The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-12-16
EDUCATIONAL SURVEY COM
MISSION MAKES REPORT
Some Radical Changes in Nevada
School System to be Submitted
to Legislature

SURVEY COMMISSION, dlleT d tuicS
days session in the executive offices
at the capitol, adjourned Saturday to
December Is. 1916.
After a discussion which was wide
in its scope, though informal, be-
cause of the absence of several men,
bers of the board. upon the reorgan-
ization of the public school system. a
number of recommendations were
made and will be submitted to the
members of the committee who were
absent and if they are met with ap-
proval will be submitted to the Leg
islature as the report of the Educa-
tional Survey Commission and their
findings. The members who were
present at the informal conference
we're Governor Boyle. Prof. j. E.
Bray, Prof. w. j. Hunting. Judge j..
F. Langwith. DR.. George F. James.
executive secretary. and Mrs. Harvey
Edwards, as official reporter. Fol-
lowing are the recommendations and
report:
That the present State Board of
Education be abolished and in lieu
thereof, a State board consisting of
five members to be appointed by the
Governor be created.
That the Superintendent of Public
Instruction be made an appointive
officer. the appointing power resting
with the State Board of Education.
However, since this Office is a con-
stitutional office, it will take six
years to put this thing into effect in
the event that the Legislature ap-
proves the recommendation.
That the present system of school
district supervision be abolished, and
in lieu thereof. that the county unit
plan be adopted. In short. this plan
contemplates the administration of
school affairs within each county by
a county board of education elected
by the people. In lieu of the school
trustees abolished by this plan. the
county board will appoint school dis
trict agents to represent the various
school districts. Districts of the first
class-that is to say. all districts en-
ploying ten or more teachers-are
eliminated from the jurisdiction of
the county board. although given an
opportunity to come under the juris-
diction of the county board by popu-
lar vote of the district affected. This
leaves the larger centers under ex-
actly the same form of school admin
istration as at the present time.
That the present system of school
supervision be radically changed, as
follows:
That each county board of educa-
ton appoint its own county supervi-
sor, who may be:
(a.) A county supervisor of schools
who will devote all of his time to such
work; or
3D. The principal of the county
high school: or
(c.) The superintendent of a
school district of the first class with
in such county.
Provision was made for the consoli-
dation Of two or more counties into
supervision districts, the supervision
in both or all of the counties to be
done by one person to be appointed
by the joint boards of the said coun-
ties.
That in order to bring the central
State authority and the local super
visory and administrative authority
into better relations. and into closer
touch, a commission be created to be
known as the Nevada School Super
visory Commission. to be composed
of the members of the Board of Edu-
cation. the Superintendent of Public
Instruction. the supervisors of the
various counties. all of whom are to
meet as a commission at least once
q year for the purpose Of determin-
ing on the school policy of the State,
of establishing and purchasing text
and of adopting the courses