Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-01-10

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal.
.& Dover, jan. 4.-The General Assem-
K bly, has reosived the biennial report of
the State Board OF Education.
The great need nf the schools the
report says, lis more money and a
more equitable dsir hutton of the
school dividend For the school year
which began last September, there was
distributed among the schools of the
State school fund amounting to Sl34, :
296. so, composed Of S34, 1885, so from in
\ Festments for tina benefit OF the said
fund and 800, 600 appropriated by the
tieneral Appropriation act. This divi
deld was appropriated according
Ito the white population as ascer-
tanned by the census of 1880. By
.sthat census, the white ropula-
Ntion Of New Castle county was 49,.
3222; Kent, 1860, and Sussex, 20, 727 /;
SO that OF the dividend for this year,
eNew Castle county, including Whining.
N ton, received s52, 7a3. 80, which left $50, :
S45.44 after dedt citing %, 44S.54 for
Text books; Kent received s33, 693. 96,
(which left 1913 508. 06 after deductrng,
~, 0S5.90 for text BOOKS, and Sussex
Received s47, 954. 05, which left $40,
b99. 40 after deductinE S7,35A.56 for
bl575."
M "As it Is the desire to so distribute
the States aid as to do the most gem
eral good, without regard to county or
district lines, we ars convinced that
4more equitable and beneficial method
Of distribution would be according to
the number of teachers employed. In
New Castle county outside of Whining
Hn, 153 teachers are employed: in
Vent, Ill, and in Sussex, 2I3, making
8f7 in ALL Under the. present law,
4Wilmingt1n received this year 1922, :
K Al !. VI, leaving Sill, $40. IS to be distrib
uted among the other schools OF the
State This amount distributed among
TIC schools 10 proportion to the num-
Der of teachers employed would have
given S20S. 81 for each teacher, giving
4 WI lmington S25, 600; and each teacher
zxl0 and 1926 additional for text books
Z Would require an additional appropria-
&ton OF only SIG, 553 32. A few adj
a}tional teachers are needed In graded
schools, and we would recommend that
the appropriation be little more than
acquired, SO as to permit districts add
Ing teachers to draw such teachers
PROPORTION. On the basis suggested,
Rn addition to the present appropria-
tion of $40, 600 would allow an increase
~ Ia teachers, an ample allowance for
She next two years. We would recon-.
pend that the appropriation for the
1chools be increased to $3.50, 900 maxi
3ing the whole school fund, including
a he income from Investments, amount
ito sl54 1856. 80, and that in lieu of the
present method Of distributing the
sohoul fund the following be adopted:
~, 900 be given to Wilmington, and
f235 rbe given to each school for each
teacher employed for at least 140 days,
each white school district raising by
fnxation for each teacher SO employed
kl00, and each colored school district
800 Tor each teacher so employed the
State treasurer to deduct the amount
sSperded by each district for text book
from each districts SHARE"
& The board recommends that the law
providing graded school facilities ap-
iply to Wilmington; also, that the Sum-
her School of Methods. at Dover, be
nade permanent, and that the State
grant the summer school an appropria-
zion Of 81, 900.