Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-05
SOME COUNTY
SCHOOL NOTES
Facts From the County
Superintendent's An
nual Report.

! Many people have the idea that with
the close of school the county super
intendent's duties are ended for the
summer and that ne has little to do
until school opens again in Septem-
Der. This county official approves
| the register reports sent from ev-
cry teacher in the county excepting
the cities of Bridgeton and Millville
where he approves only the reports
of the city superintendent that are
hled with him. He receives numer-
GUS applications from teachers for
vacant positions, and fills the vacan-
cies if desired by the local boards of
education. He receives reports from
each district clerk and secretary of
| the boards of education. and from
each custodian, all of which reports
must be absolutely correct before
they can be finally accepted. He is
held responsible for all the transpor-
tation of pupils, and assists boards of
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routes, and approves all transporta-
| ton contracts before they are bind
ing. Before he can approve transpor-
| tation he must measure distances in
many cases to satisfy himself wheth-
er pupils are entitled to transporta-
ton. He is held responsible for the
condition Of school bu ildings and
toilet buildings, and it is his duty to
recommend all measures to boards of
education that tend to improve the
| physical and mental condition of the
schools. He must examine the Gre
dentials and investigate the qualifi-
cations of all teachers new to the
county including the cities, and must
recommend them to the State Board
of EXAMINE s before certificates are
issued. HE is in charge of medical
inspection md compulsory education
in a general way. In short it is in
cumbent upon the county superintend-
ent to see that school law is COM
piled with in all its details. All cor-
respondence concerning the renewal
of certificates must pass through the
county superintendent's Office His
statistical report to the Commissioner
Of Education covers eighty-fve pages.
1t contains many facts of peculiar in
terest, which will be presented
through the columns of the daily pa
pers during the next few weeks. The
following is the first article and
bears on
Teachers Employed and Salaries Paid
The grand total of all teachers en-
ployed in the county was AZ men and
31S women, making $50; this number
does not include the county superin-
| tendent nor the helping teacher.
There were ten persons employed in
the supervisory staff, including two
City superintendents, two approved
| supervising principals, one primary
| supervisor, two non-teacning princi-
pals, and three special supervisors,
| (two for music and one for drawing).
| There were ten teachers employed in
manual training and the household
arts.
| There were 81 teachers employed
in one-room rural schools, so in two
| room rural schools, 119 in primary
| grades, 92 in grammar grades, and
55 in high school grades; this classi-
fication does not include four substi-
tute teachers, four teachers of sub
normal classes, and three teacher
| clerks.
The highest average salary paid
| for women teachers in the primary
| grades was in Bridgeton, S526,72. Mill
vile was second and Lands third.
In the grammar grades the highest
| average salary paid to women teach
ers was in Lands, S627.50, with
Bridgeton second and Millville third.
| The highest salaries paid for the one
room rural school teachers was in
| Millville, $575; the lowest paid in
the county was $500. The highest
average salary paid to women teach
| ers of two-room schools was in Lam
dis, $514.5S; Bridgeton and Millville
| have no two-room schools. The low
| est average salary for women teach
ers in two-room schools, the same
in two districts, was S416.25. 1t is
| gratifying to report, however, that
all districts in the county without ex-
| ception have made some increase in
| teachers salaries.