American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-03-21
Consolidation Of the
Schools Is Recommended
By All Leading Educators
Committee Authorized TO Investigate the Poljc, e
m the Following RporEcry Tax Payer In the North End
Of Utah County Should Read II.
of the North End of Utah County

We authorized to nyestira,c tho ro,ov ., -
souaoh beg to submit the following cons
ering the school situation Alpine district orr on,n,o
'na inc school system defective in
urauoh supervision Standardization distribution of
nances o" VI .
AT the present operating your schools under dou,,
and noh ~ M Oh trustees having charge of the
announcer set OF trustees having the common scboo
rms system to US cumbersome and ncncvo w M
,S o mere should be perfect unity coordination TIL
out II was never intended graduation Of Tho ..hos,s
sohi - snoud DC made separate unites Themselves ou
~ system is single unit from beginners TO tho .oro
year OF the high school advance from Tho h oo
WORT a o M nsh school one grade result of III,
uohe he previous year. consequently teacher must No,
know the work in her grade. nm, =, % no' oni'
m , was done the previous work that 10
DC dohe the year following she propery hsnd,
sne does not know what they before comnr ~ boz
know Pho MI, . 'nem ioF the next grade does not
Ahow 'he work that is them in that grade :,
possible The schools organized and 'n.
ah VIII be link in the chain entire system and h,
DC aone where there boards of equal autborv ga
paling the high school ~ anu ahotner princi-
1t is recommended by all tho ,o.a,u
na our schools be reorganized the seventh ana ss
ss. N districts whose twenty Thousand or ~
~ ~. INTO Junior high schools in small disrc,s ,h.
W maae part OF the regular high school, There ara
49, snou'd De DONE the important of which thu ,h
anu girls might be given the opportunity to taLe oon
snop work. agriculture. science domestic NJ, m s
ou any extra equipment additional cost This canno, ~ WIZ
the two nr,n present organization with the boards and
we therefore recommend such chanecs m
sAuon made as will all schools under ono ho.rs S
ou S oro'naon and uniformity might be established in
most effective administration cannot be had 50 I'm,
-. 20 not only expensive TO boards N nor,or 80
Mok nat might well be accomplished by one hoard h 'ne
be hirod M disagreement and Teachers mus
w nred CONFORMITY supplies instances mus, NO ma''
se.her where the seventh eighth grades arc mn, To-
Jointly and man must DC erected conformity equipped con-
,un,o. s ahea CONFORMITY each anordng splendid onnor
s or dissatisfaction and disagreement in spite Of M
th@ might be exercised " ' " all 'he care |
mo onaer inc present system different boards are ,,,
."o supplies ior the schools North End n, ,,.,
nuch.sn 90, % Oh what could be had one board were
pu'n'Sns LOT the entire end county II ia moi
suppose that could buy supnes S unreasonable
are s 'oaay Where large are bought prices
~, ''"n. reduced this Is established fact In ,,
MS same thing might be in the oistr,hu,,on ness
ca w uoala mas tho distribution supplies much nI
uAerc'sed IN there Waste ia rcducoa ,a w
ms Is evidence In comparative repor snh,,s h'
s enecu'o work Is being done today where teacher. ~
~. "hat thy actually do and accomplish This can b.
Nhee mere Is established prepared scbesI "o on'!
WI prepared schedual Of be worked ou ,
esn dinerent sets OF For years we bav
~ op' scale OF wages in county but each
eu y" account OF 30 trustees differing in
inc present one set of trustees bidding against h p AZ
80 I financial condition and their financial cond,,on. 80
' 'han 10 their opinions IL opinion that ho "r'
ION work OF our schools be changed thai ~ nsa
nr 'naihceHe the running schools In ,,.
"s cohsohdated districts very uniouo " 'iS
Illustration They operated BY one 40, Of ~ OF ad
,a ~ purchase their supplies year by comns,,, -
nus buying at very reduced prices on account Of tho
FORK aa we'll no ~ business manager that attends to this
'A 40 wen as the distribution suppIies rh,a 'nS n,
'anaser charges each principal the material ,o "
principal is given nv , w material lett at his build
be listed tho , sven os MIN rcQution on which ia
eek TINS sheet Is sent the business manager who Oh the
,penendon, Nh n, once month it reported to the -.
pnueht who checks the supplies all eacbers ne W.
n e on the part OF the teachers which In turn
,t ~ Oh ,he pupils The matter disagreement, who'll, m p
% ~ consolidated districts. one set of truse W ~
~, SCHOOLS oo'h high and They have no t,
aii seventh or eighth grades high school as th
unuer the same authority A well prepared sch.d~,
% 70 ~ vogue where teachers hired and pa,d un -
anu not upon their connection community Tr ,n
OF the districts ,os, Inc teach
n "earuy recommend
Wa N"''''e"ess
" 'ah your attention to present svsto,, -, best
;" our opinoh not only very expensive hrt - O.
'"oehcy In some dstricts Va,
ool and principal of the high shoI ec'eo with the high
- soh, saues mus dsconnecting, instead of articu,
oo 60, ~ s method OF supervision your separa,o va
omi,sr , " 0's.ricts and disconnected parts each ont
Can n ~, nat the other is cndeavorng TO accomn
ted In telling m, ica,Iv No n a pianE We are P"
N"'''' w we look TO a II