Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-10
TRUANT OFFICER
MAY CATCH YOU
CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
BETTER LOOK OUT.
Board of Education Must Comply
With New LdW-AppOintment
Will Be Made at Next Meeting
Supt. ROSemdn Makes Report
on Night School.
(From THURSDAYS Dally.l

Better look little out or the Tru-
ant Officer will soon catch you
The above remark IS prompted by
the discussions heard at the meeting
of he tboard of education held last
evening, relative to the appointment
of a truant officer to comply with
chgpter 446 of the laws Of 1907.
According to the law DIS amended
at the recent session of the legis-
Iature, oil children between the ages
of Z and Ia years and between the
ages Of IA and 16 years, if not re-
gularly employed according to the
provisions of chapter 349 of the laws
of 1909, must be in regular attendance
at some school, either public, paro-
chial or private, during the school
year.
All cities of over 1900 inhabitants
must appoint truant officer. The city
superintendent of schools must prepare
list of all pupils in the public,
parochial and private schools in the
city and give it to the clerk of the
board Of education, whose duty it is
to compare it with the last census re-
port and to give the names of all
children between the ages of and IA
years and between the ages of IA and
16 years that appear on the census re-
port and not on the superintendent .
rpport Tn the truant officer
1t is the duty of the truant officer
to serve notice On all parents or
guardians of said childen and if with
in five days the children are not IN
some school, the parents are liable to
a fine Or imprisonment.
Superintendent w. P. Roseman
made the following report to the
board on the progress of the night
school:
Gentlemen: ! beg to submit the
following report Of the public night
school for the month ending Dec. 10,
1907.
Dec. 2. enrolment, 60; attendance,
so; withdrawn, l. Dec 5, enroll
ment, II; attendance, 60, withdrawn,
/. Dec. 9, enrolment, IL attendance,
So; withdrawn, 2. Dec. II, enroll
ment, 70; attendance, 65; Withdrawn,
9. Dec. 16, enrolment, 70; attend
ance, 81: withdrawn, 2.
At our last meeting, which was
January 6, 1908, the total enrolment
to date was 76. Two have withdrawn,
which leaves an actual enrolment OF
IA. With this enrolment it is very
difficult for three teachers to secure
the best results because of the variat-
tion in the ability of those in atten-
dance. 1t is necessary to have those
who withdrew from schou before
they reached the Seventh grade IN d
class with those who remained to fin
ism the seventh and eighth grades. Too,
we have many who never attended
schuol in this country, and are very
deficient in all of the elementary
branches, while others can not speak
or understand thu English language.
Inc scioldts snip VI she CLASS VI Popiie
who attend night school varies 81
much that it is impossible to get the
best results when the classes are
large. At present we have the service
of one of the high school pupils and
An outside party, gratis, and the work
is progressing quite satisfactorily,
but, if the school continues to grow,
it will be necessary TO have more paid
help next year.
Aside from the above, there was no
business transacted other than the
regular routine work.