The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
Secretaries arc Notified That Delay IN
Printing is Responsible for Their
Absence at This
Time.
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
Supe rintendent Lynn Asks Secretaries
to Report on This and on Fuel
and Standardiza-
ton

State and county school officials
;he Keokuk independent school Oh
trict are having trouble to secur
printed blanks on which to make 81
tistical reports which are due July
Up to June % no blanks had bee
received
Secretaries OF the Lee count
boards are receiving the foltowln
letter relative to the lack OF blank
and other matters or amportanc
which school boards will have to COZ
slider:
DONNEI.LSON, Iowa, June Is,
1920.-To the Secretaries Of Lee
County School Boards. Gentle
men: The state superintendent,
p. E. McClenahan. has sent the
following letter to the county
superintendents of Iowa:
I'VE are putting forth every
effor possible TO secure the
blanks for your annual reports.
These blanks called for a special
kind of ruling. The law does not
allow more than 75c per hour for
doing this kind of work. AS far
as we have been able to find out,
there is not place In the state
of Iowa that will do the work for
less than $3.50 per hour Thls
has made it impossible for US TO
get OUT these blanks. In despera-
ton the printing committee sent
these reports TO the reformatory
at snamosa, and they are trying
to get them out. / am not able
TO say Just how long this Will
take. but | will get them TO you
at the very earliest possible
time
The above statement will ex-
plain why blanks are late IN
going out to you, and will ask
YOU to tell the other school OIL
GERS in your districts.
Blanks will be sent as soon as
possible, and in the meantime,
please get the material ready 50
the report can be made as quickly
as possible when the blanks do
put in an appearance. VIII you
please turn to page 80 OF the
school laws and read the duties
of the secretaries as found in Sec
lions 2764, 2765, 2766 and 1857.
The information you get from
these sections carefully carried
out will help US all very much in
getting our work done.
When the board meets July
LIST, please report that Lee county
is short about thirty teachers and
ask that no time be lost in trying
to find a satisfa Glory teacher.
We have a list Of teachers and
will furnish all the assistance we
can.
The fuel question has been
causing some trouble and | would
recommend that fuel be pur-
chased now 1t is hard to get
work done, and the question OF
repairs should not be put off.
Please make definite plans for all
repairs July 1st. Everything
should be ready on September 1st
so that real work can be done
the first day Of school
A good many schools are plan
ming for Standardization in the
near future. ! feel that every
school board should look the ques-
ton of educating the children of
their respective districts squarely
in the face, and plan for the best
interests of the children. A good
many Iowa counties are now Civ
ing high school advantages to
every boy and every girl. Lee
county boys and girls are just as
worth while as the children Of
any other county. Please give
them a square deal.
Very truly,
E G. LYNN,
County Superintendent.
Besides the data asked for by tn
state, the national bureau of educ: