HomeMy WebLinkAboutConsolidated School District Consolidation with BryanCollege Stetion, Texas,
February 23, 1939
To the Citizens of tYie Consolid~tcd Sci~ool District:
I c~pent most of the aft~;rnoon today in Bry<^xn making en indepen-
dent investi.gati~r.. ad?.th the officials of the schools ar~d the city,
expecting to find that the best ^olution is to consolidate crith
Bryan. You have a right to know the truth as I found it. ~.fter
making the investigations I am completely s~..tisfied th~.:t v?e should
vote the bonds because of the following f~_.cts:
1. It will cost urn more to conso].id~.te ti°rith Bryan, about
X1.50 per hundr_,d dollars on ~. 50 o valuation.
2. Should vre consol.ids.te thero i s the uncertainty about
the success of thy. bond issue: that th.e combs°~ed districts would have
to vote to build, equip ~.nd in^.intain our school. Not that there is
any likelihood of the officials breo.ki?~;• f.~:ith, but the people may
not aliprove the bonds.
3. By consolidatinG vJe vaould hive a better building but
wre •NOUld not Gave control over the policies of the school or the
selection of the teac:~ers. This is i.mport~:nt for thQ contentmon.t and
s~.tisfactior~ of the people of this district. ~i~e c~.n forgive our ovm
mistakes more re<,dily tiian those of otriers.
4. The pcrcentF.ge incre~:~e in our tax~.ble values duo to
the steady grodj~th of the community vrill be more rapid than in Bryan.
Hence vre would pa?T incr•_~FSingly more than our share of the school
expense. Besides ti+ia would soon have to help build a now needed new
elemante.ry school in Bryan.
5. T?~e school officials I talked to offered no bright
picture of the o_dvs.ntage;s of consolid~.ting. Thc;;T offer~;d no special
inducement for us to come in, contr^ry to th:; roport that they are
^rilling to Give us something for nothing to ~;et us in.
o it is my considorr;d opinion that more happiness, contentment
and good feeling rriong ourselves <<^.nd to,~a~:rd Bryan wrill result if vre
remain sepr.rate from Br;,Tr..n s.nd vote the bonds.
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J. H. Binney
Mayor Fle ct