, 1877-08-24
Public Schools Of Jefferson County.

Report of the Superintendent Of
Schools for the year ending August,
1877:
To the Hon. John P. Judson, Ter.
ritorial Superintendent of Schools
and all who are interested in the
cause of education in Jefferson
County.
Having been requested by the
Territorial Superintendent of Schools
to forward my annual report, | beg
leave to state that it is impossible at
the present time to make out COM
plete statistical report because &C
cording to the school law the school
wear will not terminate till Novem-
ber, when School Clerks will be In
possession of all the teachers reports,
and when they make their annual re-
ports to the County Superintend-
ent. Hence, l can at present impart
only such information as is already in
nv possession without those indls-
pensable requisites to a full report
and answer the interrogatories pro-
pounded by the Hon. Territorial Su-
perintendent which are as follows:
State the number of School Dis.
tricts in your County? Answer, five,
one just organized.
In how many has school been kept?
Ans, four.
State number of persons between
4 and 81 years Of age? Ans, 437
How many attend the public
schools? Ans, 202.
How many attend private schools?
Ans, 10.
State average number Of months
school has been kept? Ans. s.
How many teachers are employed?
Ans. 6.
Number of male teachers, 8, female
teachers, 3.
State amount of money paid Teach
ers? Ans, $2,675.
Are there any private schools kept
in your county? Ans. there is one.
Give number of scholars attending
these schools? Ans, six.
BY whom are they kept and nan
aged? Ans, by Mrs. Matte Webber.
Are any of your children attending
school out of your county? Ans,
yes, 6.
beg leave to further state that
the number Of persons between the
ages of 4 and 21 in the county for
which school money was apportioned
was 381, an increase over last year of
43, and the census will give an in
crease for next year over this of about
20. The amount of school money
apportionod the organized districts
entitled TO the same was $3,393 S5,
of which District No. l, Port Town
send) received $2,102 %.
District No. 2, Port Ludlow
1870 10.
District Ne. 8, Port Discovery
$276 IA.
District No. 4, (Chimacum) $445 80
District No. 5, (Qeuilicene Bay
was not complete in its organization
at the time of last apportionment.
The percentage of those drawing
school-money in the districts who at.
tended schoo! was: District No. /, i
40 per cent. District No. 2, 33I
per cent. District No. 3, G1 perl
cent. District No. 4, Z per cent.
1t will readily be seen from the
above that the districts drawing the
LARGEST amount OF money, had by !
far the LOWEST percentage of attend
ance at school. The school fund |
was apportioned in accordance with
existing law; but in the opinion of
your humble servant, NOT in accord |
anoe with equity. | am gratifed by |
the success attained by the public
schools of Jefferson County during
the past year. The teachers EN-
ployed have given general satisfac
tion, and most of them are still re
tanned for future service. Finan-
cially the school has been exceeding
iy well supplied from liberal private
subscriptions, the county tax, and,
thanks to our Legislators, 50 percent.
of county license money for the
sale of liquors. And as our County
is nearly out Of debt they would
receive MORE thanks for 100 per cent.
of the same money.
The money received from various
sources has been nearly sufficient to
pay the teachers wages, and the in
cidental expenses have been quite
small, thus putting the means Of
practical education within the reach
Of all.