Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-01-17
THE DUTY OF COUNTY SU.
PERINTENDENTS.

THE DUTY OF COUNTY SU
PERINTENDENTS.
To The EDIToR: The following
is clipped from the "Teach,r'.
Record" published in the Appa
lachian Training Scbool at Boone
IN. C:
"There are several counties In
the State where county superin.
tendents do not visit the schools
at all. They do not know the cor
ditiOn Uf the school buildings
they do not know the kind O
work beng accomplished. One
superintendent who has been re-
Gently elected, says that he ha.
taught in four counties and that
a superintendent has never visit
ed his school to see what ia being
done with public money. The
board of education does not al.
low this visiting. and in some in
stances, where the perintendent
actually went at his own expense
and of his own accord, certain
members of the board consulted
a lawyer to see II the superinten.
dent had any legal right to visit
the schools"
1t goes without saying that
teachers and school O iii C e r g
should know the school laws, but
it ia the opinion and wish OF those
teachers and officers who look to
the development Of the s t a t g
through the schools, that parents
also should inform themselves.
When fathers and mothers show
an intelligent interest in the con-
duet OF the public schools; when
they know to what extent the
laws are Obeyed by officers aud
teachers, when they visit t h e
schools and ace not only heir ad.
vantages, but their needs and dif-
fculties. II the above certain
members of the board" had look
ed into the Public School Law Of
North Carolina, as compiled in
the "Revisal OF 1905 of North
Carolina their eiruncertainty might
have been removed without ref
erence tn a lawyer. Pages, para
graph IL. reads:
"All doubt as to the require
ment that the county superinten
dents shall visit the public schools
of his county while in session is
removed by striking out t h E
words ''under the direction of
the county board of education. !"
See section 4141.
Section 4 II is as follows:
"4141. Must advise and m a v
suspend teachers; must attend
state association of superinten-
dents. 1t shall be the duty OF the
county superintendent. to advise
with the teachers as to the best
methods of instruction an d
school government, and to that
end he shall keep himself thoro-
ughly informed as to theprogress
Of education in other counties,
cities and states. He shall have
authority to correct abuses, and
to this end he may, with the con-
currence Of a majority of t h e
school committee, suspend any
teacher who may beguilty ofany
immoral or disreputable conduct
or may prove himself incom-
petent to discharge efficiently the
duties OF a public school teacher,
or who may be presistently neg
lectful of such duties. The county
superintendent shall be req uired
to visit the public schools Of his
county while in session and shall
inform himself of the condition
and needs OF the various schools
within his Jurisdiction. Unless
providentially hindered he shall
attend continuously during it's
session the mountaineering OF the
state association Of the county
superintendent, and the county
board Of his county shall pay
out Of the county school fund his
travelling expenses and allow him
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