Person County School Notes, April 29, 1925

School Notes

The total school census of Person County of school-age, 6 to 21, is 6,350 with 5,000 enrolled in the rural schools. Of these 5,000 enrolled in the country schools there were about 3,500 in average attendance, 2,500 in the elementary grades and 1,000 in the high school department. There are something over 700 enrolled in the Roxboro schools. In the rural schools there are employed 85 white teachers, 43 negro teachers, and 3 Indian teachers, making a total of 151 teachers employed in the county, who receive an average of $85 a month salary.

There are seven local tax districts:

--Olive Hill, Bushy Fork, Hurdle Mills, and Bethel Hill have a tax rate of 30 cents on the $100 worth of taxable property;

--Leasburg-Person a rate of 25 cents;

--Allensville and Helena, a rate of 20 cents.

--Also, Roxboro pays a special rate of 28 cents.

That leaves just a small fraction of the county in scattered sections which have no local tax rate. If the commissioners would level a rate of 28 or 30 cents all over the county, no one would be hurt and the schools could function much more efficiently.

We have recently completed a handsome building at Hurdle Mills, and have in course of erection a splendid house in Cunningham district. With the new building which is being planned in Mt. Tirzah district the county will be well provided with good houses and schools.

It costs the county about $20 for every person of school age. This includes every cent spent for any phase of school work. This is a very little compared with the $50 and $60 spent by some counties for each child in the county.

The county has invested in school property over $200,000. This belongs to the county although the people have taxed themselves to build and pay for the splendid high schools for which our county is noted. These buildings and sites do not belong to the local tax district, but to the Person County.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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