Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-06-30
RURAL SCHOOLS
GET STATE AID
TWENTY RURAL SCHOOLS MEET
REQUIREMENTS OF STATE
FOR SHARE OF 100000.
PROFIT BY PROVISION
School Districts Get Share OF Funds
for Improvements and Added
Equipment.

been placed in the standardized class
Of rural schools, and are therefore en-.
titled to their respective amounts OF
money set aside by the state for such
schools The last legislature laid down
certain requirements for rural
schools to work toward, and If they
reached the goal they would receive
| state aid from an appropriation OF
! 100000, which was set aside for that
| purpose Delaware County has made
remarkable showing in this respect
Many of the counties have five or six
| schools which are standardized, but in
| this county twenty Of the schools
reached the mark This means that
Delaware county would get aproxima-
tely $4,000 in state aid This state aid
| is distributed to the various schools
in proportion to the average number
OF pupils attending during the year.
One-half of the amount paid each
school goes to the teacher as bonus
| for efficient work done, and the other
one-half is invested in improvements
and equipment for the school. Each
school will have placed on the door
a handsome plate showing that the
school has met the requirements ne
cessary for a standardized rural
school.
The twenty schools in the county
| which are now standardized are:
Adams township, No. l, Laura Dorman
teacher; Edw Henderson, director
Bremen township, No. 6, Elanor Kir-
choff teacher; Henry Tauke. direc.
| tor. Coffins Grove, No. /, Gretchen
Evans, teacher; William Evans, direc'
tor Coffins Grove, No. 3. Lizzie
Kewney, teacher; VIM. Barclay, direc'
! tor Coffins Grove. No. s. Artazena
Scanlon, teacher; Fred Arnold. dir
ector. Delaware No. 3, Mildred Noble
teacher, NJ. r. Maurer, director. Della
ware, No. 6, Florence Connell, teacher
John Hatfield, director. Elk, Spring
| Vale school, Jennie Frederick, teacher
Roy Ingles, director. Hazel Green, No
+ S, Oura Hooker, teacher, Carl Wendt
director. Milo, No. /, Dorothy Killing
teacher; VIM. Brauer. director. Milo
No. 6, Gladys Talmadge, teacher; Thos
Delaney, director. Milo, No. Z, Elva
Kaster, teacher; Carl Mangold, dir.
ector. Milo, No. s, Maylo Dittmer
teacher; C. O. Sheppard, director
North Fork, No. Z, Theresa Whether
teacher; Henry Thinner, director
| Prairie No. 1, Mamie Annis, teacher
John Durey, director. Prairie, No. 2
Grace Annis, teacher; Chris. Wenger
director. Prairie, No. 6. Rebecca Scan
lon, teacher; T. H. Kennedy, director
Sand Spring school, Florence Samp
son and Edith Gestel, teachers; Casper
Arduser, director. South Fork, No. 4
Matilda Bahrends, teacher; Hanr!
Bohlken, director. Union, No. 4, Rutl
Dittmer and Nora Flanagan, teach
ers; T. !. Wilson, director.
In order that the readers of th'
Democrat may fully understand wha
is required of the schools before thu
state aid is forthcoming we publish
in full the entire chapter of the code
Section /. Any school maintained
by district wholly outside city
town, or village corporation or consoli
dated independent district which ha'
complied with the provisions of thi!
| act shall be known. as a STANDARD
school. Every standard school befor'
1t may be designated as such shall
have been maintained for eight month.
during the previous year. 1t shall
have a suitable school house, grounds
and outbuildings in proper condition
and repair; be equipped with needfu
apparatus, textbooks, supplies; an ad
equate system of heating and vend
lation. have done efficient work ant
complied with such requirements a:
shall be specified by the superintend
ent Of public instruction.
"Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Superintendent of public instruction
to prescribe and promulgate the re
auirements he shall deem necessary
| for standard schools as to minimum
| requirements for standards OF teach
| ing, general equipment, heating ane
ventilation, lighting, heating, water
supply, library, care of grounds, safet,
against fire, and such other require
ments as will conserve the health
safety and welfare of the children at
tending school,; and prescribe sucf
other requirements as he shall deem
necessary for the upbuilding and I'M
provement of such schools.
"Sec. 8. On or before June 3Oth O.
each year and at such other time al
the superintendent of public instruc
ton may direct, the county superin
| tendent of schools shall make reports
| and furnish such other data in regart
to said schools as the department O.
| public instruction may desire OF
blanks to be furnished by the superin
tendent of public instruction.
"Sec. 4. State aid shall be- given t.
rural districts maintaining one OF
more standard schools to the amoun
of six dollars (S6.O0), for each pupi
| who has attended said school in sait
district at least six months of the pre-
vious year.
"Sec. 5. No school shall be deemed :
standard school unless the teacher |:
the holder of first-grade uniform
county certificate or its equivalent, ha!