Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-16
.C0UNY SCHOOL NOILs
By W. CLYDE JOHNSON.
County School supt

Last year We nAd - dppnONcu III
raj schools out Of q total Of IS. How
ever, five ether counties had more
than we. Franklin had "a, Andrew
26, St. Louis IS. Greene sc, and Noda-
way had i66.
The approved schools last year
were New Michigan. East Lick, Prai.
RE Hill. Bolts, Dye, Duly, Moline,
Grow Liberty, Flynt Fox Excelsior.
Burnham, Strother, Naylor, Canada,
Lawder. Erisman, Cauthorn, Hieko-
ny Grove, Black, Pleasant Plains,
Grow, Liberty, and Flynt.
Already Miss Ethel Smith, who two
years ago put Prairie Hill on the APP
proved list, reports that Cornett Is
ready for approval, as the board has
met ali requirements Boyd, Prairie
Mound, Friendship, Hall, cuiwell,
Cant, Carter. Stauffer, High Hill, Ma
pie Grove, Prairie Lea and others are
almost ready and can meet the re-
quircments: The term must be at
looks 10 me like Audrain ought to
take the lead in this matter another
year.
Before a school can be approved, il
must comply 'sith the following re-
quiremens: The term must be at
least eight months in length; the
teacher must hold a certificate higher
than a third grade county; Her sala-
~ must not be less than s4s per
month. The board must comply with
tho library law. This law requires
school boards in the State to spend
for library books not less than five nor
more than 20 cents per enumerated
pupil every year. See Section S1S6.
r. S. 1909. The State Course of
Study must be followed. The organ
ization and classification Of the
the school must be cefinite, and syS-
tematic. The instruction and discip-
line must be satisfactory. The school
buildings, grounds and out-buildings
must be adequate, clearly and sani-
tary. Room must be heated by other
means than radiation. The teacher
must be a regular attendant at coul-
ty township meetings, a satisfactory
program of recitation and study pc
RODS must be posted conspiciously.
The library must contain at least 100
volume5 bound in boards, suitable
for carrying out the State Course Of
Study. The library must contain at
least so agricultural bulletins, a to-
tai credit of so points out of the pos
sible 100 must be earned. These
points are the score of the buildings,
grounds, equipment, school, and the
teacher. The board by looking well
after the care of the property and
furnishing necessary equipment, may
earn a possible score Of SO points.
While the teacher, by her successful
organization and operation Of the
school, may earn the other points.
So it pays to have a good teacher.
Someone has well said, "As is your
teacher, 70 is your school," Not only
does she help in meeting the re-
quircments for approval, but also in
Increasing the amount of your pub
lie funds, If she is a good one At
present the many millions the state
divides up with the 10000 school dis
tricts Of the state i'd based on the
daily attendance. If the daily at
tendance for the year is Is or better
you get $50 plus your proportionate
part Of the remainder divided accord
ing to days attendance. This is about
ore cent for each days attendance.
If your daily attendance is less than
-, you get but $25 plus your proper
tionate part Of the remainder. So a
good teacher may easily be worth $50
or more to some districts in the coun-
ty. and it might pay them to watch
this. But whether you are working
for approval, or whether you want to
maintain the average daily attendance
above Is, a good teacher is an invalu-
able asset in the community. She
gives your boy a training that pre-
pares him for real living. As she
inspires him with an interest, an en-
thusiasm, and a noble ambition that
makes a true man of him. This much
and more do we owe the worthy
teachers of our county. Then tell her
so.
But it is not enough that these re-
quirements be met once. For the
fact that you met the requirements
for approval and received your certi-
ficate from the State Superintendent
does not mean that you are always
approved. Unless you meet them
each year you lose your approval for
that year.
An approved school must have eth
er a modern heating and ventilating
system, or a jacket for the ordinary
dtove. Last year we had 81 in our
rural schools. These are in the follow
ing schools: Boyd, Prairie Mount,
East Lick, Bear Slough, West Lick,
McClintic, Bean Greek, Dye, Beagles,
Duly, Moline, Goodwater, Naylor,
Fox, Excelsior, Friendship, Burnham,
Strother, Macedonia, Canada, High
fill, Hurdle, Jesse, Prairie Lea, Law
der, Erisman, Cauthorn, Hickory
Grove, Black, Pleasant Plains. Grow,
Chapel Grove, jackson, Hiaey and
three in the Martinsburg school. This
year six boards have complied with
the law that requires them to buy
a satisfactory heating and ventilating
system, and have installed new
plants. These are Fisher, Fox, Car
ter, Maple Grove, Cedar Grove, and
Beaver Dam. No doubt these 40