Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-22
IMPROVEMENT TN
ATTENDANCE In
DESIRED
State School Superintendent
Calls Special Attention to
Compulsory Law; Boosting
Albuquerque Meet.

state school superintendent Alvan
~ White has issued the following
circuias % county superintendents.
DepNtlment 81 Education, SANTA Fo
September fsth. 1918.
10 County Huporintnndontni
Id4t % 1cacirrs
4m fnrS uhAious lo have fnii file
az once list OF your teachers al pres
cnt under contract 40 teach ln your
county daring the COMING wear. This
office Il having repeated dennnds
for list OF teachers throughout tho
State az present employed and we can
save county suporintcndents a good
deal 81 trouble In furnishing copies
81 such lists by being able to furnInn
them from this office We enclose
herewith blank upon which I hope
you VIII make prompt report OF all
teachers IA your county We ate.
also. anxious 90 send 10 teachers an
nouncenenis concerning she New
Mexico Educational association and
other notices which We may issue
from time 20 time concerning their
work 81 your records do not SHOW
= teacher of each school. please make
supplementary report may be made
later
Enumeration aud Compulsory At
tendance.
The enumeration OF school children
for your county should be filed ia
this office sometime this month. 1
suggest that each county suporinten-
dent require each teacher in his
county to furnish him az the end OF
each month, list OF children with
ages enrolled ln the school during
the month. - the clerk Of tho dis
trict viii have flied the enumeration
list showing names and axes of an
school children in the district. Il viii
be. possible for the county superiu-
tendent 90 check thc.fist 81 children
enrolled with the list OF children en-
umcratcd This should be done each
month and IN this way county super
intendents viii know very definitely
60 what extent the compulsory attend
ancc law IL being obeycd. one coun-
81 superintendent follows this system
and when n report shows that certain
children enumerated Vofwcen the
"A gcs of ana "a are not enrolled In
the public school or other schools OF
the district he sends a postal card
informing them Of tho necessity OF
sending the children 20 school In
several counties the district attorney
has chilled special attention to the
compulsory attendance law as ls re-
qulrcd and In a few counties lndict-
ments have been returned by the
grand jury against parents who have
failed 60 comply with the compulsory
law I hope that you win
give careful attention 10 the matter
OF attendance during tho coming year
so that our records may show de-
cided Improvement. as believe they
Will from previous Years.
school Building.
You have probably noticed In the
papers of the state that tho surplus
remaining IN the reserve suud.
amounting To- something over sixty
thousand dollars has been turned on
~ into the school building fund. Any
district which has made the maximum
levy during the past year and has re-
ceivcd aid from tho state FOR main
tanning five months term. may by M
Ing application In due form and ape
proved by the attorney general and
The state superintendent, receive hcip
for school building. provided Trey
meet certain conditions. The "um-
Der Of districts which may become
eligible for aid from the state for
school buildings may be considerably
Increased where schools are opened
y, ~ TO make u necessary for tho
District 10 receive state aid FOR main
fa'ning five months term, tha' g. "
a district has over fifty children of
SCHOOL ago ana tho population ~ 20
aa 10 require two schec'a