Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-02
Summary


: This report as published during
the past three weeks, has taken up
the following points.
y l Social conditions have changed
so greatly, that schools are having
to radically re-adjust their work.
Current criticisms of schools in
general are justified TO some consid-.
cradle extent, as schools do not meet
all of the needs of all of the pupils.
The clear duty and responsibility of
the school is to give the kinds Of
work which different types OF pupils
need.
3 Schools, at the present time,
study the needs of their particular
community, and adapt their work to
fit those needs.
III the Audubon schools were
to really satisfy the needs of all of
the pupils, we would retain the col
lege preparatory work, we would in
stall complete manual training and
commercial departments, we would
arrange for a gymnasium, and we
would add considerably TO the agri-
culture and domestic science work
A New High School Building Needed
To Carry Out Such School
Program i'm Audubon
Most of the high school work des-
cribed in this report could be provid-
ed for by the addition of two or
three more teachers to the present
corps. 1t would be inadvisable to do
this under existing conditions, how
ever, as there has. been but barely
enough room in our building to carry
on the work already in our course of
study. Furthermore, the experience
of other schools has been that the en-
rollment in the school has been very
materially increased when vocational
courses similar to the ones above
described, were made part of the
school work. In our case, more room
is needed, and for the permanent
good of the community, this added
room should be supplied in the form
of new high school building.
The moving of the high school de-
partment to another building, would
leave the main building for the
grades, and the present over-crowd-
ed conditions could be relieved in
that way. The present high school
quarters could be splendidly utilized
by the grammar department, and the
remainder of the building could be
easily used by the other grades. I'm
der existing conditions, we can not
relieve the over-crowded grade rooms
as we do not have any extra space.
Early in the past school year, l re-
ceived letter from one of our state
inspectors criticising us because three
of our grade rooms had an enroll
ment of over forty in each case. AT
the close of the school year, practical
ly all of the rooms had an enrolment
of over forty, the school enrolment
being as follows: high school, 1928;
eighth grade, AZ; seventh grade, AZ;
sixth grade. AZ; fifth grade, "A;
fourth grade, 40; third grade, Al;
second grade, Al; first grade, 81 >
kindergarten, 80. Total enrolment,
537.
The high school enrolment was
much larger this past year than be-
fore. A good many extra seats have
had to be put into the assembly room,
and all available space has been oc-
cupied there. Under these cramped
conditions, the work has not been as
satisfactory as it might have been.
A new high school building would re-
suit. not only in the taking up of 9TH
er lines of needed work, but would
enable the teachers to more success
fully handle the present subjects. 1t
might also be added that the state
department of public instruction, in
criticising our over-crowded condi-
tions, suggested that they would be
ready to withdraw the $4,000 Of
state support. which the high school
receives annually, if conditions were