Milford chronicle., 1910-04-29
THE INSPECTION Of
KENT COUNTY SCHOOLS
Annual Tour of County School
Commission Started.
April 2lst, 1910


the uDderpinning, new floor recitation
bench and general overhaHling. No et-
fort has been made to better conditions
about this school building There are no
maps, no rope to hoist flag on the pole,
one water closet is rotten dirty and the
school commissioners of the district should
be compelled to use them instead Of the
innocent children OF the district. If the
parents Of the children Of McGees school
would visit it and see for themselves the
conditions in which their children are
compelled to get an education, they would
have the trouble remedied at once. This
is the last call for this school.
BERRYTOWN, No. l57. The coudi-
tions as to SANITARY points we're good.
Some plastering is broken, two panes Of
glass are gone and a new lock is needed.
DUTCH" No. l04 Miss McCafferty
is the teacher, and the SANITARY condition
Of the school room and property are good;
but tie building needs painting inside and
out the underpinning is broken, and a
new door latch is indispensable. Since
the visit of last year a new floor to the room
and porch have been added. One closet
was in a very bad condition.
WARREN'S, No. 81. Miss Killen is
the teacher and everything was very neat
and clean. The yestibule should be
changed from inside the building to an
outside vestibule, and the entire building
be painted again.
JUMPS, No %. Miss Raughley is the
teacher and everything about this school
was very neat and inviting, 1t has heed
ed the requirement of the State Board OF
Education by placing cooler for water.
A new step to the door should be built at
once and a recitation bench be supplied.
CEDAR GROVE (near Felton, No. so.
Miss Perry is the teacher It needs paint
ing inside and out the foundations are
broken, four shutters are off and a recita-
ton bench is needed There is no wood |
or coal house or flag pole. Conditions Of
closets we're very clean and Clerk visits
the school frequently to look after it.
gsnatary conditions Of school room was
fair
THOMAS, No SO. The general condi-
tions Of the school room was much better
than last year and it was very neat; the
Clerk visits it often. A new flag pole has
been erected and the pump is all that
could be asked. The roof needs repair
ing, or rather attention. A recitation
bench should be added and just little
repairs made here and there about the
building.
POTASH, No 100. The interior Of this
school was very neat, and the limb which
threatened the roof had been eliminated;
but there are general repairs to the roof,
siding and plsstering needed. There are
no maps of Delaware and the water closets
are worse than none at all, they are 90
dispidsted and rotten dirty.
HOLLANDSVILLE, No. 81. Miss
Blades is the teacher and here was another
very neat school room. Some new furni-
ture is needed and they have lumber to
build a wood house on the grounds; Moth
ing else was especially needed.
BLACKSWAMP, No. 30 Miss Sipple
is the teacher, and everything at this
school was in good order
MASTEN'S, No. IS. Here has been
az awakening, and the people Of this dis
trict have added to their old school build {
ing exactly the same space it had origin ,
ally, and it now is capable Of holding the
children in reasonable comfort. While j
the enlargement is all right, there is much
more to do for the building before it is as
it should be for a public school. Maps of
Delaware, some window glass and paint
ing inside and out The closets were
very clean. Masten's school was in bad
shape last year, and the Improvements
are very satisfactory, but we hope to see
the job completed before the reOpening of
school next fall. Miss Satterfeld is the
teacher and the school room was very
satisfactory.
LITTLE MASTEN'S, No. So. Miss
Barnard is the teacher and the SANITARY
conditions were fair to good. There is
little needed to be done to this property
other than repair the underpinning.
No. SO. Miss Mary Ward is the teach
er here, and the SANITARY conditions were
fine. The only thing missing was map
OF Delaware and the ice cooler recon-
mended by the State Board Of Education.
HARRINGTON This building is al
most worn out, and its usefulness as a
public school building for the thriving
town of Harrington has ceased to give the
best results. It is crowded. unsanatary
from hygenic points, and does not meet
the requirements of public education.
This situation is recognized by the people
Of Harrington who take an active interest
in education, and also by those who take
an active interest in financial matters. =