Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-03-19
Proposed Resolutions,

OF the County Federation of Home and
School Associations, held at Rockville
March 8, the resolutions which appear
below were adopted for submission to the
Federation at its next meeting. to be held
at the Rockville High School Saturday,
March 81, at 2 O'Clock, P. M. The COM
mittee urged that in the meantime the
several Home and School Associations of
the county should discuss the resolutions
and send delegates to the Federation meet
ing instructed as to the wishes of their
respective constituencies in connection
Herewith To this end copy Of the COM
mittee's action was ordered to be placed
at once in the hands of each of the Asso-
citation secretaries. While the committee
realizes that the changes contemplated in
the resolutions would have to be embodied
in the county school system by degrees. 1t
was thought wise to suggest to the FEEDER
alton for its consideration rather COM
prehensive program, comprising what are
deemed to be perhaps the most pressing
needs in our educational field.
% Whereas, Regular medical inspection
OF schools is part of progressive school
management. and
Whereas, The county employs salaried
Health Officer;
Resolved, That this Federation recon-
mends and requests that the Board of
County Commissioners, as ex officio County
Board of Health. and the Board of County
School Commissioners cooperate in secur-
ing regular and systematic medical in
spection of the public schools of the county
by said Health Officer. his deputies and
assistants, and
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be sent to the Board of County Com
missioners and Board of County School
Commissioners.
(2) Whereas. Lack of sufficient super
vision of the schools and of the teachers
work is one of the most prominent def
ciencies in all rural educational systems,
and
Whereas, 1t is physically impossible for
two individual officers. the superintendent
and assistant superintendent of our county
schools, to visit all the schools with any
degree of frequency, even were they able
to devote their entire time to such duty:
Resolved, That this Federation earnestly
recommends the regular employment of a
qualified person. as supervising principal
to devote his or her entire time to visiting
and inspecting the public schools of the
county when in session. and
Resolved. That copies of these resolu-
tons be sent to the Board of County Com
missioners and Board of County School
Commissioners.
(3) Whereas. The Board of County School
Commissioners has already voted to en-
force the compulsory school-attendance
law and said law is now in force in Mont
gomery County, but no effective means of
enforcing it has been provided
Resolved, That this Federation urge the
regular employment of an attendance Off
Ger at an adequate salary, said officer to
devote his or her entire time to the inves-
tigatiOn of cases of alleged non attendance
and the enforcement of the law and
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions
be sent to the Board of County Commits
sioners and Board of County School Com
missiOners.
(4) Whereas. The elementary grades
taught in the high schools of the county
have the advantage of instruction in man
ual training and domestic science. and in
some instances agricultural science;
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Federation such instruction should be pro-
vided in all graded schools of the county
where desired; and
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Federation there should be no discrimina-
ton on account of sex in instruction in
manual training and domestic and agri-
cultural science; and
Resolved, That copies of these resoIu-
tons be sent to the State Board of Educa-
ton, Board of County Commissioners, and
Board of County School Commissioners.
(5) Whereas. The inestimable work Of
the teachers in the public schools deserves
the fullest possible reward, and
Whereas, The average salary of teachers
in Montgomery County is less than $500
per annum. and but little more than $500
in the State of Maryland outside of Balti-
more city;
Resolved. That this Federation believes
that the minimum of both elementary and
high-sch teachers should be increased
at least 500 per annum; and
Resolved, That copies Of these resolu-
tons be sent to the State Board of Educa-
ton, the Board of County School Commits
soners, and to all Montgomery County leg
islative candidates after nomination there
for shall have been made.
90 Whereas, There are important schools
in some Of the most popuLous sectioss of
the county housed wholly or in part in
rented buildings or in temporary quarters.
or in buildings requiring enlargement and
extensive renovation. and
Whereas, We believe that sound bust
ness policy requires that the schools OF the
county be, in the accommodations and
facilities as well as in the character of
instruction afforded. a continuing asset
and inducement to the growth and devel-
opment. and not means of lettering a
rapid increase in the population and reve-
nues of the county;
Resolved That this Federation recon-
mend bond issue, or series of bond issues.
aeeregatine such amount as shall be needed,
beginning with the year 1916; and
Resolved, That copies of these resolu-
tons be sent to the Board Of County Com
missioners, the Board Of County School
Commissioners, and the Montgomery COun-
ty legislative candidates after nomination