City Council
Approves Big
School Budget
The Council has approved an in
creased budget for the Fairbanks
School District for the fiscal year
1956-57 as drawn up by the school
board.
After a recommendation by City
Manager Matt Slankard that the
budget be approved, the council un
animously affirmed his stand. The
budget, which calls for a tax of 10
mills on real and personal property
in the city, totaled $2,312,815.43 an
increase of $609,749 over last year’s
figure.
The sharp increase is due largely
to the operation of the new Lathrop
high school and a $450,000 expedi
ture for the new elementary school
in South Fairbanks.
Of the $2,312,815.43 budget total,
$829,968.26 will be contributed by
the Territory and $1,482,847.17 by
the School District. The total
amount budgeted for the current
fiscal year is $1,703,066.15, of which
the school board estimates that $1,
588,633.15 will be spent.
The nrst six basic subdivisions
of the budget have to do with gen
eral operating costs with the actual
figures reading as follows:
1. General Control. A total of
$114,554.80 has been budgeted for
the coming fiscal year for the costs
of running the business office, the
tax assessment office, the superin
tendent’s office, and the school
board. Of this total, the Territory
will pay $26,785.50, the School Dis
trict’s portion being $87,769.10.
2. Instruction. This category in
cludes the salaries of principals,
supervisors, teachers, substitute
teachers, textbooks, and supplies.
$992,678.96 has been budgeted for
this department an increase of $143,
528.48 over the current year. The
Territory will pay $603,985.39 of
the total amount: the School Dis
trict’s portion is $338,693.57.
3 Operation of Plant. A total of
$280,705.50 has been budgeted for
janitor’s salaries, utilities, and sup
plies. The Territorial figure is $186,
986.62; the School District figure,
$93,718.88.
4. Maintenance and Repair. Costs
of repair to buildings and equipment
and upkeep of grounds are estimat
ed at $40,303.42 for the coming fiscal
year, the School District being re
sponsible for the entire amount.
5. Auxiliary Agencies. An amount
of $59, 228 50 has been budgeted to
• meet the costs of such auxiliary ag
I encies as libraries, health and nur
Communication:
Jessen’s Weekly
Fairbanks, Alaska
We wish to express our appreci
ation for the cooperation extended
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ly in this year’s Cancer Crusade.
We also wish to thank through
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chants who sponsored the full page
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ers; Alaska Chemical Corporation;
Golden Valley Electric Association;
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Mrs. Louise Roach.
Unit Chairman of Fbks.
Walt Welch
FAIRBANKSANS PICTURED
IN "STANDARD OILER"
Jack Goddard, Ron Johnson, J.
D. Lewis, and R. H. Kidney, all
employees of the Standard Oil com
pany of California in ' Fairbanks,
were pictured in the latest issue of
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The four were members of the
second place team in the recent In
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photograph was taken by Mrs. Ron
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ses, transportation, and the cafeter
ias. The Territory will assume $12,
210.75 of the amount; the School
District’s portion is $47,017.75.
6. Fixed Charges. The budgeted
amount for insurance, rent, bonds
on the Main school, teachers’ re
tirement, workmen’s compensation,
and social security is $55,457.51, all
of which must be paid by the school
District.
The last two sections of the bud
get deal with capital outlays and
debt services. For the purchase of
sites, the construction of buildings,
and alterations and equipment in
buildings, a total of $578,898.37 has
been budgeted, the School District
paying the entire amount.
For debt services, a category con
sisting of the principal and interest
amounts on bonds, the School dis
trict must assume the budgeted
amount of $190, 988.57.
Now that the budget has been
passed on by the Fairbanks City
Council, it will be submitted to the
Commissioner of Education in Ju
neau for final approval.
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Johnny Kioonok, Jr., 18, son of
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hunter, and Alan Attatayuk, 16, son
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urday at the maze of traffic lights
and the labrinth of sky scrapers
that is New York.
The trio accompanied by Carl C.
Webb, police chief of Nome, made
the trip to raise funds for a youth
center, a badly needed institution
in the Seward penninsula town.
They had also been invited to ap
pear on television, CBS-TV’s Good
Morning show, from 7 to 8 a.m.
EDT.
"The heat is really getting them
here, "Webb said. "They’ve never
been farther than Anchorage before.
They're walking around in a daze
getting a big kick out of it.”
Besides the many other New York
sights, the group took in a big
league baseball game before return
ing home Monday evening.
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