The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-12-05
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
d. w. Pearce. County Supt.

u. w. Fearce. County Supt.
A meeting of County Superinten-
dents, District Superintendents and
4740 Superintendents of Northeastern
Ohio is called to meet at the Office of
County Superintendent Yawberg, Old
Courthouse, Cleveland, Friday, Dec.
5 at 10 o'clock. Among other points
to be considered is that of the County
Unit with reference to tuition and
contingent funds.
A few statistics concerning our
schools: number of centralized schools
IL; consolidated schools, 8; one room
schols, 10; average salary for grade
work in centralized schools, $50 per
month; average salaries in one room
schools, $79 per month; average per-
cent Of attendance in centralized
schools on basis of enumeration, 81.7
per cent, on basis of enrolment, 1914
per cent; average per cent of atten-
dance in one orom schools on basis
Of enumeration, 80 per cent, on basis
of enrolment, SO per cent; average
annual cots Of transportation per pu-
pill, $3O.40.
Mrs. J. M. Nutting, of Chalmers,
Id, has been secured to take the place
of Miss Garford, who resigned her
position in the York High school.
The Hinckley Board of Education
has placed an order for books and
maps in order to bring their school
up to standard. Hinckley intends not
to be set back in the classification of
thei high school.
The Litchfeld laboratory materials
and apparatus are being brought up
to standard. This Is another school
that is looking after its classification,
The York Board of Education have
purchased books and apparatus thus
putting their second grade school well
up to standard. One point to note is
that the York board is not in any way
neglectnig it sgrade work for the sake
Of maintaining high school.
During this period of unrest and
industrial and social turmoil is an ex-
cellent time to use the newspapers
and magazines in literature, history
social problems and geography. There
are values in the past but our concern
in dealing witch such material is fol
the help it may give us in the pres
ent and the future. Any teacher now
having classes that are no wide
awake events and history in the max
ing should certainly hold secret
conference with himself to determine
where the real difficulty lies. School
children should hardly let day pass
that they do not bring in some clip
pings, ETC. that is pertinent to the
subject then under consideration. For
instance, the coal situation is the
burning question" of the hour. This
and other questions deserve con-
siderable time and investigation. This
is no tine to con over the little text
and let it go at that. Let us not un-
dertake the work that high school pu-
pills are capable of doing.
The high school standards require
that teachers teach not more than six
periods per day. This was not done
to merely tighten the load on the
teacher but rather to give the teacher
time to keep up with the times and
to plan and check up on his work.
The teacher is now expected to know
what the local library has in it. Often
there is much good material that the
teacher is not aware of. Pupils under
the guidance of the teachers should
be taught to use all sorts of helps,
reference books, etc. Teachers, are
we doing our full duty and taking ad-
vantage of our opportunity as we
should. Libraries, maps and appa-
ratus are for use. This seems a
truism, yet it is altogether fitting to
urge this matter. The conviction
rests on observation.