or physics.
8. $1.50 yearly fee tor students
taking driver training.
9. $1. monthly fee for typing I,
office practice.
10. 50c monthly fee for Book
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11. $1 monthly fee for band or
orchestra.
12. $7.50 per semester for shop.
13. Som? courses require the
purchasing of a workbook to sup
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announced the first day by the
teacher in charge of the course.
14. Reading clinic 75c per year.
15. Chorus class $5 per year,
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ents also taking Chorus Class.)
One thing that the parents
should be thoroughly familiar
with is that none of the above
fees are required in order for a
student to attend . school. We
would like to emphasize the fact
that these fees are charged to
improve the educational program
that we can offer at Appalachian
High School and under no cir
cumstances is there undue
.emphasis placed on any individu
al student to pay these fees. At
the present time we have ap
proximately twenty students to
. whom we give all fees, including
the book rental fee. No student
should stay home from school
because he cannot pay these fees.
The next question we want to
discuss is how these fees are
handled. When a student pays a
fee to his teacher, he receives a
receipt Indicating that the feel'
has been paid. In turn the teach- i
er turns the' money in to the i
school treasurer who gives the
teacher a receipt (or the total
amount of money that she has
collected. The school treasurer
then deposits this money in the
Northwestern Bank and gives
credit to each department1 for the
amount collected. In order to
spend the money, each depart
ment must present a bill for the
materials or supplies purchased,
the treasurer then writes a
check for this bill, and the prin
cipal countersigns the check. The
school treasurer is under bond
and her books are audited each
year. In .addition to this, the
school treasurer's books are open
for inspection by any parent or
interested person at any time.
As we stated in the beginning,
the administration and faculty of
Appalachian High School are in
terested in reducing the fees
charged high school students. Al
though our fees are smaller than
other high schools, we still feel
that we are charging too much.
The study that we have made of
this to the present time has re
vealed to us the following meth
ods of reducing these fees. First,
and the one to which -we are
opposed and know that you
would bo opposed to, is to reduce
the efficiency of the type of edu
cational program that we are off
ering at Appalachian High School.
This would certainly be done if
we reduced fees and failed to re
ceive money from some other
source to purchase the material?
that these fees are now buying.
The second solution to the reduc
tion of these fees is to increase
the appropriation of moneys from
the local county budget. The
third solution would be an in
crease in the appropriation for
materials and supplies on the
state level. There might be other
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parents, the P.-T. A., and other
organizations to assist us in the
further study of this problem
with the goal in n#d to reduce
the student fees and yet to main
tain the high type of educational
program that we feel we have
at Appalachian High School.
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