Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-04-02
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT RE-
PORT OF TIE TOWN OF
CHARLESTON.

port, [ am we'll aware of the fact tina
stands direcGiy between the teachers
the pare.lts a III In5 taxpayers; there
fore, [ shall eudedvor to give the
plain facts lii regard ID eacn schOo
as they appear TO me, with malice to-
ward none, and without counting the
| favor or any.
In describing the several schools iI
town shall begin with what was for
merly district No. and take them in
order. This is graded school, but
the directors thought best to support
only one department in the summer.
This term Of eight weeks was taught
by Miss Kate Hopkinson Of Derby,
who handled the large number of pu-
pills with remarkable skill and it prov
ed to be a very profitable term. Miss
| Hopkinson is teacher with ability
and wide experience, and one to be
sought after by school directors. The
fall and winter terms Of the high
er department. Of eleven weeks each,
were taught by Miss Clara K. Barn
ard Of Barton, who came highly rec
commended as a teacher and scholar.
The fall term was success and every
one seemed to be perfectly satisfied
with the SCI DOL. She was engaged
for the winter term and everything
appeared to go we'll for few weeks,
when the rufianly element, which is
something not unusual in winter
term here, began to make it's appear
ance. The school directors we're con-
suited by the teacher and she was Civ
en- the assurance that she would be
upheld in maintaining order and Civ
en- to understand that if any more
such misde meanors were perpetrat-
ed in the school-room or on the school
grounds, that the guilty parties would
be punished to the full extent of the
law. This notice had the desired eff
feet, and school finished without any
more disturbances. The school was
not a success, nor was it wholly a loss.
III summing up, | shall place the prin-
cipal part Of the loss, where I think it
deservedly belongs, and that is at your
own doors. If you would send your
children to school with the under
standing that they are sent there
to obey the rules and learn, there
would not be SO many loafers hang
ing around our stores and public
places, as we find at the present day.
The fall and winter terms of the in
termediate department of eleven
weeks eachr were Taught by Miss
Alice Varney of Burke. Miss Vafney's
methods We're good and children
should advance rapidly under her
management; but Young America
needs considerable restraint, and do
not think Miss Varney drew the reins
quite tight enough at all times, never
theless, she did good work with the
little ones, and taught a very good
school.
In No. 2 the summer term of eight
weeks was taught by Miss Alice VAR
ney of West Burke. Judging from the
appearance of the. school at my visit,
and by what [ could gather from the
parents, 7 think she taught an excel
lent school and gave general satisfac-
tion- The fall and winter terms of
nine weeks each were taught by Miss
Gertrude Fuller of Charleston. Miss
Fuller had taught several terms pre-
vious to these with very good success.
nlo xxyith
the school, and some were dissatis
fed. On my visit during the winter
term, I found everything going
smoothly, and, on the whole, I am in
clined to believe that the majority of
the parents and children were salts
fed.
In No. 3, the summer, fall and win
ter terms, making in all 80 weeks, were
taught by Miss Ina Campbell of Char
lesion. The attendance during the
summer and fall terms was quite
small, but the winter term was more
largely attended, several coming in
from outside the village. Miss Camp
bell is a graduate from the State Nor
NAL School at Johnson and is thor
ough and excellent teacher.
In No. 5, the summer and fall terms
were taught by Miss Alice Bean of
Charleston. g: This school is small, only
eight Or ten scholars. In this school
there seemed to be some dissatisfac-
ton on the part of some of the par
ents; but, on my visits to the school,
[ could see nothing that would war
rant me in making an unfavorable re-
port Of the school. The winter term,
ten weeks, was taught by Mr.. Chas.
Sawyer Of West Derby. The school