El Nuevo mexicano., 1920-03-18
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY AWAKENING TO
NECESSITY OF IMPROVED SCHOOLS

The state department Of education Is in receipt Of the thirteenth county
suPstintendsats Visiting report from Comfy School superintendent Jose
The report shows tht there are lis teachers employed IN the county
81 holding third grade certificates. This U.s. quite an Improvement In the
certificate Of the teaching force over previous yeFxe and indicates q desire
teachers tor the rural districts All the schools have been provided with
single patented desks, maps and blackbords and some have been supplied
school bonds were voted to build schools houses IN some 81 the districts
and A large number Of the old buildings were repaired and put into proper
and Superintendent Valdez has been trying to interest the patrons into build
ing new school houses and providing for better school facilities This has
the districts reported. District NO ~ TERRA Amarillo, has voted $4,000
and the bonds have been sold for the purpose of building 2 new school house
parents OF other localities into voting the necessary bonds TO improve their
school buildings
Superintendent Valdez has undertaken to make q geFaonal visit to each
school rooms In the county and to report the actual existing conditions He
has sent in the actual visitation sheets showing that ne has Visited the
time The influenza epidemic prevented him from making visits to all the
school rooms in the county, but he assured the state department mat a CON.
plete report q TIE actual actual school y satad q 'he schools unasF ~ 'urls0is
Superintendent Valdez further reports that special effort has been made
and that the teachers reports show that there is a healthy increase N the
school attendance over other years He adds that the county board Ot edu-
which Is helping to create a greater interest in the rural schools Of the county
Rio ArdbaY county Is one Of the largest and probably the most rural II
the state. the schools being of the oneIoon type and some parts are mos1
difficult to travel during the winter and spring months due to the heavy snow
falls IN the winter and the treshets and floods during the adng thus making
school visitation a most difficult problem and also milking II quite expensive
to the superintendent Nevertheless an attempt As being made 70 secure 2
view Of establishing better school facilities IN the rural communities
Assistant State Superintendent John Y Conway acting q rural school
company with former County School superintendent jose . Garcia rear PEI
fore last, and reported that he found the superintendent quite active ut that
the school conditions We're n 2 yeIy i paa sne tPs cdn nsPRs s4pl Nv hssn nnSnos ms y
aroudng the patrons into beMerfng their school facilities. These aeiyraes
county and resulted IN the construction Of e large number Of school houses
in many Of the rural districts and in supplying the schools with proper school
pssT No. "T~ervi mnorant county teachers, Institutes viii be held in Rio Arrfba
county this year Arrangements are being made or holding one institute at
in attendance. Superintendent Valdez viii. make 2 speuai er0rtt % quarry =
sufficient number Of teachers for his schools next term