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Wage 1-2 { Annual Town Meeting March 6 , 19/2 Article 21 continued - Campbell speaking® j The State has made it possible to contract for educational equip- ment for three years and pay on it each year through the school G -� IA budget ® Now we can do it for portable classrooms . Also contract- ing to do it this way will amount to a purchase at the end of three years ® This will mean an expenditure of $21 , 666 for i three buildings plus $1 , 34 for furniture and tie in with the main plant ® When I make the State records for the new contract and file them in July with the Department of Education, it will mean that 15% comes back to the Town® Under Chapter 10 you will see that we receive considerable monies from the State ® In 11/3 this will be the salve ® If the Town votes we may include $2.1 , 666 in the school budget and 15 percent will be reimbursed ® the following year it will be the same ® Therefore it will not be necessary to raise it in any one year. This will make a differ- ence of !0 cents or more on this year ' s tax rate ® We could push the panic button and say let ' s build a brand new school right��nt now. It takes time to study and plan, and time has run out , We :need ..more room today , I , then, have this request to bring through the school committee and your Finance Committee to you people ® We want to bring our kindergarten across the street ® I have watched , and it scares me to death to see these little people having to go back and forth crossing that busy road . In the main school , where classes have to be held dow-nstairs next to the basketball courts we have bad teaching conditions ,, We want r to remove the academic classrooms from down there and put dorm there instead the art room, and other such activities not needing � concentration and freedom from noise and confusion , I think that from three to five years this will help us ® by that time we will have completed new studies of our needs ; possibly even some new building . We are getting new students all the time . I assure i you I shall keep down all costs possible . There are certain things I can' t keep down -- .such as tuit`_on, and transportation:. We are now paying $15�3C per pupil ; considerably more than we paid sears ago . Your school budget reflects this this particular year . I hope you will go along with me and I assure you I will do every- thing I can to keep expenses down.