Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-08
OF INTEREST no TEACHERS.

The following letter viii he OF con.
siderable interest Interest 10 those inter
esied Ia educational matters;
Austin. Tex, July %, 1893
To the County Superintendent aud Tx
or-i1 County Superintendent.
Before the new school law goes into
operation. I desire 10 Invite your utten-
t.ou 90 some Of is provisions.
J. The county board Of examiners e. to
consist # ,hrep resident white teachers.
20 De- appointed by the county Niper,ntpn-
denl. AL the members Of the board
must De- present 40 each meeting. IL
any member j. absent some one must be
appointed 10 DE- place. either teiup0r-
ar!y Or permanently. Sections 31c
2 \ regular examination T. TO he held.
on Tie third Friday and the following
saturday % each mouth except January,
Magch- May aud july. No provision Is
made for special examinations. Hero
after tbs department viii send ont uues-
lions for eaeh regular examination. but
"a" notices which hive heretofore been
sent Previous 10 examinations viii be dis
continued These regular examinations
VII be for third. second and first grade
certificates Examinations for per
mnnent certificates VIII be- held ~ often
or ~. HN7FHAAN HNANNNANA AlNLAfNN NI AflNHN
Gj, 90
3. Teachers taking county e1amina-
upns and obtaining county certificates
may. upon request 20 the county snperin-
tenlent or ex-oilido county supcrintend-
esl made before the board Of examiners
hdlpufns. have their examination papers
sent 10 the department at Austin. and
" the state bonri OF examiners approves
the grading done by the county board,
state certificates may h. issued in len
Of the county certificates. / trust the
attention ~ teachers win be called 10
this provision. ~ It relieves thein Of the
hardship Of taking examinations. and oh
iaining certificates every time they 20
from one county 10 another II c1sts the
telcher nothing 10 exchange county
certificate for state certificate. Sec,
vi lbl and icl.
4. Section 90 Of the act authorizes the
county superintendent 10 issue, without
examination. o local permanent certh-
cate 10 a teacher who has tnughf In
the same school or county. and under n
certificate of the same grade for con-
.tinn0us period Of not less than Eve years.
and has during all that time rendered
eminent service nv teacher. This pro-
vision affords relief to many tclthrrs.
whose qualifications are 50 VOL known
and whose attachments are 80 high that
II II unnecessary and oppressive to sub.
iect them TO examinations Some school
officers have expressed the opini0n that
the law Is liable 10 abuse This may hn
true. BIT Il Is to be observed that thu
requirements for this certificate. although
the examination Il omitted. are very
high. and must be established ''heyand
question" Not every teacher that has
taught five Years In a county Il entitled
70 this certificate. He must have rem
dered "cninent service" as teacher foi
that period. II "a further 20 be observed
that the certificate Is only good In ons
school or district. or one county, a. tht
officer issuing It may specify. Moreover
after the applicant has done all that IN,
law requires him 10 DO. he stall can moi
Slain the certificate as n right II ther
becomes a matter Of discretion with IA,
| county superintendent II that discretion
u exercised wisely and firmly. tho result
can not be harmful | cnn not bring my
sell to believe that the chief school OH
| GERS OF the counties will nroye nnmindfu
OF the serious responsibility which thli
law places upon them
nized a. basis Of a local permanent
2, The new law do-a not require sep
arate apportlQnments 20 the white ana
colored schools d district. INT "a,
amount due 70 ali he schools Of A dls
tricI should be app6rtioned In one sum I,
'he 'A-'rcA HE trustees ct the dis