The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-14

Is there some misunderstanding
the question of tuition pupils in our
city schools? If there is it may be
that the following facts will give a
better understanding of the matter:
We have sixty-three pupils who
have paid tuition during the year.
Nineteen of these are in the
grades and forty-six in the high
school.
OF this nineteen, eleven are in the
lower grades and eight are in the
7:h aud 8th grade.
The lower grade pupils pay at the
rate of $1,000 per year, and the 18th
and Sth grade pupils at the rate of
$500 per year.
These grade pupils could attend
the Training school without paying
tuition.
OF the forty-six high school stu
dents forty-two have paid $4,000
each, or tuition in full for the year,
and four of them have only paid on
part.
These nonresident high school stu
dents could attend the Normal by
paying $1,000 a year.
Districts not maintaining high
school advantages for their students
may pay at the rate of not to exceed
$2.00 per month to have them attend
elsewhere.
Because of this such students at
tending our high school would get
$500 of the tuition back, and all of
the tuition if they attended our Nor
NAL.
Most of the high schooI students
get this tuition refunded and l
think most of the Normal students
do also.
If they get this tuition returned 1t
would cost students $1,000 more a
year to attend the high school than
it would to attend the Normal; IL
they do not get it back it would cost
them $500 o a year to do so.
The board would like to have it
understood that tuition was put at
$4,000 for nonresidents in the first
place and left at hat when the law
was changed to turn such students
toward the Normal.
The board would like TO make 1t
clear at this time that for the past
five years no one has solicited, by
advertising or otherwise, nonresi-
ueHt sluuentS " dAtenu the hA6h
school.
AS TO the question o. prohibiting
this class of students from attend
ing the high school, there is room
for difference of opinion. 1t would
be an unusual thing to do. We do
not know of a place in South Dako-
ia, or in any other state. having a
college or Normal school doing high
school work where it is done.
If it were done there is no doubt
but what some of the nonresident
students now attending the high
school would attend the Normal. 1t
could be stated with equal truth that
some of them would not come to
Madison to school.
If we did not have a single ION
resident student at the Central
building we would still be very
crowded. We would still be handl-
ing about three hundred and seven
ty-fve different pupils daily there.
We would still need an assembly
room; a for games, etc, some
offices, some recitation rooms, and
inside closets. 1t is very doubtful
whether we could cut down our
teaching force if we wish to main
tain the kind of a high school that
Madison needs and wants and that
| other towns and cities are maintain
ing.
1t would not be possible, were 1t
desirable, to send the 7th and 8th
| grades Il the grade buildings. IL
we retain our present plan of work
we would need three of the four
rooms in each of these buildings for
the regular work, and the remaining
room for the special work. IL we
| go back to the old plan of work we
would need four regular teachers in
! stead to do the work of each build
ing and this would occupy all of the
rooms.
y. G.. Palmer,
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