Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-29

PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION INSTRUCTION
A.
any appreciate amount of state supervision the
local town authority becomes the determining
problems therefore, of fundamental Importance The limited
time of the
mitee from the of secondary
character of these bodies were gained however from inter-
views with their members fully
of the declared by the school principals with the
apparent sincerity that the committee was good zine FIRST
Glass; and In the
committee and the principals
expenditures were invariably closely scrtnzed and the chief
complaints of what considered
omy on the part of the committeeman This point the
complete town control at which state SUPERVISION would be most
beneficial apparent school COM
miees take the position of defenders and
able principal superintendent usually more than hold his own
and can easily become educave force in the community
B. SUPERINTENDENT
An account of the history and present status of the pernendeny
IN Vermont and of its relations the elementary school will
ELSEWHERE IN TINS report mus far the contact OF the superintendent
with the secondary school has been gh than with elementary
school, but nevertheless of great Importance The efforts
schoo system locay under SINGLE competent control
have in towns broken down from lack of funds suddenly
to the budget salary larger than other the system for
solely supervision has been
in association with others Consequently
salary have not always proved to adequate qualifications AS
to be foresen where authority
has occurred between these and the experienced relatively
paid high school principals and still exists Where the
superintendent really trained administrator
he should be- he has dominated the
has been divided amab each wisely prong
es UNDOUBTEDLY IN period OF transition like the present each
situation should be arranged its merits and
to push theory too far is nevertheless beyond question that
community or group schoo system should nave Its one thoroughly
trained supervising head Especially this with the gradual
is longer to be the luxury of the selected
soce best tool for making item humanity
happily productive possible such enterprise
of responsible mind capable of meeting
lem whole Only the superintendent interpret
education the public and create public opinion that will support
and better Schools the develop
schools increasingly worthy of support
1t advantage
work to have leadership of this Sort the of the
is not the least benefited almost inevitable
nate tendency for ambitious and able
school fine machine the first business which
and with apparent Pupils who do not take the traditional
subjects and hence do not fit the machine trouble
discarded with regret To destroy the sancy this
and persuade the to
OF feeding the machine usually the the
ther in the smaller schools with rapidly changing principals super
indispensable the
the 33 oneacher twoeache
% had
the first schools of the
third,
Thus that the have intelligent
for it's whole educational undertakings that
complete situation be in controlling relations with
the SYSTEM and finally that schools
policy Independent of rapid changes whn;-al
strengthened untay SUPPLEMENTARY including secondary