The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-01
COFFEE COUNTY SCHOOLS.

Broxton, Willacoochee and Pearson
operate each a separate system from
that prevailing in the county. Our
boss takes special pride in telling us
that Coffee has pulled her school term
up this year to six months, and that
the Standard schools are allowed
seven months. BY that does he mean
that it would not be bad thing for
us to try to follow this example and
pull ours back from "a nine-month to
a six-month term?
We suggested that it might be
good thing to unite our two systems,
eliminate one superintendent and one
salary and run our schools under one
tax levy instead of two levies. We sug-
gested that this might enable us to
hire an educator whose whole time
might be given to the schools We
knew it would stop us from running
our country schools as side line
Such splendid system has been run
in Bibb county for forty years and in
these times Of high costs and the
need of good salaries, Bibb is running
at cost of four mills taxes. That's
what our school boss found when he
asked for information. That's what
he has told you. 1t must be true.
Now, have you noted that he has re-
ferred you to county which has six
separate school systems operating in
| it? Count them for yourself,-it is
Coffee county he has referred you to.
Have you noted that the term has been
pulled up to six months? We go to-
school nine months in Cordele and
are trying our best to say that we
ought to go that length of time in the
country. That good school to which
we referred you last issue at Arab
ran ten months in the year.
Our school boss is trying to make
you believe the country children can
not go that length of time,-don't
want to go. The country children
went to the Arab school. Let him find
a man, woman or child, anywhere who
will stand up and say that school was
not a success.
The Dispatch likewise has copy
of the special school edition of the
Coffee County Progress. The editor of
that paper had this to say of the
school superintendent: "Our idea of
a live wire charged with lightning-like
energy and push is none other than
our county school superintendent, ].
Gordon Floyd" Did you catch the
sentiment? Read the expression
again. 1t is fine!
The Progress knows the great need
of elementary schooling. Its editor evil
IDENTIFY has an idea that the new school
superintendent is putting in the
strokes for schools We will eat up
everything we have written if we have
ever so much as had chance to- say
such thing in Crisp. The fact that
we haven't is our greatest regret. We
will tie Il mill stone to our own necks
and push it into the river and remain
there the balance of time for mud cat
bal if ever an intelligent citizens who
STANDS for advancement and enlighten-
ment in this county will say that of
our scnool boss and believe it when
he says it. But we wish it were true.
We would be as glad to say it is any
body could imagine. Spleen that is
accredited as our motive for speaking
for better schools is the least thing
in our minds We want better schools.
We deserve them and everybody
wants them. We can have them as
easily as we have what we are now
enjoying. And our children could be
moving on toward larger and better !
equipment for the hard knocks of life. /
Now, look at those six systems in !
Coffee county,--the maintenance of
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