Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-08
MANY CHANGES IN
SCHOOL SYSTEM
State Board Of Education Re-
COmmendS Change in
Teachers Salaries
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
speeIal % ma nvenIng lournnl.

DOVER, Jan. s-According to recon-
mendatIons in the biennial report OF
the State Board OF Education Of Del
aware presented TO the Legislature this
morning, the public school system win
come in for general and sweeping
change
The report is as follows.
I'm compliance with the law, we have
the honor to submit the biennial re-
port Of the State Board OF Education.
together with compilation from the
annual reports sent in by the teachers.
complete Statistics, giving a census OF
pupils. with the size OF the several dis
tricts condition Of property. advance
ment OF pupils and financial condition.
These statistics though ,oluminous are
in our opinion sufficiently valuable to
warrant the State IN publishing and cir
culating them We believe that the
revised and selected list of text books
for use in the schools adopted by this
board in June last contained the best
and most advanced books now publish
ed and placed in the hands OF the chill
dren the most skilfully arranged
thought of the educators OF the coun-
try.
We therefore rccommeaa ne follow
ing:
First. That the salaries OF the sew
eral superiutendents he increased To
$500 per annum. and that they be al
lowed an additional fund Of 5000 each
for travelling
Second That eoch and every teacher
employed IN the several counties make
a monthly report 10 their respective
county superintendents giving census
Z of pupils children Of school age and
adults in each district. advancement ol
pupils. and for the last month OF the
school year 10 include In said report
size OF the district. condition of Prop
erty and financial condition. and as a
penalty for the Noncompliance with
this the State treasurer. upon the mat.
ter being reported TO him. by the coun-
ty superintendent shall have Tho
Il authority TO withhold tho State divi.
dend from any such district for the en-
!. suing year.
4 Third. That inasmuch as thore Us
deficiency IN the appropriation foi
graded schools for attendance Of pupill
from outside districts as provided 81
Chapter 21s Vol. 21 Of she laws Of Del
aware, or ss75.55 that a special appro-
pration FOR this sum be made by Oh,
present General Assembly.
Fourth That the law providing grad.
ell school facilities for the children of
this state being found in the sam,
chapter and volume as the preceding
I recommendations be charged from tn,
payment OF a definite sum to a pei
diem payment for each day Of actua
attendance.
Fifth: That all teachers OF the sew.
eral counties OF this state be compelled
to attend the annual county institutes
and for a violation Of this Requirement
they be reported to the State treasurer
and a reduction made IN the dfsirictl
Appropriation.
Sixth That the time Of the holdini
Of the county Institutes in the severa
counties be between the first and thl
fifteenth days OF each September; tina
the several county superintendents bl
allowed the sum Of $3.50 each FOR hold
ing the Institutes in the respective coui
ties.
Seventh: That the law compelling th,
displaying of the United states flag an,
the placing Of map Of the state o
Delaware upon the walls be amended
so as to provide a penalty for the non
compliance Herewith.
Eighth: That law be enacted pro
vlding that the minimum salary OF an.
teacher OF the public schools OF thi
state be $40 per month and provision
made for raising an amount I'm the sew
eral districts to pay said sum.
Ninth: That the county be made tn
unit OF the free school system.
! Tenth: That all taxes for all district
/ shall be levied from the regular count!
\ assessment and collected by the count.
I collectors.
Eleventh: That the county make con
. tribution OF rural schools
Twelfth That the county make con
tribution for building rural schoo
houses based upon the amount raise,
by the district Che place 10 be furn
ished by The County School Commission
for the county,.
Thirteenth: The enactment OF a gen
eraI law for school districts wher'
school houses would be built II there
were some easy way TO divide the costs
along two or three years of taxation
The school property meantime beinl
held for the debt
Fourteenth: That some provision b'
made for a moro equitable distribution
of free text books to the free pUblk
schools Of the State.
Fifteenth That provision be mad'
by the enactment of a law for th'
higher education OF white female pupils
Explanatory OF this recommendation
we beg leave to say that ample provi
sion has heretofore been made for tn
higher education Of white male an
colored male and female pupils. ans
your board earnestly calls attention &
this lack Of provision in your laws
and prays that your Honorable Bod,
may remedy the injustice herein spokei
Of
Compulsory school laws.