The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-02
RURAL SCHOOL STANDARD
Has Been Set Up By the Teachers of
Caledonia County.

their NTH annual meeting neld recent
Nv at st. Johnsbury, adopted Il set OF
standards for the rural schools OF that
county and established the following
minimum requirements for standard
rural school in Caledonia county. A
committee Of five We're appointed to
have the matter in charge and schools
wishing TO be recognized as standard
schools must apply to this committee,
who will then check up the school in
accordance with the score card and II
the school is found up to standard a
certificate to that effect will be issued
to the school.
The standards have Intentionally
been made liberal so that they might
not be beyond the reach of any school.
In most standards set for rural schools
an acre is considered the minimum
playground.
As matter of interest. look these
requirements over, see if there is any
thing unreasonable about them and
then check up the school in your com
munity and If it is not up to standard
find out the reason.
Minimum Requirements for Standard
Rural Schools.
l. Location and surroundings. Dry
and healthy location, soil fertile and
tillable. suitable approaches, dependent
upon soil, adequate Fairgrounds, not
less than one fourth acre, grounds IN
well kept condition, flag pole and flag.
2. Schoohouse Exterior, good foun-
dation, well painted, good roof, good
chimney, good front steps, windows
with locks. Interior, good floor, oiled
at least once a year, good walls, good
ceiling. vestibule or cloak room in addt-
ton to class room. Ceiling should be
white or light cream and walls llght
gray or light green.
g. Heating, ventilation and lighting.
State board of health requirements.
Good shades at windows.
a. Furniture Desks, single, com
Portable desks, right size for pupils,
properly set up, good writing surface.
Other furniture, teachers desk en-
closed. two chairs. water contaner,
wash basin, work table, book cupboard
with lock.
s. Equipment. Blaekboards, go
square feet slate or composition,
smooth, well kept, lower margin of not
less than 10 linear feet not more than
two feet from floor. Maps, at least
three. Vermont, United States, the
world, globe, school dictionary, small
dictionaries for all pupils above third
grade, suitable number OF reference
books. Every pupil supplied with
properly graded text books In good
condition,
9. Out house State board Of health
requirements.
In addition to the above, extra credit
will be given for the following: Play
ground apparatus, shade trees, well
trimmed, flower bed library, coat room
warmed, movable desks, basement and
play room, victrola, adjustable desks,
drinking fountain, set bowl, sand ia
bic, organ, piano, good pictures, run
ming water, clock.
|. Room and materials tal floor and
walls clean, pupils desks csean and
neat, fbl entries and coat rooms neat
and orderly, lei windows clean, shades
properly adjusted, Id water tank or
drinking fountain clean, wash basin
clean, (el blackboards clean and work
put on them neatly, ~ all charts re-
quired for standard schools at hand,
ia sufficient busy work, used inteili-
gently, th) teachers desk in order, es-
sentials for her work at hand.
2. Teachers preparation for her
work; (a) timetable well arranged and
posted, (b) seating plan OF pupils on
teachers desk, (c) plan or record book
correctly Kept and on desk, Id all
work for school prepared by teacher
before the opening of the school SEES
sion, reference and material ready.
3. Appearance of teacher and pupils;
(a) teacher neat in appearance and
worthy of imitation in dress and ac-
ton. ID pupils neat and clean, (cl dis
eipline of pupils good, Id teacher dig
nified and working steadily.
4. Teaching and conduct of school;
Ia timetable closely followed, tbl
daily plans made and followed, tel
recitation time well used, ID dismis-
sails and calling of classes orderly and
without loss Of time, lei teaching ef-
fective. 81 attention given to seat
work of younger children, (gl no ques-
tions allowed during recitation period,
CHI teacher courteous and sympathetic
in attitude towards pupils.
Organization and management; "a
register correctly kept and neat, tbl
pupils properly graded, tc) school hours
followed closely, recess periods definite
and properly observed, Cd physical ex-
ercises well ordered and profitable, tel
special subjects given attention, accord
ing 10 the requirements of the school,
If teacher able to distinguish between
important and unimportant matters OF
discipline.
q. Other points; reports to superin-
tendent made promptly; teacher pro-
gressive and resourceful; teacher in
spring and pupils wideawake in their
work; proper care used in lesson as
signments, teach subjects, not books;
subscribe for some school periodical
and make use of its contents in daily
work; teacher is responsible for the
proper seating of her pupils; tempera-
ture Of from IS to 20 degrees should be
maintained; in use of supplies practice
and teach economy; teacher is resPon-
sible for closing and locking school
building each night.