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The  School  Question 
Building  New  School 
We  have  a  special  school  meetiug  to 
vote  on  a  new  schoolhouse  and  grounds. 
There  are  approximately  only  So  scholars 
that  attend  school.  Can  the  superintend¬ 
ent  of  schools  compel  a  little  district  like 
this  to  put  up  a  brick  building,  costing 
upwards  of  $33,000.  or  nearly  $1,000  to 
a  scholar?  c.  H.  H. 
Suffolk  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Under  the  education  law  of  the  State, 
.after  the  district  has  failed  to  build  a 
school-house,  the  district  superintendent 
may  set  the  amount  that  must  be  ex¬ 
pended  on  a  new  building.  The  district 
has  the  right  to  decrease  the  amount  set 
by  the  superintendent  by  25  per  cent.  In 
case  the  district  superintendent  issues  an 
order  requiring  the  erection  of  a  new 
building,  the  people  of  the  district  have 
the  right  to  appeal  to  the  Commissioner 
of  Education. 
Paying  Railroad  Fare  for  School  Children 
We  live  in  the  country.  The  school 
that  my  children  are  supposed  to  attend 
is  a  one-room  school,  with  one  teacher 
teaching  seven  grades,  sometimes  eight. 
I  have  five  children  ;  am  only  sending  the 
two  smallest  to  this  school  (age  seven 
and  eight).  The  others  I  am  sending  to 
the  village.  I  have  to  pay  train  fare,  as 
it  is  five  miles  from  here;  also  tuition. 
Am  I  obliged  to  pay  mTf  oldest  daughter’s 
fare?  She  is  in  two-year  high.  The  town 
pays  her  tuition,  as  this  is  the  nearest 
high  school.  I  have  made  a  sacrifice  in 
sending  the  boy.  11  years,  and  the  girl, 
nine  years,  to  the  village,  as  I  realized 
that  they  were  getting  only  part  of  an 
education  in  the  one-room  school ;  but  I 
think,  being  there  is  a  law  to  compel 
parents  to  send  children  to  high  school, 
probably  there  is  one  for  the  town  to  pay 
the  fare  if  they  have  no  high  school.  It 
is  hard  enough  to  support  a  large  family, 
and  I  find  .the  public  school  education  my 
children  receive  rather  expensive.  F.  n. 
Suffolk  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Unless  the  district  is  willing  to  pay  the 
fare  for  your  daughter,  you  will  have  to 
bear  it.  as  there  is  no  law  by  which  you 
can  compel  it.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
one  placed  in  your  situation  has  a  hard 
problem  to  face  in  giving  your  children 
the  educational  opportunity  that,  you  feel 
they  should  have. 
In  its  study  of  school  conditions  in  this 
State  the  Committee  of  Twenty -one  found 
hundreds  of  instances  of  farm  families 
that  were  facing  such  difficulties  as  you 
describe  in  giving  their  children  a  high- 
school  education.  The  committee  has 
recommended  that  there  should  be  trans¬ 
portation  of  country  children  to  high 
school  at  public  expense.  There  are  many 
homes  in  which  the  expense  of  providing 
transportation  of  children  to  high  school 
is  so  great  that  either  the  children  are 
unable  to  attend  or  the  homes  have  to 
bear  unreasonable  financial  burdens. 
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Collection  of  School  Taxes 
I  have  a  tract  of  land  in  another 
county ;  am  having  considerable  trouble 
over  paying  my  rural  school  tax.  Last 
year  the  collector  of  school  tax  (which  is 
separate  from  the  land  tax)  failed  to  send 
me  a  notice  of  how  much  my  taxes  were, 
and  later  turned  them  over  to  the  county 
treasurer.  This,  year  I  wrote  and  asked 
him  to  mail  me  a  notice  of  my  assessment, 
but  could  not  get  any  repl"  to  my  letters. 
Later  I  wrote  to  the  town  supervisor  and 
asked  him  to  find  out  why  the  collector 
would  not  mail  me  a  notice  of  the  amount. 
All  he  did  was  go  to  the  treasurer  and 
find  out  the  amount  of  the  last  rear’s 
taxes,  and  did  not  see  the  collector.  I 
wrote  to  the  supervisor  again,  and  asked 
to  find  out  this  year’s  taxes.  A  few 
weeks  later  the  collector  wrote  to  me.  I 
sent  him  a  cheek,  also  a  stamped  envelope 
to  mail  a  return  receipt  in.  So  far  he 
has  not  cashed  the  check  or  mailed  me  a 
receipt.  I  am  quite  sure  he  received  my 
letters  and  cheek,  as  they  had  my  return 
address  on.  I  believe  I  am  entitled  to  a 
receipt  for  the  taxes  showin™  the  amount 
of  ass.esment  and  rate  of  tax  by  the  laws 
of  New  York  State.  I  have  all  of  the  let¬ 
ters.  I,.  B.  S. 
Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y. 
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your  taxes.  He  has  complied  with  the 
legal  requirements  by  posting  the  notice 
that  taxes  are  due.  Neither  is  he  required 
to  send  you  a  receipt,  but  when  you  en¬ 
close  a  stamped  envelope  for  sending  the 
receipt,  it  would  seem  to  be  only  a  matter 
of  courtesy  that  it  should  be  sent  to  you. 
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