The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-21
EDUCATIONAL.
(By j. W. VoboriD

There are II counties in Wisconsin
and 72 superintendent, Dane County
being divided into two superintendent
districts, the eastern and the western.
Thirty counties pay 1900 year, or
monthly salary of 500. Nineteen
counties pay less than this amount and
twenty three pay more. These figures
are taken from the annual reports for
the year ending June 80, 1917.
The salaries range from $1,000, the
minimum amount under the present
law, to $4,000, an amount paid by only
one count. Fourteen counties pay the
minimum amount. The total amount
paid for county superintendents' sal
aries for the last year was $90,475, the
average for each county being 81 1,256.
The salary of the county superin-
tendent is fixed by the county board of
supervisors. A bill providing higher
salaries for the superintendents was
introduced into the legislature at the
last session. 1t was passed almost
unanimously in the senate but voted
down in the assembly. In some Of the
counties the salaries were raised at
the November meeting of the county
board.
The following table shows the sal
aries of the county superintendents
for last school year:
$1250 Milwaukee County
1900 Ashland, Rock
1000 Marathon, Dane ((Second Dis
trict)
1900 Brown, Dane LIST, Grant, Lang
lade, Manitowoc, Sauk, Wau-
paca, Winnebago.
1400 Dodge, Taylor, Washington,
Waukesha, Wood
1875 Shawano
1850 Columbia, Oconto
1900 Lacrosse, st. Croix
1900 Bayfield,, Clark, Crawford, Door
Douglas, Dunn, Fond du Lac,
Forest, Green Lake, Iowa,
jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha,
Kewaunee, La Fayette, Lincoln,
Marinette, Marquette, Monroe,
Oneida, Outagamie, Polk, Ra-
cine, Richland, Sheboygan, Yer
non, Villas, Walworth, Wash
burn go counties)
100 Barron, Calumet, Price, Rusk,
Trempealeau.
1000 (Minimum) Adams, Buffalo
Burnett, Chippewa, Eau Claire,
Florence, Iron, Jackson, OZau-
kee, Pepin, Pierce, Portage,
Sawyer, Waushara IA coun-
ties)
Compared with the salaries receiv-
ed by the city superintendents, the a
bove salaries are all low. Few high
school principals, even in small high
schools, receive less than $1,000. The
work done by the county superin-
tendent is as important as that of the
city superintendent and should receive
proper recognition in the form Of com
pensation. Almost two-thirds of the
children of the state are enrolled in
schools under the jurisdiction of coun-
| ty superintendent.
Compared with the other county Of
ficers, the superintendent gets conf
paratively low remuneration. There
is no county officer whose work is of
such vital Importance to the welfare
of the county. Upon his leadership
depends to n great extent the progress
Of the educational interests.
The county superintendent and the
city superintendents should be on an
equal footing in our educational rat
ing Both of these classes Of lead
ers should be strong in administrative
ability and in educational and COM
munity leadership. They should be
recognized by the people as public
servants of nigh rank and recompens
ed accordingly.
A bulletin entitled A Comparison
of Salaries of Rural and Urban Super
intendents of Schools" has been issud
by the Bureau of Education. 1t is
No. 33 of the Series of 1917.
The average salaries of county
superintendent is the following states
is of interest:
Illinois average for 102 Coz $l907
Indiana (92 counties) -------- 1449
Iowa (99 counties) --------- 1916
Kansas (105 counties) ------ 1861
Michigan (83 counties) ------ 1853
Minnesota (86 counties) ----- 1476
Missouri Q14 counties) ----- 1923
Nebraska (93 counties) ------ 1884
North Dakota (52 couhties) - 1643
Ohio (88 counties) --------- 1914
South Dakota go counties)-- 1914
| The 2-4-8-dollar state aid law was
amended by Chapter 344 of the Laws
of 1917 to the effect that only persons
teaching in one-room country schools
\