"Proposed Demonstration Agricultural School Ypsilanti State Normal College" Front Side · EMU Archives

Title

"Proposed Demonstration Agricultural School Ypsilanti State Normal College" Front Side

Description

The item shows signs of bleaching and fading on the paper, along with aging that distorts the color of the paper.

The item is a printed paper, approximately 8.5"X11". The item is an educational pamphlet addressed to "Qualified school electors" who would be voting on a proposed elementary and high school for Ypsilanti and August Townships. The item depicts a rendering of what the proposed demonstration school would look like along with text stating what the school would include. There is a front and back to the handout.

Creator

Michigan Board of Education

Date

1923

Subject

Michigan--State Board of Education, Lincoln Consolidated School District--1920s, Michigan State Normal College--History, School buildings--Michigan--Washtenaw County

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To the Qualified school electors who will vote on the school bonds for the Consolidated Agricultural ,
School for Ypsilanti and Augusta Townships:— = = , - ' 3

- We, your School Board, acting for you and according to the pow
with the authorities of the Michigan State Normal College and ti
cation for the development of a plan whereby the state may secure lre

— ‘may secure for our community a complete elementary and high school.

E—— The State Board of Education
(1) Provide all teachers and janitors for the school for the next twenty-h >ars >ay for
the same except such part as will be paid by the Primary School Fund, | =

’ ~ * (2) Provide all movable equipment which serves as the necessar _
do their work, | » | = - ==
(3) Pay one-half of all expenses necessary in connection with

ON CONDITION THAT We, The Consolidated School District, will - :
(1) Provide a suitable school plant, and ? '

(2) Provide heat, light, water, and maintenance for the same.

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We, the School Board, believe this to be a very great opportuni

' found the authorities of the Normal College willing to cooperate with
bers of the Board have worked in perfect harmony with each other.

before the Board thus far has been thoroughly discussed and decided 1

attitude on the part of those who represent the state and on the part o

| prompts us to believe in the success of the future and causes us to recom

twenty-fourth of August IN FAVOR of the issue of Two Hundred Thot

The bonds to bear a rate of interest not to exceed five and one-half p

| received from these bonds will be used to the best of our judgment in

' ment with the State Board of Education and in providing for the edu

happiness of our people.
E We recommend that the issue extend from three to twenty-five ye:

| ~ ing the first two years, and that they be retired thereafter in such quanti
* principal retired will annually amount to slightly less than fifteen thousa

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The average annual amount which will be paid by this district for the retire
cluding the interest) will be slightly less than fifteen thousand dollars per year.

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: dollars LESS than our PRESENT schools cost us during the year which has

Remember, also, that according to the law which establishes a co
four hundred dollars per bus is paid by the state to aid in transportatio