Milford chronicle., 1913-05-30

needs painting. Some new furniture
could be used to advantage. Miss Wood
is the teacher in charge, and she keeps
the school room very neat and clean.
Fairview, No. Is, is near Marydel, and
under the charge Of Prof. West, who is
maintaining very good school. Property
and grounds in a satisfactory manner.
Hartley, No. 95 and 1897, is a two
room school in which Misses Goodwin and
Heathers are teaching, and who have
good sanitary conditions in and about the
school. The building needs a coat OF
| paint to greatly improve its appearance.
Sandfield, No. l41, is a colored school
that is entirely too small to contain the
pupils in attendance. Anadditiou should
be built to this school at once; the pres
eut steps are dangerous to pass over.
Downs Chapel, No. 8, near Kenton Del
aware, is one of the oldest of Kent coun
ty Public Schools, and much needs to be
done to it. The people residing in the
district are amply able to provide better
school conditions fOf their children, as
their homes indicate that they have
modern comforts there, and the children
must be given the same opportunity to
get an education with uplifting surround
ings, at least equal to those they have at
home. This is large school and 1t
should have two rooms Miss Bedwell IS
doing hard work here in teaching and
keeping the school bcildiug and grounds
in good sanitary condition, but It IS too
much to ask of one teacher for $50 per
month. The school is supplied with old,
much defaced desks, and yet it needs re-
citation desks badly The children are
not only numerous at Downs Chapel
School, but they are bright and above the
general average in department and ap-
pearance. Here is fine opportunity TO
form the basis of rural consolidation
by taking Downs Chapel as the central
point aud bringing four other schools to
it, and ali would then have the advantage
of a graded school at no greater cost to
the people, other than the building of the
new school building
LoPers is a cOlored school which is kept
in good condition, and the only thing to
criticise is the closets, which needed at
-ention from the clerk.
Blanco, No. 1873, is another cOlored
school, near the Maryland line, which
was built largely from State aid, but it
leeds much done to 1t now. An addition
las been built to it recently, but there IS
10 furniture, no paint, no water closets
the school is at a cross roads,
they have FIVE benches to seat about 40
and no place to keep their
looks. Fifteen desks ahOuld be placed :
Il this school by the State authorities, as
he people here seem unable to help
One window sash is entirely {
one, and it was that way all winter
Hazels Corner, No. ia, was satisfac-
Dry, although some things should be q
Ooked after by the clerk of the district. c
he house needs painting. Miss Stafford t
laintains the grounds and property in
cry good condition as to cleanliness.
LoockwOds, a colored school, built and G
FINISHED BY the State Conditions very E
Blackstones, No. l, This is the oldest n
,hOol in the county. 1t has been i'm v
roved by adding a new vestibule, new
imp aud some repairs. 1t needs a reci- 4
tion bench. Sanitary conditions very {
BOD. (
Alley, No. 2. This school is located a
ear Clayton and is taught by Miss But a
ry, who keeps it very clean aud the Il
-ouuds attractive. The school room has Il
zen papered and the building repaired, Il
that it is in very good condition. "
Clayton Colored School. The building u
all right, but the water closets are j.
seding attention. f
Clayton. The town of Clayton has Ii
,od five roomed school building with
rps of capable teachers and the rOOms
e clean but how the Board of Health
er permitted the conditions at the water
1sets of this school to exist in an iucOr-
rated town is a mystery. 1t was abso-
tely disgraceful, and the principal adj
tted that he did not use them, because
the bad sanitary conditions. Here is
Sc where the clerk of the schools has
solutely failed to look after the sanitary
and where the principal has
led to insist upon proper cleanliness
out the school premises. The Board /,
Health of Clayton should take action -
this case. >
The fifth days work ended here, and u
: Commission returned to their several Il
mes