The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-05
County School News.
BY Mary Z. Todd.

Remember the ANNUAL school
meeting will be APRIL 18th at
O'Clock p. m. Every father and ev-
cry mother in the district should
plan to attend. This year a clerk is
to be elected and all offices which are
now filled by appointment are to be
filled by INSTRUMENTATION for one
year. treasurer for two years.
In an opinion from the Attorney
General we have been advised that a
levy for school purposes may be made
40 to Al mills by a majority vote.
II more than that amount is required
a three fOurths vote of those attend
Ing Is necessary. The notice of the
annual school meeting should con-
tain statement to the effect that
the question of levylng more than
AZ mills Is to be voted upon. Last year
only three districts required a levy of
more than Az mills to raise the
amount asked for to run their schools.
Those districts wishing to vote
more money than ! mills will raise
should remember that they MUST
vote on the proposition in the notice
OF the Annual School Meeting and
that the proposition must be carried
by a THREE7FOURTHS majority
vote Don't forget to make record
of all of the proceedings of the meet
ing. Districts anticipating state and
county aid shonld not make q levy
exceeding Al mills.
Please remember to vote the full
amount that you want for your
school. The commissioners will make
the levy. Vote enough to have a
few dollars left over for rainy day.
The State Superintendent writes
us that it is exceedingly desirable
and In fact necessary that in each
district arrangements be made for
the school to continue the entire
term Of seven months. In the cases
where the schools have been closed
on account of the snow or the in
clement weather, he says, 81 see no
way Of escape from continuing until
the expiration of the seven months.
We must have seven months of school
II possible. We should not think 1t
likely that any of the children will
be needed for outside work until a
little later IN the season, and when
the time comes that they are needed |
to help their parents through the
emergency which this winter has
caused we think you will be author
lied to use your Judgment in the en-.
forcement Of the compulsory attend |
ance law. But should certainly |
make an effort to keep the younger
children In school,"
Friday morning, at nine o'clock,
the children will begin work on the
diploma examination. And the first
branch will be reading, then Arith-
metic, Ciyics, Physiology and Clas sizes
all on Friday. On Saturday the
branches will be Orthography,. &C.
ography, Kansas History, Agriculture
Penmanshlp, United States History
and Grammar. County Supt. Todd |
is sending out the questions to the
different places where the examina-
tion is TO be held-Victory school
house, Sam Jones school house Kis-
met, Springfield and Liberal. All pu-
pills In the It'll grade are expected to
finish Physiology and Reading. All
9Th grade pupils should finish Gram.
mar, Geography, Agriculture and
Spelling 9th grade pupils the re-
mainder Of the common school
branches.
On account Of the inclement wealth
or and also sickness, the question OF
promotion will be serious one this
spring. However it is always best
to pass pupils on condition rather
than hahe them do the work Of the
entire year over again, with a young
er set OF pupils perhaps. 1t certainly
lessons the interest of any pupil to
be Kept in the same grade for several
years.