District 1 Maintains Schools Well but Faces Maintenance Cost
The study notes District 1 schools are well kept compared with other districts, with rapid repairs when breakdowns occur. Yet defects persist in several schools such as broken windows, tiles, termite damage, rusted panels, and other wear, highlighting ongoing maintenance costs estimated at about 100 dollars per student.
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Drachman
Pueblo Gardens
Duffy
Mansfeld Junior High
District 1 Maintains Higher Costs With Specialized Shops
A 1961 University of Oregon study compares maintenance costs per student across districts. District 1 uses an elaborate South Campbell Avenue operation with dedicated shops for heating, cooling, painting, wood and metal work, locks and electrical gear plus a full vehicle garage. Crews report to the shop each morning then visit schools. the district is praised for better building upkeep but criticized for high expenses. Superintendent Morrow notes the board will keep the present maintenance level and system, with future talks on substations and potential workforce changes.
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District 1
Campbell Avenue
University of Oregon Bureau of Educational Research
University of Oregon
Robert Morrow
Two School Costs Analyzed In District Budgets
The Tucson School District and four others study fixed charges and contingencies per student. District 1 budgets about 15 dollars per student in fixed charges, higher than Amphitheater Flowing Wells Sunnyside and Mesa. Contingencies range from 1.77 to 8.40 dollars per student, with District 1 holding a smaller cushion.
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Tuicson
Sunnyside
Mesa
State Industrial Commission
Amphitheater
Flowing Wells
City water policy discussed options to curb usage
San Pedro water debate centers on a plan to reduce pumpage beyond 100 million gallons daily by removing water absorbing growth and irrigated city lands. Officials discuss San Pedro storage, future sources in Santa Cruz, Avra Valley, and Cascabel with projections of demand doubling to 100 million by 1990 and 15 million from Cascabel.
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Santa Cruz
Mark
Carollo
Turner
Davidson
James L. Kirk
San Pedro
Montgomery Ward
Mark Keane
Santa Cruz Valley
Avra
Cascavel
Harleston
Tombstone
Cascabel
Stoves Cause Two Tucson Fires Leave Man Burned
A Tucson man, Riley Howell, 70, suffered third degree burns after kerosene thrown on a wood stove caused flames to ignite his clothing. A separate blaze in a trailer stove belonging to James Waters, 2320 W. 36th St, caused about $1,000 damage. Neighbors and Waters tried to fight the trailer fire but hydrants were frozen.
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Tucson
Pima County’ Hospital
Riley Howell
Tennessee St
Howell
James Waters
36Th St
Waters
Gas Tax Change Needs No Amendment
Phoenix Atty. Gen. Robert Pickrell ruled that changing the state gasoline tax revenue distribution formula does not require a constitutional amendment. Rep. John Haugh asked whether raising the tax by one cent and allocating 85 percent to cities 10 percent to counties and 5 percent to the state could be done by simple legislation.
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Phoenix
Robert Pickrell
John Haugh
R-Pima
Hough
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