Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 4 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
that school expenditures should be viewed as an investment in the future. “It’s prudent and conservative to maintain ones investment.” The county’s investment in its teaching staff can be protected by encouraging experienced teachers to stay and avoiding excessive turnover, he said, supporting approval of the index pay scale.
The roof of the elementary school is another investment that should be protected through adequate repairs, Bird continued. “I walked through there this morning and they’re running out of buckets! It’s kind of a scandal that it’s been allowed to deteriorate to this extent,” he said, encouraging the supervisors to leave intact $110,000 in the budget to complete elementary school roof repairs. “That’s a deferred maintenance bill that has come due this year. I think we have to bite the bullet,” he said of the expenditure that comprises one
85.3%