The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-05-21
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
Schools That Compare With the Best
of Their Class.
An Important Factor In the Matter OF
the Selection of Homes-A sys-
tenn to Be Proud of.

In the matter of educational facilities
sacramento city and county are fully up
with the progress of the age. Only the
best teachers are employed, and the
course OF study compares with that of
any community or county in the Union.
Pupils who graduate from the High
School in Sacramento City are accepted
at the State University without further
examination.
Outside the city the number of school
districts is seventy, or one school district
to about thirteen square miles The rea-
son that each district comprises so much
territory on an average is that large tracts
of land are now held under individual
ownership, and are therefore sparsely
settled, AS these lands are remarkably
1eruIe, 1T Will not be long before thew will
be subdlvided and settled, thus adding to
the population of the county and in
creaslng the number OF school districts.
The school buildings except in the
town OF Folsom) are wooden structures,
and are, generally speaking, of modern
style, commodious and weL-arranged
The first schoolhouses, which have served
thelr purpose, are gradually disappear
Ing and more modern ones are taking
their places, and it will not be long before
these Anticipated structures will entirely
disappear. Sacramento County viii then
have as fine school buildings as any
county in the State.
Each district, with the exception of
teacher. In the former district, which
embraces the town of Folsom, three
teachers are employed, and in the latter
two teachers.
The highest salary paid to teachers is
500, and the lowest $50. The average
torn oh nj. IL.
menclng about the lst of September, and
ending sometime in the month of Nav.
The schools are under the management
OF the County superintendent of Schools
and the County Board of Education.
which consists of five members, four Of
whom are appointed by the Board of
Supervisors, the fifth being the County
superintendent CT Schools, who is ex
otficiO Secretary.
!. 1t is the duty of this board TO prepare
and adopt course of study, and to make
ali necessary rules and regulations for the
proper guidance of the schools. The
course of study consists of nine wears. or
grades, and is designed to givea thorough
and practical knowledge in all the rudi-
mentary branches. The Board of Edu-
cation has adopted system of annual ex-
animation for the promotion and gradua-
ton OF pupils. During the year 1891 sew
eral hundred promotions were made and
about one hundred diplomas of gradual
ton were issued. This diploma admits
the pupil to the highest grade of the
school, or it is evidence of qualification
for admission to the Sacramento High
School or TO any of the State Normal
Schools. !
One ofthe most important features of
the district school is its library. Ten per
cent. OF all State school moneys, not to
exceed $50 in any district, is annually set
aside for library purposes. The judicious
expenditure of this amount, in the pur-
/ chase OF suitable books, proves an meal
culable benefit to any school, and is often
productive of more good than a poor
teacher. According to the report of 1891
there were 1882 volumes in the district
Libraries OF the county, or an average of
226 each.
In the year 1888 the Superintendent
Of Schools appointed the 2Sth day of
March as Arbor Day. Tree planting, at
| tended with appropriate school exercises,
was generally observed by the schools.
Many school premises now bear the most
pleasing evidence of that days work.
Arbor Day is now annually observed.
The first flag raising took place in this
county in the year 1888, and now nearly
one-halt the schoolhouses are ornamented
with Hag-stafts, from which float the
stars and stripes.