Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-07
FOR FEVER DISTRICTS
Superintendent Barrett Officially
Approves the Idea Of Cen.
tralizing Schools.
Refused to Sanction the Division
Of District in Plymouth
County.
State Convention Likely TO Be
Held in August-.Capital
Comment.
Special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 7.-State Superin-
tendent Barrett has given his approval
officially of the consolidation idea in the
natter of the rural schools and in one
case just decided by him has refused
to sanction the further multiplication of
sub-districts in a Plymouth county
township In this particular township
Of Marion it appears thatscertain school
Patrons asked last fall that a new sub
district be made out of portions of two
that now exist. They claimed that GER
tain children had to go too far to school
and We're therefore deprived of school
The county superintendent
sustained the board in refusing to sub
divide and tine state superintendent
does the same. 1t appears that there
We're only thirty-four pupils attending
schoolin the two districts which it Is
proposed to further sub divide, and that
none had to 90 an unusual distance save
ore, a boy of IA, son of one patron who!
was two and three-eighths miles from
the school in his district, but one one.
and seyen-eights miles from another
school in the same township The state
superintendent recommends rather than
another school house that provision be
made for transporting this pupil to the
schools. The law does not attempt to
fix the distance which a school boy
ray hayeSto 60 to school Ttis left to
al
the hearing before the county superin-
stendent. says Professor Barrett in his
decision, the appellees filed a statement
piedging the board of directors to favor
and use their inauence to establish a
Hoeutral school in lieuof the present sub
district system. II is not for this de-
rartment to determine in this case
whether or not it wouidb practica Bile
Ito establish q. central school and discon-
tinue the various school Of the town
ship. Should IT appear to the board at
any time that there will be a saving of
expense and children wls secure IN
creased afvantage it may arrange for
! the transportation Of any child to and
from school and dsfray the expenses Of
| such transportation from the contingent
fund. 1nasmuch as it is becoming
/ Ifashionabl BILE to reduce rather than IN
tc-ease he number Of school districts in
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