Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
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GOVERNOR MILLER MEETS
SCHOOL FOLKS In MILFORD
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION.
1, Administrative ActlvItfea-

execution
directions Of the Board.
2. Secretary Of the State Board Of Ed
ucatiOn; conduct correspondence and ar.
! range business OF the Board for expedi.
tious consideration at the meetings; ar
range all State Board documents for safe
| keeping and for ready reference.
3. Compile statistics from reports; as
sistant needed to direct.
u. Organizing Activities.
I I. Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
/ tion. Preparation OF courses Of study
/ supervision Of school work, preparation
/ OF reports upon conditions Of schools and
/ results OF school work, as found in visits
and in teachers Annual Reports Bi-en-
NAL reports to legislature, with recon-
mendations Of needed legislation. Super
vision OF Teachers Institutes. Parent
Teachers, Associations, to make suggss-
tions and assist at meetings.
2. Current publicity work; supplying
the public press with news and informa-
tion about the schools, representing the
schools in public meetings, Institutes, etc.
:. Cooperative activities; serving as
the agent to unite farm agents. extern
sion lecturers, library commissions, twen-
tieth century clubs, oranges. and other
welfare organizations into forces to help
the school
4. Directing club work among schools
to serve the same oiiice for rural children
as are served by vocational training and
manual training for city children.
5. Supervision Of apportionment Of all
State Funds, OF their expenditure for the
purposes for which they were appropriate
ed. and OF an orderly system OF records
Of school moneys, both as to their source
and their expenditures.
~. CounsellIna Activities.
i. To all state authoritiea
2. To state board of eduation.
3. To county and local school commits
sions.
4. To county superintendents.
5. To decide points Of school law sub
ject 70 review Of the Attorney General
and the courts. Qnyolving school prac-
tice as holidays.)
w. Enlargement Of the Department.
1. Secure the employment Of an As
sistant Commissioner and High School
Inspector who viii also be in charge Of
the Office Of the Commissioner OF Educa-
ton, and execute the directions Of the
Commissioners Of Education in the detail
OF management Of routine work in any
Of the foregoing fields:
Suggestion 6. Use Of School Dividends to
Increase Attendance, Etc.
Fact; The state pays each school dis-
trict a fixed sum each year for each
about $lSS. The only conditions being
that the district raise 500 and run its
school for 140 days. less the institute per-
lod.
Proposals.
1. Fix a maximum of the State APP
preparation per child, say fifty cents per
year that district may spend out of State |
funds for textbooks; this maximum, II
shall be used TO purchase books for school |
library under the direction OF the county |
superintendent and commissioner OF edu- |
cation.
after the allowance for textbooks has |
been substracted, allow any school dis |
.rict only such percentage of its portion. |
IS it's entire attendance by the children l
vas Of the entire school term (or grad /
I'd scale Of percentages Of fund on a basis /
If percentage Of attendance). This is /
lust and equitable since II is insisting /
hat State funds shall be used ecOnOm-
Cauy ana frugally
3. Balance of State fund thus remain
ng unapphed 10 constitute a fund out Of
which bonuses shall be paid TO Standard |
md Superior Schools by the State Board
# Education
no. 7: Nonresident Pupils.
l. Present Practice: 250 pupils from
ach county permitted to attend town
1ien ScnoOAs, state paying zOc per Gay
no nlal!, ,ains grades above the eighth.
More than 250 want to go; State Board
eeps down 10 200 " means OF an exam
ltaJIOn.
a. State Grange: Let all go that are
ualihed; at end Of year share the appro-
riatlOn pro rata, and let parents pay
he difference; about $40.
b. Sdlne AS lOi eH OiIls, but let district
ay the difference.
C. State pay a fixed sum per year per
upil in high school. whether town or rur
l. II pupil then attends outside Of dis
rict, parent pay the difference
az. JusIlHcaLion lor InIru proposal
q. Equity: All High School children
'ithin the state have right to expect
milar treatment from the State;
b. Present policy helps a few, and 1t
urts as many or more. by reason Of dis
Ontinuance Of higher grades in rural
,hOols near the towns; 1
C. This policy will encourage and help
lral school improvement right at the c
ome OF the chlid; some
d. State has no right to help In a
az that hurts others; S
e. State help is given for one or the
her Of these reasons;
/. Child is entitled TO High School ed
cation, home district gives ii no chance. r
snce state win give him the chance
2. Every child possible should receive
high school education, hence state sub L
dies or supports such schools. 4
(. Makes a few a favored class,
yes them q special privilege.
Iagestlon 3: Empower some Board with 4
Authority to Regulate Sizes of Sehooie
Many Of Which are Too Large. 2
Proposal. d
a. Either County Commission or state Y
Oard should have power 70 order very Il
nall school closed. making temporary
'ovision for the pupils in some other
hoOl. The local school committee may q
try out the directions Of the controlling Y
lard, or, II the local committee rel lses, I
zen the ConLFOAilnE nohIu ut given power
carry them out and acquire control Of r
Ie school funds OF the district both those
hand and those outstanding to an Il
mount needed to carry out the direc-
ons given h
b. The same board should have power
order any school that is too large, to C
'ovida additional room and teaching IA
lities, temporarily or permanently. eth e
advising the addition Of room or
oms at each school that is too large, or p
advising the combination and concen- r
alton at one place Of a central grammar d
hool for the accommodation OF the high
grades OF several schools; the joint a
hool to be at the expense and under
e authority OF the joint boards, under Is
law, and under the author p
: Of the joint boards, under conSolda-
IN law, or under the county board ian 81
ditional reason for such a board); II p
e Joint board refuses to give relief as Il
-ected By the controlling board, then b'
Q controlling board shall acquire all the a
,hts and available resources OF the To- Id
boards, and shall. under the authority
the state board. furnish such relief to te
E congestion as had been recommend
to the local committees. being em- p
wered to expend funds for such pur- "
Sc. "
!. To AFFORD opportunity for immed- to
e relief for such conditions, the state
ard OF education, or the county school
nmittee should have in its possession