Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-08-14

NumDer OF A
t Number of pupils at the close Of term...... S43
/ Average daily attendance. ....,....... 500
/ Percentage of attendance . .. Sc
| Total cases of hardness during term - 300
| RESIDENCE OF Pupils AT THE EyD-oF TERM.
| lst ward. I'd ward. 1875
| Sd ward. 81 4th ward. .......... SIS
9Th ward.............. So 9th ward. "a
| tn Ward........... SO Outside the city. s
3. STATISTICS OF soHooL-YEAR. .-.s.
The number of teachers employed during
the whole school year was the same as during
| last term, to-wit, II, and they received the
same wages as paid to them last term, which
was S5l6 per month. f.
The highest number of pupils attending the
u bic schools during last year was 1901, the
lowest number was 843.
The highest average daily attendance was 868,
the lowest was 1852.
The highest percentage OF attendance was SO
the lowest .82b.
Greatest number of cases of Hardness during
last school year in any one month was l,78s
| the lowest 633.- --. -.f ....r-...
The follow ing table shows the. average num-
Der of pupils attending the city schools during
last year by wards, to wit. .aaolu 8 rae 1855
LIST ward. ..l86 ID ward. .............l89
| Sd ward..-..........-97 4th ward. IS
9TH ward -...--..... So 9th ward ......188
18th ward .............l12 Outside the city. g
The records on file in my Office, which are
| compiled from teachers monthly reports, show
that the public schools are the best attended
during the winter term, while during last term
| the attendance was the lowest | cannot I'M
dertake to prove that the bal attendance OF the
last term was caused by accidental circnmstan-
ces or sickness, the season having been quite
! healthy. 1t chiefly arose fro n a lack of con-
sciousness on the part of parents that their first
duty is to send their children regularly TO
| school. Children instead Of attending school
are too often used for house and garden-work,
and although l acknowledge that their help
! cannot be spared altogether, I still deem it my
duty to remind cur citizens that in this respect
| they ought to confne themselves to what is
utterly nocessa Y. s...-.e..-.rr.. -.
! After the experiences made, last term it be-
comes my duty to strictly enforce the rules
about irregular attendance, after the opening
ofsthe schools next term. 1jI (. g sass 55
Though the above mentioned facts are to be
much regretted since the success of a school
very much depends on regularity of attendaute,
AMI since the expenses of carrying on the
school are all the same whether the school is
well filed, or whether half the scholars are alb
| sent, still am glad in general of the results
which the system in work during the last wear
! has undoubtedly proved. The regularity of
| attendance Of those scholars who were not de-
| tanned by their parents he's increased in such a
way that hardness for instance has decreased
from G, 903 cases oflast years summer term to
| 2,2G9 cases of the last summer term
| The effective working Of proper school regis
ters, teachers reports, and the graded system,
appears from comparison of the favorable
! condition of those schools where the above i'm
provements could be fully secured with those
| where it was impossible to give. them a deep
| foundation. The First ward school, at the end
| of last term had vanished down toa mere nom
inal number, Of scholars, while. the exanina-
ton Of Union School No. showed with
what zeal the scholars persisted in keeping their
places up to the last day, The progress Of the
! great majority of the scholars Of the latter
school in the several studies, as also the very
good department ot1aImost eall the pupils was
such as ncan be reasonably aes ired apd exy
pected in the best organized school | there
| fore respectfully advise your Honorable Body
| once more to confne ward schools to the small
est possible number, and only to children of
| the lowest primary grade, and to use all pos
! sibe eyertion for thorough completion of the
graded system as far as it may be in your pow
en- have the honor to lay before the Board
! for your consideration the annexed rules and
regulations W hose intcLt 1t is to improve the
system Of our Union Schools with regard to
| teachers and pupils, and at the same time
! transferring the details of the system now in
operation in Union School No upon the new
! Union school to be opened next Fall te m on
| the west side Of the river, An once more
! express my firm hope that our citizens will
| fully understand that natever little inconve-
niences may arise from the concentration Of
our youth in the two union school houses will
t be fully over balanced by the great advantages
! secured thereby. Respectfully submitted
WIN. BIEBER,
Supt Public Schools
Watertown. JOY sd, 1867.