Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-07
CHIEF BLOCK NAMED
AS TRUANT OFFICER
COMPLIES WITH LAW PASSED
BY LAST LEGISLATURE,
Duties to Commence at Once if
AppOintee ACCeptS-Sdldry Fix
ed at $40 per School Month
Trudnt Children Had Better
Look Out.

School boys and girls, you had
better look little out or the truant
officer will catch you if you don't
TO comply with chapter 446 of the
laws of 1907, providing for the ap-
pointment of truant officer in all
cities in the state of 1000 or over.
the board of education at regular
meeting last evening appointed Chief
of Ponce H. G. Block as such officer,
the salary being fixed at $40 per
month, or 10 school months. The
duties are to commence upon his
acceptance.
According to the law AS amended at
the recent session of the legislature,
all children between the ages Of seven
and fourteen years and between the
ages of fourteen and sixteen years, it
not regularly employed according to
the provisions of chapter 349 of the
laws of 1903, must be in regular at
tendance at some school, either pub
lie, parochial or private, during the
school year.
All cities of over 1000 inhabitants
must appoint truant officer. The
city superintendent of schools must
perpare list of all pupils in the pub
ic, parochial and private schools in
the city and give 1t to the clerk of
the board of education, whose duty 1t
is to compare it with the last census
report and to give the names of all
children between the ages of seven and
fourteen years and between the ages
Of fourteen and sixteen years that
the superintendent report to the
truant officer.
1t is the duty of the truant officer
to serve notice on all parents or
guardians of said children, and if
within five days the children are not
IN some school, the parents are liable
to fine or imprisonment.
City Superintendent w. P. Roseman
presented report for the term of
school ending Dec. 20, 1907.
No l. school-50; high school,
freshmen II, sophomore, 63. junior
SO, senior 81, graduates I. special g.;
total 80.
No. school-1st grade A, End
grade Al, Bird grade "a, 4th grade 43,
5th grade Is, 9th grade 10, 7th grade
81, total 243.
No. = school-1st grade SO, End
grade 27, 3rd grade 81, 4th grade %,
5th grade 10, 9Th grade 27. 7th grade,
u, total 1877.
No. school-1st grade AZ, End
grade 46. 3rd grace Al, 4th grade Al.
5th grade AZ, 9Th grade 43, 7th grade
80, 9Th grade 80, total 346 The grand
total for 1907 was 1886, while for
1906 it was 1882, an increase of only
four.
The seating capacity of the high
school room is 220, and the enroll
ment in the school is 260. This makes
very contested condititn in the hi gh
school department, and if the enroll
ment continues to increase next year
In the same proportion that 1t has this
year, it will be necessary to put the
eighth grade in rented building.
Present conditions indicate an increase
next year, as one hundred pupils are
enrolled in the Two eighth grades,
the largest enrolment in this depart
ment in the history of the school.
Supt. Roseman also submitted
report showing the attendance at the
public night school during the month
of January.
Jan. 13, enrolment 70, attendance
63; Jan Is, enrolment IA, attendance
55; Jan. Is, enrolment "a. attendance
81; Jan. 20, enrolment IA, attendance
So, Jan. %, enrolment "a attendance
81; Jan. 27, enrolment II, attendance
60; Jan. 30, enrolment II, attendance
So.
Supt. Roseman made a request to
grant the teachers of the city schools
day off duty on Friday Feb. IA,
when joint teachers institute for
Dodge and Jefferson counties is to be
held in this city, also on the day
following. The request was granted
by the board.