New School Board Studies Budget For 1963  

In its meeting Tuesday evening, Jan 29, at the Culver School, the Board of Trustees of the Culver Community School unit devoted a major part of their time in considering the 1963 budget for the new school unit.

A report on estimated revenues for the school corporation for 1963 was presented by Superintendent Frank McLane. The estimates were based on the data included in the budgets prepared last August for the individual school corporations of Aubbeenaudbe, North Bend and Union townships.

The main source of revenue available for the operation of the new school corporation in 1963 are funds to be received from local taxes from the county-wide school tax fund and the amounts to be received from state aid.

Estimates of essential appropriations for the Culver Community Schools unit for the current budget year were studied by the school board. The main items which must be added to this year’s budget is that of the new administration office, since no provisions were made for such costs in the budgets of the individual townships. All costs for the office of the board of education and the superintendent must be paid from appropriations which will be additional to these which levies have been established. After a detailed study, the board revised some budget estimates and authorized the superintendent to prepare legal advertising as required by law.

The proposals as advertised, will be submitted to the Board of State Tax commissioners for review

The work on the budget preparation was postponed at the start of the meeting, in order to grant a hearing to a group of patrons, who presented their objections to the operation of schools during severe weather conditions.

Following the discussion with the patron group, the school board agreed to give the matter further consideration with the possibility of determining a policy regarding the closing of schools in such periods.

It was announced that some equipment would be available for the office of the superintendent for temporary use.

Permanent equipment would be ordered as soon as quotations from different firms could be studied.

Mr. McLane indicated that several school supply firms had been contacted to submit prices on the needed items.

Jan 30 1963 - CItizen