The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23
State Board Of Education
Contemplates Division
of the State
ARRANGEMENTS NOT
ALWAYS EASY
Opinion as to the Manner Of
Paying Rebates for
Teachers

| One OF tHe InOsL ulllGulJ Idshs CoHh
mitted to the Vermont state board o
education by the last general assembly
was the grouping of the school units o.
the state into supervision districts so al
to establish throughout the state APP
proximate uniformity in kind, quality
and amount of supervision.
In its attempt to perform this task
the state board endeavored to regard sc
far as practicable the existing unions
the topography of different sections, and
the county lines, but in several instances
it was compelled to waive its intentions
Frequently a group of units which to-
gether would form an admirable dis
trict would have to be dsregarded in or
der that neighboring units might be
equally considered and conveniently
grouped Occasionally, too, single unit,
which alone would form district on
account of its having 25 or more schools,
was so interposed among other towns
as to prevent an easy grouping OF them
into districts, out in one instance, at
least, the organization of such a single
unit greatly facilitated the formation OF
districts.
Therefore, it was soon discovered that
it was impossible to begin at random to
form the districts as there invariably
would be one or two surplus or isolated
towns that could not readily be accom-
modated in districts. Also it was i'm
possible in most instances to observe
county lines because the ratio of schools
per district, approximately 40, did not
adjust itself easily to the number of
schools in the county.
There are in the state six cities, Is
incorporated school districts and $40
towns or town districts, making a total
of PA units. Eleven Of these units had
a sufficient number of schools individual
ly SO that they could and did organize
as single-town supervision districts, in
each of which the school board elects its
own superintendent, according to a per-
missive provision of the law. The re-
naming towns and Incorporated school
were grouped into 81 districts,
making a total of 60 supervision dis
tricts.
In the present grouping there has been
no attempt to transfer to a district for |
purposes any remote school |
If town in another district. The pres
mt grouping probably win serve as
suitable working basis, and, after it has
been temporarily tried, the state board |
eels that it will be better able to define
he limits of the districts for the pur-
bose of a settled policy and for better
service.
School Supervision Districts.
[Towns in parentheses are included in
districts of other counties and towns
starred belong to other counties than
hose in which they are listed. "T' in
iicates "Town District" "I' indicates
incorporated School District
ADDISON COUNTY.
Bristol, Starksboro, Lincoln, New Ha-
'en.
vergennes, Ferrisburg, Monkton, Wal
ham, Addison, Psnton.
Middlebury /. Middlebury T. Salisbury.
,ornwall. Weybridge, Ripton.
Bridport, Shoreham, Orwell Benson.
Granville, Hancock, Goshen, Leicester,
yhiting)
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Bennington /. Bennington T, Pownal,
forth Pownal I, Woodford.
Arlington, SALISBURY, North Benning.
on /, Glastonbury, Sunderland, Man.
hester, Sandgatc.
Dorset, Rupert, +Pawlet.
(Landgrove, Peru, WinhalI, Searsburg.
eadsboro, Stamford.)
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Barnet, Peacham, Walden, Waterford. .
Hardwiek ]. Hardwick r, Stannard.
Greensboro. /.
Lyndonville /, Lyndon !, Lyndon T.
AWHILE. Kirby.
West Burke I, Burke, wheelock. Shelf.
ED, Sutton, Newark, East Haven. =
81. Johnsbury.
tGroton, Ryegate.l
cHITTENDEs COUNTY. In
Essex Junction /. Essex T, wiIliston.
'inooski I. Colchester Ih
Richmond, Jericho, Underhill I. Under.
u r. Bolton.
Shelbmne, Charlotte. South BurlinQ.
N, st. George, Huntington. Hinesburr.
Milton l. Milton 7, westford, Fairfax.
Georgia
Burlington. e'
ESSEX COUNTY. o
Lunenburg, Concord. Victory. CRANKY. =
Iildhsil. Maidstone.
Canaan. Brighton. Merton. Lexington.
oom6eld Brunswick.
(Essf Haven r.