Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
COMPLETES The
ANNUAL REPORT
MRS. ELIZABETH BURGESS FIN
ISLES STATEMENT OF YEAR
FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS.
OVER 5000 ATTEND
Large Daily Attendance in Country
Valuation of School Houses
Over a Authorization
$3.50.

Inc annual report or Mrs. EllZaDetn
Burgess the county superintend
which shows the financial and general
condition of Wapello county schools
has been forwarded to the state super
lntendent Of schools, A. M. Deyoe. The
number of schols and school rooms,
the number Of teachers and the sex;
their remuneration. the value Of the
school buildings and apparatus. vol
umes in their libraries, cost of edu-
eating the youth of the county, etc.,
make up the report. The work Of pre-
pairing the report was considerable
and much time was consumed in it's
making. Everything of interest in the
schools Of the county is covered by the
report which is made in huge book.
The number of schools in the county
Is shown to DO 11s. The valuation Of
these is placed at $537,475. The value
of the apparatus is placed at $12,1s6.
The number Of volumes in the libraries
Of the county schools is 1859. The
cost of tuition In Wapello county can
not be called high when the figures
show the cost as 1888. The number
Of persons between and 81 years Of
age divided as to sex Is male 5,498 and
females 5,54S; just difference Of
hfty in favor Of the girls.
Good Daily Attendance.
The daily average attendance was
shown for 1911-12 to have been 6,317
in the county and the number Of per-
sons between the ages Of and IA
years not attending school were
classified as flfty-five boys and twen-
ty-six girls. The amount paid teach
|ers in the county was shown as males
$15,25o and females S70,201.72.
Tuition for High School. .
The amount received by the schools
from taxes for the entire county was
S122,2S1.43, and from the state ap.
portionment was $12,204.96. The rural
schools in the different parts OF the
county paid for tuition the sum of ST.
OSLO. This sum is paid according
to law by schools without high school
facilities, to the nearest high school
for children in those districts who
wish to go through high school. Thus
Ottumwa, Eddyville, Eldon, Agency
and points out of the county receive a
portion.
Plant Many Trees.
Another item covered is the number
Of trees planted by the county schools
These number 1924 For the libraries
in the rural schools there were 1920
spent during the year. The rural
schools paid S25S.12 for library books
The institute cost, in which is in
cluded the teachers meetings, etc was
s6o4.27 and the attendance was 227
with an average daily attendance OF
200 during 1911. The contingent tax
for the county schools amounted tc
$42,4575S and for Ottumwa schools
$2S,1525s The contingent expenses
Of the Ottumwa schools which covers
janitor service, fuel, etc, was $22,
4s6.74 and secretary and treasurer
cost was $916.27.
School Value Large.
The value OF Ottunwa's thirteen
school houses was shown as 100000
and the apparatus at $4,000 The mum
Der of school rooms is ninety-eight and
the teachers; males, twelve and fe
males, 1872. The number of rura
school rooms is 102 and the average
length of the school year is S.8i
months. The rural term is much the
smaller but almost nine and hall
months in Ottumwa brings up the
average to the above figure. The
total amount OF money paid the teach
! ers in the county divided by sex is:
males $23.299.S2 and females Sis,
l2s5,27. The Ottumwa schools receive
for district taxes $75,606.49 and from
| the state apportionment $7,l59.l2
From tuition the sum of $1,9o9.s5 is
received by Ottumwa schools.