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row of figures, I felt it would be brought to my attention without anv insinuations at all. I didn’t feel that someone would jump down my throat if I made a mistake. But there’s no attitude of trust now so it boils down to doing the books twice to make sure I haven’t made an honest error,” she said.
We don’t feel Mrs. Carney is sparring with shadows in a closet. We too have felt implications from certain board members that everything isn’t quite right with school money matters.
Consideration of potentially expensive measures that will result in an unqualified audit for the school activity and cafeteria fluids is a good example. The accountant who explained procedures necessary for an unqualified audit emphasized that he knows of no other school systems which employ such an involved system of checks and double checks. The unqualified audit will cost approximately SI, 100 to $1,600 more in accountant’s fees plus one-time charges for setting up the new system. Hidden costs for additional personnel who may be required to provide the double checks at every point where money is handled could send the price up much higher. If no new personnel are hired, it means more work for administrators and teachers who already carry a heavy load.
The bill—in morale and money—will be high. Why change to new audit procedures when no one’s uncovered any problems or irregularities in the old system?
It behooves the board to keep the qualified and experienced personnel already on the payroll, whether teachers, secretaries, bus drivers, bookkeepers, cafeteria workers, administrators, custodians or aides. A little trust, a little appreciation, a few thank yous and a lot less suspicion—implied or stated—will go a long way towards that end.
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