The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-15

been absent nine days number days at intervals
would be reported all absences This varied practice makes any
comparison regularity of attendance that based upon state
reports very about half of the registers for 19l2 the
teachers failed understand the rule regarding membership and
had reported all absences This difference IN the method OF recording
the attendance of even two schools
The absence not indicated the register
consequently there no way determining amount of unlaw
full absence Each should recorded system of symbols
for indicating absence should be devised by the state
superintendent would possible to report the number
of absences Sickness well those that unlawful
The state has stringent compulsory education law It's provisions
are clear and duties truant officers explicit
the law is not obeed few places were
had repeatedly sent notices ancy TO the
ruant officers had enqud the of
consequence that in few schools at least onefouh
of pupils habua uants unawu kept at home by
parents when properly enforced fail to correct
such abuses these places legal provision making
possible board to withhold state funds from such towns
would be entirely effective
C) TEACHERS
About twentyour teachers required for the elementary
schools but to designations more than twnseVen
hundred different employed during 191112 About two
of this number The lack IN large sections Oh
Vermont other than teaching has had
tendency keep the teachers salary very low and tins turn mas
prevented rural schools particular from obtaining teachers VINO
have any of professional training The typical
rural therefore about wenthree
been teaching about four years for $3.50 week or $40
school year many she teaches in her home town and either
walks or five miles to get her school, She is
graduate high school, but has had professional training
Never having taught the methods and devices that might enable
fails native ability and this fortunately large
AS might expected the better trained teachers are found IN the
graded schools the salaries much better and the tenure OF
office is more twohrds of the graded school teach
m teaching ungraded schools Detailed information concern
ing salaries academic and professional training and teaching
experience of hundred of the elementary teachers
is presented in Part III.
An examination the school registers for 1912 showed that
while only the teachers each term nexper
nced more the teachers of the rural schools
schools which they taught conservative estimate
therefore the teachers child would have in
passing through elementary schools would be fifteen In the
graded would be less Teachers not required
to sign contracts many towns they engaged merely for
the term of ten weeks places impossible for the teachers
to obtain boarding houses the vicinity OF their schools and
the town transport them to and from the school,
The relations prevail between the teachers and the pupils in
the schools visited deserve special commenda
ton me severity has given to helpful attitude OF mutual
respect cooperation In the recitation the teachers manifested
patience sympathy that placed the child at and called oh
his employed and IN only one
instance graded school, teacher heard to speak in
a way that Inundated pupil
be assumed that teachers and superintendent 90 not
have discipline and to employ severe measures In