The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-27
The WAR HAS COMMENCED
STATE TEXT BOOKS UNDER
FIRE YESTERDAY.
Superintendents Express Them
selves Freely on Both Sides
Of the Question.


up was the report of the committee APP
| pointed to try to find dividing line
! between the Grammar School and the
High School,
superintendent Erlewine said it spem-
| ed to be necessary to determine how
each school could receive equal benefit
from the school money. Some of the
| counties have eight grades below the
high school, while others have from ten
to twelve, and the pupils in one will
then be drawing public money for eight
years While others draw for eleven or
twelve.
superintendent Black said that there
would be trouble to adjust the matter,
on account of the fact that some of the
districts are SO sparsely settled that
| they only have short terms, from lack
of money. The average school term of
the State is eight and half months,
but some counties fall far below it,
Superintendent Messer thought the
| trouble was a lack of uniformity in the
course of study; if that were made uni
form it would be much better.
The discussion took a wide range, a
variety of opinion being expressed, Su-
perintendent Black pointed out the fact
that the law provides that Superintend-
ents shall report the number of chill
dren between five and seventeen years
old that are attending school, While
the law does not allow child to go to
school until he is six years old.
On motion of superintendent Grove
/ the report was laid on the table.
The convention then took up the reg
ular order Of business as determined on
MOnday--the consideration of the com
mittee report of the biennial convention
of 1896
The recommended change of Section
1913, relative to the powers of the
County superintendent in granting
temporary certificates, approving plans
for school houses and grading schools.
The amendments to the section were
adopted.
The proposed amendment to Section
1865, providing that 81 should be
charged for temporary certificates ex-
! cited a long argument, a variety of
opinions being advanced.
superintendent Nelson of Sonoma
stood up sturdily for the report, saying
| that in his county a large number OF
| teachers come in from other counties,
get temporary certificates, teach a few
months and leave without coming be-
! fore the county boards for eXamina-
ton The 50 fee goes for a good cause,
the teachers library and institute fund.
A number of others agreed with him.
and the recommendation was adopted
Section 1877, relating to the forma-
ton of new school districts, came next,
changing the time from that between
December LIST and April LIST to NOvem-
Der LIST and February 10th, so that it
Will come prior to March list, for con-
venience in assessment.
superintendent McClymOnds said the
law needed amendment so that when
district boundaries are changed a dis
trict will not be compelled to receive
an accession of children, while the dis
trict in which they formerly resided
draws the money for them for the first
year.
The section was referred to the State
Superintendent to find a method of OBJ
WAITING the difficulty.
Section 1881 was adopted as recon-
mended, without discussion, as We're
| Sections 1899 and 1900.
An amendment to Section 1917 was
offered providing that when the site of
a school house be relocated, the new
site shall be selected at the same meet
| ing and by the same vote. One case
| was cited where the motion to change
| the site was carried, but one vote for
! the old site retained it there, the other
! six votes not agreeing on a new site
| and the law requiring q tWOthirds vote
! in selecting a site. Another case was
where the site had been changed and a
new building ordered, the Trustees de-
| termining to build on the old site, TIC
which they had no title.
The matter was discussed at length
and finally referred to the State Super
| intendent.
! Superintendent Cubberley moved the
adoption of a new section, providing
for the transportation of children in
districts or cities to and from school
where it can be done economically and
to better advantage.
Superintendent Linscott favored the
reference of the matter to a special
committee to draft carefully a section
It would tend toward a consolidation OF
small districts that would be an eco
nomical one, and had been successfully
tried in other States
The motion to refer it to a special
committee prevailed, and Superintend-
ent Black appointed Messrs. Cubber-
ley, Linscott and Graham as such COM
mittee.
The committee report on Section 1922
was adopted without debate, as was
Section 1923, relating to liability OF
| trustees, as such, for teachers sala-
ries Section 1850, relating to the Off
cial journal; Section 1914, requiring
Boards of Trustees to designate Prin-
cipal in schools where there ara more
than one teacher, and Section 1713, re-
lating to library fund, were adopted
without debate
The report on Section 176S, providing
that County Boards of Education shall
be appointed by the Supervisors from
a list of names submitted by the SUI
perintendent of Schools, containing al
least two names for each member &c
be appointed, excited considerable de-
bate on a provision restricting the
membership to teachers, which was
finally defeated.
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
The recommendation to change Sec
ton ITO SO that County Boards Of I'd
ucation should hold only annual meet
ings for examinations for teachers GER.
/ tificates, instead of semi-annual ones
as at present, started another discus
sion.
Superintendent Howard of this coun-
ty moved to amend by making tbs
meeting semi-annual
Another member said that he hoped
the day would soon come when there
would be no more examinations by
.Is-
and university graduates would fill the
teachers DOSitiOn