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Cost Per Pupil Compared for State and Eight School Units Unit State Cherokee Cumberland Iredell Lenoir Kinston Mecklenburg Morven Yancey Students 1,106,894 1,224 25,056 8,633 7,981 6,000 71,946 855 3,026 Total 3429.29 533.52 373^81 334.67 488.46 452.76 478.89 509.69 441.35 State $292.18 365.85 259.41 287.17 303.90 286.24 284.09 302.62 309.01 ■ V. Federal $65.66 123.05 92.06 15.92 114.66 63.78 28.33 172.14 112.15 Cherokee spent most per student, got most from state funds. Iredell spent least per student, go least from federal funds. Cumberland spent below state average, got least from state. Mecklenburg spent the most from local funds. Morven got the most from federal funds. Yancey spent least from local funds. Local L $68.45 44.62 22.34 31.58 69.88 102.74 166.47 34.93 20.19 $7, ‘ k C This is just one more graphic example of the gross inequity heaped on North Carolina tax payers in the name of equal ed ucation. As this table shows the state supplied an average of $292.18 per pupil for the 1,106,894 pup ils in average attendance in all the state’s public schools ini 1966-67. But Cherokee County’s 1,224 students were favored with 25.2 per cent more state funds than this state average and Cumber land County’s 26,056 students were penalized with the lowest allocation of state funds, receiv ing 12.3 per cent less than the state average allocation. This re sulted in the allocation of 41.0 per cent more per pupil from state funds to Cherokee than to Cumberland. - This tabulation also shows that the average appropriation per pupil from local funds amounted to $68.45 in that school year. Here the spread is even worse than in state funds. v Mecklenburg County supplied $166.47 from county funds and Yancey County had to dig up only $20.19 per pupil that year; a difference of 824.5 per cent. Yet after digging up all that lo cal money Mecklenburg only wound up spending $37.49 more per pupil than Yancey County since the state gave Yancey County $24.92 more per student than it gave Mecklenburg and the federal bureaucrats dished out $83.82 more per pupil in Yancey County than in Meck lenburg County. The spread in allocation of federal funds is-from ithe $172. 14 given for each of the 855 children in the Morven School System down to the $15.92 per pupil allocated to the 8,633 chil dren in the Iredell County Sys tem. This is a spread1 of 981.2 per cent in the equity exhibited by the educational gods of HEIW. The state average federal al location was $65.66. The average uneducated tax payer may wonder how the state school board persuades 159 school districts over the state to stand still for this kind of official thievery. A complicated formula which includes the per capita income of each school district, the tax rate and perhaps the number of warts on the school superinten dent’s nose is multiplied toge ther, divided by the retirement pay of the average football coach and that’s’ how the money is dished out per student. This may be an exaggeration of the formula but not by much. in cold fact what happens is that Hie state school board tak es away funds from those school districts foolish enough to tax themselves additionally and giv es those funds to those school districts that refuse to levy lo cal taxes. A local instance is quickly evi dent when the Lenoir County and Kinston systems are compar ed. The Kinston Graded School District has a Special 21-cent school tax, which in 196667 Mm*. raised $115,272, which the av-i erage payer of that tax pre sumes goes to give the students in the Kinston system at least a monetary edge over their coun try cousins in the Lenoir Coun ty system. But it doesn’t work out that way. Because the state gives the Lenoir County system $16.73 more per student than it allo cates to the Kinston system and the federal allocation includes $50.90 more per student for the Lenoir County system than for the Kinston system. Which results in the $19.29 per pupil extra the taxpayers of the Kinston district levy against themselves being wiped out and windang up with the $488.46 be ing spent for each pupil in the counity system and only $452.76 being spent on each student in the Kinston system. This kind of thievery exists all across the state. Batten to Texas m Airman David L. Batten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford C. Bat ten, Route 2, Pine Villa, Grif ton, has completed basic train ing at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for training in the AHMfT! by Copt. Fred Lawton, Director Marine Safety, Raytheon Company & America's Cop championship sailing master. STOP J£V6t#£ U/Pe/V U/AtBR SKI BPS ARB 80ARDW6 ORBfrr£PWG U/ATBR.* ."*'T— ---■ Two Jones' Arrests Jones County Sheriff Brown Yates reports the arrests of two men during the past week. Ed Green of route 1, Trenton, was charged with having no op erators license and Grover Bry an Carter of route 1, Pantego, N. C. was charged with reck less driving and driving under the influence. ■ —H---• DEATHS Mrs. Edith Smith Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Edith Smith, 86, widow of Fountain Smith of Deep Run route 1, who died last Wednesday. Mrs. Annie Noble Warr*n Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Anne Noble Warren, 68, widow of E. L. War ren, of 319 E. Blount St., who died, Saturday in a New Han over County nursing home. Roland B. W«st Funeral services were held Wednesday for Roland B. West, 45, salesman for Frosty Mom Packing Company of 302 Wilson Avenue, who died Monday after a long illness. civil engineering field. Airman Batten, a graduate of North Le noir High School, attended East Carolina University. N the & Ions — COMFORT, N. C. Tire Recapping Center" Ext. 3244234 Swansboro -Hwy. 24 - Phone 326-8929 SELECTIONI LAND TRANSFERS Hie following land transfers were reported last week by reg ister of deeds Bill Parker in Jones County. From Walter L. Adams and Hazel B. Adams to Lewis David Phflyaw .28 of an acre in Tucka hoe township. ■From Mable and Ray Holt to Gregory and Lois Simpson 1.06 acres in ^VWte Oak township. From Joseph McKinley and Su sie Perry Murrell to Ella Per ry Green 6.28 acres in Tren ton township. \. From Joe R. and Lottie L. Killingsworth to Albert L. and Cared D. KHtingsworth .6 of an acre h* Cypress Creek tow^frip. From E. E. Bell, Hiram Creagh, and Albertina B. Bell to Gerald P. and Audrey T. Riggs a tract Of land' in PoUocksville township. From C. W. Franks to Ray and Doris Fonville a bract of land in PoUocksville township. From Retha Dudley to Wil liam Ander Dudley a tract of land in White Oak township. Divorces Filed The following divorce suits were filed during the past week in Jones County. Charles Douglas Thigpen of Trenton from Annie Carter Thigpen of Pink Hill. John Hargett Thompson of Trenton from Patricia Allison Thompson of Trenton. Brenda Kaye Padrick Alphin from William Thomas Alphin. Your Next Car .. . The Great New CHRYSLER NEW YORKER The Elegant Chrysler with the short option list. Many so called; options are standard on New Yorker, New Yorker is truly the ultimate in lux ury, performance and beauty. TOWN AND COUNTRY WAGON The world’s best equipped wagon. Real beauty with all the extras, and it still burns regular gas. How do you beat that? The all around wagon ■ for beauty, luxury, economy and service. Chrysler Town and Country Wagon has the biggest advantage! CHRYSLER 300 The success car for strength and beauty. 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