The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1892-02-20
School District No. -.

Editor Roundabout:
In the last weeks issue of your
paper we requested the County
Superintendent to tell the patrons of
School District, No. "a why the full
number of people of said district
was not reported to State Superin-
tendent.
1t seem that he wishes to remain
silent, or perhaps he failed to read
our request.
With your permission, we will
make the request again, more fully,
hoping that he will explain why we
have been so badly treated.
Our district is new one and was
formed, February, 1890, from parts of
Districts, No % (BridgeportJ and No,
rs Purington), and is Immediately
between the two.
The County superintendent gave
the trustees a copy of the boundary
of our district, which boundary
is on record in his office.
The trustees took the census of
pupil children in said boundary in
April, 1890, which showed fifty-six
pupils. Said number of pupils was
reported to County Superintendent,
and by him to State Superintendent,
In 1891 the trustees reported to
County Superintendent fifty-six or
eight, as being,in said boundary. Right
here is the trouble. Only thirty-two
were reported to State Superinten-
dent as being in District No. "a,
with ten additions from District No.
26 (Purington), as this district had
reported to County Superintendent
for same year, one hundred and
seven.
Now, Mr. County Superintendent,
what ten did you mean? Where are
they to be found in District No. 26
(Purington).
The boundary has not been
changed, or at any rate you have not
notified the trustees of the facti if it
has, as the LAW requires.
Where did these ten go to sch DOL?
Not lin District No. "a, to which district
they were loaned, for it was an i'm
possibility for these ten to know you
had been so kind as to allow District
No. "a to draw their pro rata.
We copy for your inspection, and
all interested parties, the returns
made by you to Superintendent Of
Public instruction for the years 1890
and 1891, of the district as follows:
District No. %, Bridgeport, 1890,
104 scholars, 81 boys and AZ girls;
1891, 80 scholars, As boys and Al girls.
District No. "a, South Benson, 1890,
SO scholars, 33 boys and % girls; 1891, |
AZ scholars, 20 boys and 20 girls.
District No. 26, burlington, 1890, |
100 scholars, 80 boys and so girls; 1891,
100 scholars, 40 boys and 90 girls.
If the County Superintendent had
at heart the interest of the districts
in the county, he would equalize
more evenly, among the district the
number of pupils.
If he could loan No. "a ten pupils of
No. 26, why could he not have loaned
hem more to make the minimum
number, which is forty-five for a FIVE
months school.
Here are three schools with their
school census, not over
,wo and one-half miles apart, in fact
,he distance between two of them is
lot exceeding a mile. No. 20 on the
)ne hand and No. 20 on the other, of
No. "a, and both running over with
pupils, as it were. No. 26 reported
or 1890, one hundred and seven, and
he same for 1891, as we have been
informed by her chairman. All these
pupils are right at hand and District
No. "a with only thirty-two, and that
en loaned by County Superintendent
or which we got all of a four months
'chool. There is great difference
n the number of pupils in these dis
riots being no farther apart than
hey are, and the districts should be
'hanged in boundary to equalize
hem; but we look forward with fear
md trembling to the taking ofthe next
census, for we may lose our ten and
hey be loaned to some other district
o gladden. the hearts of the patrons.
We wait with bated breath to see
What we shall see.
A PATRON,