Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-06-25
New Dalies Of School District Boards,
Article 3. Of Section 10, Chapter 1917

Article 2, Of Section 10, Chapter 107
says:
"The School District Board Of each dis
tr;ct shall visit AID inspect schools under
their charge, as Town Supenntcndents arc
now required to DO"
do most respectfully call attention Of
School Boards to the above important pro-
vision. "They should visit each school at
least twice each term, or oilensr ifcircum-
stances require, and should advise with tie
teachers and Others upon ALI matters per-
aiming to the school or the affairs Of the
cstrict. All teachers will bear witness
Of the happy influence Of the frequent VS.
itation Of schools, not only by school OIL
GERS, but by parents, and all persons who
have children in the school room, under
their guardianship. The teachers and
scholars feel that they are not abandoned
to neglect; the apprehension Of discredlt
will sti ulate them to the greatest effort;
while friendly suggestions of visitors will
tend constantly to the improvement Of the
schools, and they will themselves be more
and more enabled to recommend proper
measures from their better acquaintance
with the subject"
The clerk Of each district is requested TO
make a note Of the following items and re-
port the same to me as early as the 10th
day Of August next. Tie names of the
town and towns in which their district is
located; the name, (No.) Of the district;
the name Of the teachers the Gate of yisl-
tation, the time Of day Il commenced and
closed, and the number Of pupils coming
to school late during sid visitation; the
general order Of the school; the condition
Of the school-room, having reference to its
neatness, the care observed in keeping the
floor free from fragments Of paper
crumbs, DC; methods Of explanation by
the teachers and recitations by the pupils;
| plan Of opening and closig the school;
method Of government, whether by reason
instruction, or corporal punishment; num-
Der Of pupils enrolled; number present;
number not charged with the loss time of
any half day; number not charged with
Hardness; number absent; average num-
Der tardy; number Of pupils not supplied
with states; number not supplied with
proper books, and number unemployed
during the visitation. These last three
items Observation-Disclosures as all other
pupils in attendance. Any other item Of
interest which may be deemed important
it will be proper to note and to report.
School district boards can by proper at
tention to their schools, dismiss many evils
either ofwhich, If allowed TO remain, would
work certain destruction to their young
seminaries Of learning. The teachers may
possess every necessary qualification, lnd
Yet if bis pupils are tardy, or un steady IN
attendance, or when not SO, if they are
not all supplied with books, pencils, states,
DC, such teachers failure is as certain as
the sun is to rise. 1t is most solemn
truth that our common schools are starving
and dying for want Of such aid as the
boards Of trustees can give, for want, also,
Of the proper cooperation Of their patrons
and tho teachers generally hare to bear the
blame; but it is as unjust as it is tosay that
ut is the work Of Divine Providence,
when duped patient Is killed BY an ig-
nofant quack. DAVID PARsoSss
County Supt 81 Schools
Talton, Wis, June 10, 1862.
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