The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-12-16
COST OF KANSAS SCHOOLS.
Interesting Figures Takra from the Report
Of State superintendent stryksr-
Teacher Salaries Increasing.

Topeka, Kan. Dec 5-Kausas paid
=, 50, 1870 for the support Of its com
mon schools in the school year which
ended last July. These figures have
just been complied from the reports OF
county superintendent to the state
uperintendent Of public instruction.
During the school year which ended in 1897
the schools cost "a z07. as or $500 less than
was paid out in 1893 Yet there were - more
schools in the state in 1897 than in 1s98 The
difference in the cost Of the schools is princi-
pally in the salaries Of teachers. the tendency
being to Increase teachers salaries and
get better teachers IN most Of the
counties There were employed dur
ing the year in the common schools
$3.50 male teachers and Z13I female
teachers Men teachers we're paid salaries that
averaged S9-O3 a month, while women teachers
received 1920 as average salary. The average
age Of persons who were granted certificates
in ISIS is p years The number OF ineXperi-
enced teachers who got certificates was 2. 62l
As the report viii show the number teaching
on state cerJifcatss this year is 212i number
teaching on first grade certificates, 1,295; on
second grades. 3-757; on third grades. 3,O7I; on
temporary certih sates, PAL
The average leng- a Of the school year for all
the schools in the state is a small fraction less
than = weeks. or more than six months. as
school months are counted four weeks TO the
month There are in She state 80 g 9 persons
Or this number As 993 are white and Il. s56 are
negroes One year ago the total school pOpula-
ton OF the state was 495. go, Indicating q
very slight increase in school population
In the last year An interesting fea-
ture is the fact that in extreme western
Kansas the school population IS continually
falling on, while the voting population is. in
many places, increasing. Il IS due TO the fact
that families are moving out and stOCkmsn
with their cowboys are taking their places
The total bonded Indebtedness Of school dis
tricts is shown 20 be - So, rs a decrease Of
nearly 600 from last year This record on
the decrease in the bonded indebtedEe ss in the
state is featured in the report Mr. Stryker
mentioning IL particularly in his Introduction
Superintendent Stryker makes many recon-
.mendatiOns 70 the legislature in the fOrthcOn-
ing report He declares for free textbooks
and school supplies he recommends. further.
that every child in the state be given free tut
recommends that the tern OF ONCE OF county
superintendeuts shall commence at the begin
ming OF the school year As IL is now,
supsrintendents who go out Of once are pre-
vented from getting a school because all
are taken The visitation OK schools as
required By law is divided on election years 50
that the best results are not obtained there.
from Finally, Superintendent StrySPr rec
Ommends that school meetings be held early in
March or April This plan as IL is followed in
the cities gives the teacher and the school an
opportunity Of arranging early the work OF the
coming season The following IS the school
population OF Kansas By COUNTESS: