Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
SCHOOL CONDITIONS
Report Of Superintendent and Trnani
Officer
Dirhiheria Not Due to Condition Of
Buildings

saeHaHetshiH l1T Inc H4nAA OF = pm
uas856. decrease of from the Figures
sof Tie month OF March. The average
daily attendance was 80 - de
cfeass Of II / 2 from The average daily
atteadance figures lor March The to.
IA a8abef Cd taaYs absent los Apal
ssas sa2, IS compared with ss4 ~ fof
the month 81 March There we're u
pupils lar0y during the month and
the number Of instances 81 tafdlaes=
was "a 10 March there were reported
IA pupils with perfect Attendance rec
ords, in April 806 were reported, q fall.
Ing of Of S.
These discrepancies afe easily ae-
counted for when mention is made Of
she uneasiness resulting from sporadic
outbreaks Of contagious disease, the at
tendance in the Sawyer District being
especially Affected thereby. This I'm.
easiness and feeling OF DOUBT has not
been confined to the parents Of that
district. There IS a feeling III town
that the basement Of the Israel Put.
nam school is responsible for the dis.
ease outbreaks in that building.
have had some experience with
diphthena outbreaks and want to say
al this time that, after a careful inyes.
tieatiou Of conditions in the Israel Put
nam school, by myself, and with ply
sicians and members of The committee.
have also been able 10 make daily OBJ
sefvations, am satisfied thht the
basement OF the lsrnel Putnam school
IS IN no way responsible for the eondi-
ton. nm not able 20 state what con
ditions are responsible, I would prefer
70 leave that for q professional inYesn.
gator 10 determine.
The actual membership In the public
schools al the close Of the month was
GIL, distributed among the different
schools rs follows; High school, In
clnding 40 Eighth grade pupils, 20i /:
Israel Putnam school, BOG; Smith
street school, iOl; Sawyer district, !;
f.ast Putnam, 20; Putnam Heights, Is,
Gary school, Is.
The long-contlnued quarantine at
the Children's Home, rendered neees.
sary by new cases, seriously affected
The attendance in the Sawyer district
school, cutting the enrolment from 20
TO I. This quarantine WAS finally
raised ten DAYS ago and | have author.
lied admitting them ON and after Mon
day, the 3rd.
would, at this time, report that |
have taken advantage Of Dr.. PerTys
offer nf free medical examination n
The Isfaei Putnam school Something
over $50 examinations have been made
10 date and cultures taken in the ma.
lorlty Of cases. The rt port Of The bac
tefiologist has been that all cultures
Submitted, with one exception, were
negative. The doubtful case has been
excluded and is under observation.
This examination was interesting in
4hat hardly one un-innamed thfoat
WIS found in the cases of all who we're
examined. Numerous cases were re-
sealed and noted OF remediable cases
serious enough TO warrant prompt at.
aention by parents Cases Of adenoids,
diseased tonsils, weak eyes, and bad
teeth were very common, The perents
OF these children will be notified in
writing of the conditions found and
will be advised TO take the matter up
with their family physicians.
| have been in Putnam md engaged
an school work here short time, but
IN that time have visited aud examin.
ed carefully all the towns schools. |
ana pleased To be able to report TINT,
Judging of the school by modern stand
ards, The local high school is In excel.
good hands. The same statement may
also be nude about the other schools,
with few exceptions.
The teachers have shown, with me,
na encouraging spirit Of willingness
sensi = spirit OF cooperation and loynl-
~ 4 anticipate only satisfactory re-
Suits.
There Is evident great need of
Standardization of texts in reading
I Language and arithmetic. would
recommend that attention be given to
9eAding FIRST and that some standard
oassl reading system be adopted at
oncc. The reading matter, the matter
of basal system, is now being taken
up with the teachers Of the three low
est grades with the idea of deciding
npon = basal series adapted TO our
needs. Careful examination and study
of the Aldine, Progressive Road to
Heading, aud story Hour series, is be-
ing made, care being taken To look into
the workability and teaehability OF
each system. Al another meeting
shall be able to recommend for adop-
aten some enc Of the three systems of
which mention has been made
The same thing will need IL be done
iaiel Ia The case Of language and arlh.
naelic
i iPnrentTeachets' Association Ina.
been started during the moath. Sact
an organization ean accomplish much
aud an Invitation has been extende
So t1e members Of the Board to Ioir
Sa3s association.