Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-02

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ASSOCIATED ]. SCHOOLS
HOW Y R y SCHOOLS MAY ST.
u y h Il THE q II ADVANTAGES OF III.
Di Y RAINING FOR
THEIR Pupils
s. 4, Challman, State Inspector
Of Graded Schools.
The practical trend given to educa-
ton in our day requires an adjust
n5ent OF our school system. Instead
Eof the small units once organized as
5sch heel districts and serving useful
81alrrose for many years after their Or
ganization, we are confronted with.
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the necessity of establishing larger
units in order that the industrial sub
ljects may be efficiently and economi-
Seally taught. We're it not for the fact
that efficiency Of instruction and econ
ssnly OF teaching force as we'll as pub,
8lsc money must be considered. our
Y,.,ac ont 0puo y; no t;,,,, $zF - ~1 S3
5tricts might be maintained without
any change whatever.
## In order to achieve these aims our
legislature in 1910 deemed it wise to
enact q law which retains the indiyid-
5ual and separate organization of each
school district in carrying out the es-3
tabished func tions of school, but
permits the union of number Of
school districts for the purpose Of Civ
ing instruction in Industrial branches
and extending the supervision and IN.
.fluence of high and graded schools to
rural school districts.
This particular form Of union has
been designated ASSOCIATE n.' Under
tie q aW, associated school districts
each maintain their separate school
boards and make provision for the in
.struction of their own children in aca-
demic branches in their own schools
as they have been accustomed to do,
hut in order to furnish instruction in
Industrial branches the school boards
act together as a unit in providing the
facilities in some centrally located
school. Ordinarily it is found advis-
able to have pupils finish their COM
mon school branches in such central
school and take their industrial work
in connection with their regular.
school tasks.
The latest report on school associa-
8ticn, made August j, 1912, shows
twenty-five schools that have succeed
ed in interesting rural school dis
tricts in this form Of school organiza-
ton. One hundred one rural schools
have in this way come under the su-!
lIervision of larger schools Offering
complete high school courses. The
largest number of districts associated
with any one school is fourteen, and
the next in order is thirteen. The for
mer has been effected in Spring Val
ley, Fillmore County, the latter in.
Cokato, Wright County. Milaca has
associated with it seven districts, and
Hector, Wheaton, and Kasson six
each. Other associations number
from one to five school districts each.
In order to bring about association,
ii is necessary that a petition, signed
and acknowledged by at least twenty
i've per cent of the resident freehold
ers Of each district qualified to vote at
school meetings, be- made to the coun-
ty erintendent OF schools. The
county perintendent shall upon re-
ceipt Of such petition, within ten days,
cause ten days posted notice to bel
given ID each district, and one weeks
published notice, II there be newspa-
per in the proposed associated dis
trict. Of an election or special meeting
to be held at a time and place speci-
fed in such notices to vote upon the.
question Of association. At the cleo 4
ton or special meeting. held for this
purpose. ballots shall be furnished
reading: Il y,
To associate with district No..
at for maint enance Of
an agricultural and industrial depart
lnent, Yes. No. ....... Those
voting infavor Of association shall put
a cross mark after the word, Yes,
and those voting against sociation
shall put cross mark after the word
II a. majority Of the votes is
cast for association, the district shall
become associated with the central
school