Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF AUGUSTA Co.
The following school items, extracted
from the County Superintendent S Annua
Report, will be interesting to the peopl
OF the county. During the last school
term there have been lis schools in opera
ton in the county, three of which
ale regular graded schools, viz: a
Waynesooro, New Hope and ChurchvilIe
each with four teachers and over one hun
dred pupils and 127 teachers employed
1909 white, and Is colored. There were
ATT pupils enrolled, about 60 per cent oil
the school population, and nearly 1,OO(
more than ever before, with a percentage
of daily attendance reaching so, whites Is
and colored 49, which is largely in ad.
vance of any preceding year since the in
auguration of the public system. An
equal, OF greater degree. Of improvement
has been marked in almost every other
respect, especially in the qualities Of teach.
ers. and the other essentials that go to
make up the efficiency of schools, with
their legitimate results, viz: more rapid
advancement Of pupils. and the increased
satisfaction and interest on the part of
patrons.
All, perhaps, are not aware that the pub
lie support Of the schools is kept in two
separate and distinct funds: the one,
called ssThe County Fund.-" made up of
the County and State tax, and appropri-
ated Exclusively to the payment of teachers
salaries; ard the other, called 1.-The Dis
trict Fund.-" consisting of the tax levied
by the Supervisors upon separate districts,
and used exclusively for building and fur
nishing houses, the payment of rents and
repairs, the purchasing of books for in
dioent children, and all other incidental
expenses of the district.
1t is judicious on The part of the officers
to so manage as to have a considerable
balance on hand, at the close Of the school
wear, in order to meet the expenses of the
early part of the next term, accruing be-
fore the years taxes come into the treas
ury. The last year was commenced with
A balance on hand Of so6lo5o
EApei wages u'iins ''' sl5,597.25
Dis'il Bni ding Sc $4,223l. 80
District pi Fund expended for Furniture. Re
M Mrs p Rent &c. sl,l4067
Total s2o,969s4
After meeting their expenses, Il balance
of ST ,O32 10 is left in the treasury.
The teachers arerage salary Including
the supplemental private pay has been
S37 so per month. and the total cost OF
tuition per month, per pupil enrolled lin
GLIDING supplemental funds), was 81 cents.
1t is a matter of qualification that, with
the present liberal district levy made by
the Supervisors, the necessary building
operations can be carried on more rapidly.
Already, in fact, i'll two districts (s'outh
and Middle River), this has acan SO far
completed, as to warrant reduction OF
the fund for this purpose. e. the DIS
frict Tax. When this can be done in all
the districts, the county fund, or teachers
nav. can. and will be Increased in like
proportion, without any increase in the
general school tax; and this will not only
lengthen the school term, but will also do
away with that, at present, necessary
evil. the ''Theacher' supplement-
The Report is necessarily very lengthy;
puf the above are the points most likely
to interest the people.
It must be remembered that the above
does not embrace the schools OF Staunton.