The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14

the school wagon arriving in Twin
Falls in the morning and the wagons
and shed belonging to Twin Falls
consolidated school. The Twin Falls
school district has an area of IS
square miles and a population of
1000. Tho building is modern,
steam heated brick structure with
state roof. The basement is high
and spacious and contains several
class rooms, There is running water
throughout the building. The total
enrolment in the Twin Falls school
is 726 and the high school enroll
ment is 100 or over 10 per cent Of
the total. Eight school wagons con-
Vey about 200 OF the children to
school, all living outside the city lin
its being entitled to public transpor-
tation. Not all, however, make use
of the privilege. The school has two
acres OF playground and a school
farm of four acres. The high school
offers a strong commercial course
and agriculture having a bearing on
local farming conditions, is taught.
-Four years ago the ground where
this building now stands was a solid
growth OF sageDrush and the coun-
try for miles around was arid and
uninhabited. Now there are care
fully plated and staked young trees
and closely cropped lawn on threl
SIDES OF the building.
OF the Idaho schools the report
says:
School wagon arriving in town Al
$50 a. m. at Twin Falls, Idaho.
The topography of the Twin Falls
consolidated district is level; road,
run mostly on section lines, and ow
ing to slight rainfall are good anj
solid the year around. At times dus
is disagreeable.
The landscape shows consider
able dearth Of houses; homes as ye
are far apart. That some Of tn
| farm population live in tents is seel
to the left.
The simplicity of this picture i
quite in contrast to the impressive
ness of the story which it tells. Il
these newly settled western lands, t,
which civilization has suddenly beel
| transplanted, progressive education
| al ideas seem to find sustenance an
quickly bear results. These neN
communities with their commodiou
| schoolhouses, neat, well-planted an
carefully tended school grounds, an
we'll organized systems of scho2
| transportation, assembling pupil
| from even remote homes, some locat
ed in what is practically desert,
imply firm faith in education.
is safe to say that educationally sue
districts as this are half a century i
| advance of some of the older section
of country
Ada and Canyon Counties.
With the cooperation of tn
school officials OF Ada and Canyo
counties, tentative working plan
were prepared for redistricting tn
resnectiye counties and theoretical
converting their present distr1t
school system into county systel
of consolidated schools. AS the Wor
progressed. the conditions which tn
tentative system is devised to remec
or displace also received attentlo
and the extent was noted to whiC
consolidated schools would offer IN
proyements. For, clearly, in biddlr
for public favor the consolidate
schools must be prepared to assun
that position. Such a scheme OF oil
: tricting a county, state, or part OF
/ state into consolidated school dl
. tricts provides the educational
thorities with definite Workll
plan. After the consolidation &c
!. tiers have once been decided upo
the building up of the system m
be gradual until the structure OF
county or state system shall ma
. been completed.
The consolidated school in TW
Falls gives a very fair idea of the
! suits of the educational efforts