The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-23

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unfinished BY Magma rd Merrill and Com
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Supervise School Work.
Perhaps the most Important work done
BIZ til. board was tho tentative adoption
of a plan for more efficient supervision
of tho work Of the schools, tho plan not
Vet having been finally adopted, bccaus
it viii require the sanction of the Gen s
3eral Assembly first In brief, the plan
provides for triple surerylsi as fol-
Elows:5First for supervision In each school
district Of every county by one . q thS
trustees (preferably the clerk, who shall
visit every school in his district at least
once each session and report to tho county
or division s,lperintendent;s sccnnd. I nfE
sl,pervisions by division snperirtendcnts
Of the schools of e;>.llH county,tthe super
intendcnt reporting to the State Board
of Education; and third by the sllbdliVis-
ion of the counties of the State8lnto iiVtef
grand divisions of about twenty counties
each and the appointments OF grand q
vision inspector for each such grand dl
vision each Inspector to visit each division
Iii his jursdction$8at least once y each
year. and to report to the State Board:
IN the matter Of the consolidation of
school divisions or counties will "a view
to more ScfIiclent supervision, the board
4 discovered after considerable effort that
even by the grouping Of four large scoun7
ties into one division the salary under
the existing statute would permit inc
#naymcnt Of only $3.50 maximum to the
SUPERINTENDENT or such enlarged division.
Even tllen3the superintendent would have
TO visit from 400&to 500 schools ina five
months' session, and he would have 70
spend about $500 In travelling expenses
Even by the consolidation of two small
counties like Charles City and New Kent
1T was ascertaincd that the salary OF the
position would not be commensurate e VIII
the Increased labor and travel, and that
neither suparinl endent would care TO
take such position.
The Resolution.
Thereupon the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, THAT, while 1t is the decided
sense Of this board that the efficiency,
OF the public school system Of the Com
nonwealth would be materially pro-
NOTED by combining two or more exist
ing smaller divisions, It finds i impraetl-
cable at present TO do this because +
tile basis fixed bylaw for the compensa.-l
tion or division superintendentS, which
renders II impossible 10 secure the neces-
Visions; tn,d the bpahd therefore, 6
reluctantly compelled TO forego It's wishes
in The premises until this condition, OF
things is remcdled by appropriate ac-
ton OF the General Assembly
The statute fixing the basis Of pay of
superintendent now applicable Is rs fol-
lows:
The said superintendent shall receive,
TO be paid in quarterly instalmcnts out
of the State school fund, on the war
rant OF the I,oard Of Education drawn
upon the second auditor, thirty dollars
for every thousand of population under
his Jurisdiction for the first ten thou
sand twenty dollars for every thousand
in excess Of ten up 10 and Including
thirty thousand; and ten dollars
for every thousand In excess of
thirty thousand; rejecting in each ease
fractions loss than fiye hundred pro-
vided, that the pay of n superintendent
shall not, In any case, be less than two
hundred dollars year.
Game OF Politics Tabooed.
Dr. G, " Kent offered and the hoard
adopted the following resolution:
# Whereas the State Hoard of Education
has committed Itself 10 the sound aud
safe principle that active participation IN
Isirtisnn politics Is no evidence OF fit-
3lniNldency; and ~
Fl Whereas this hoard desires To recognize
ahlllly y ll'c teaching profession and
Resolved, Thai 10 the secctlon OK
division OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES board, care
fully considering The claims of every ap-
pllcant ana OF every suggested candidate,
vii el'neayor 70 choose snpcrlntendcnts
on, no her OASIS than thai Of irrespective
efficiency aud VIII, therefore, give, oluer
lhinAs beng equal, the preference Ia men
trained for the teaeheps profession, es-
l'ellensad IN the seh0oi-room az efficiently