The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-07-25

life state or state certificate, or a
valid first grade certificate. embraced
in, and prescribed IN the standard
high school course of study for the
ninth and tenth grades
At least one capable teacher must
devote all of his or her time to teach
ing the ninth and tenth grades, and
where there j. but one teacher giving
full time 70 these two grades, but one
of the standard courses of study must
be offered.
The average length Of recitation
periods IN the two high school grades
shall not be less than 40 minutes
All pupils IN high school grades
must at all times carry not less than
four academic subjects; provided, that
some vocational, industrial or cleo
tive study may occupy one recitation
period.
The building must not have less
than four ample and well adapted rec
itation rooms, all properly equipped
with patent desks, blackboards and
other necessary teaching appliances
1t must have laboratory equip
ment and a well selected library, each
worth not less than 500.
With how many of these regulations
can Shady comply, or can she comply
with one of them? Last year there
We're enrolled in the school % pupils,
and made an average daily attendance
of 17si for the year; one teacher, and
the large. roomyi school building has
only one room and that not larger
than it should be for one teacher
Shady is not IN a sub-school district
and therefore could not run the extra
months that must round out the Coun-
tvs six into eight, or should they
create a district it would take the
limit of taxation, should the constitu-
tional amendment be voted into effect
to raise the limit to tea mills, to sup
port a school much less glowing than
the one pictured to US IN the article
of last Saturday.
Which would be the most practic-
able or the wisest thing to do: Build
junior high school at Shady, in a
stones throw of Ocala, that would
leave off two of the high school grades
or to transport % pupils to Ocala,
seven or eight miles, to full-fedged
senior high school whose diplomas are
accepted by colleges?
Build a junior high school where it
is practicable and where it will add to
the advantages of boys and girls, not
for an ornament to adorn some beau
tiful hill and where it would be a
singing place for the county's finances.
To all who heard the "never to be
! forgotten speech" please look up the
surroundings that make such schools
possible before launching out upon
the deep sea of high schools.
Shady is one of our best communi-
ties and always has as good school
ISEIH d. ID pOSSlB16 anu H6T p0OplG dES
loyal to their school, her boys and
girls are the equal of any children
and should have equal educational adj
vantages to others and we all are
willing to help along that line.
The only remedy at present to give
/ high school advantages to all the
children is consolidation and trans
portation and the county can not
maintain so great number of schools
and provide transportation at the
same time. 1t is impractical in many
ways to transport our pupils to the
two senior high schools in a county
as large as ours, nor / know of no
! one trying to do so. We can not force
people to move their schools; we do
not try; neither can the county build
high schools in every community. 1t
could be made possible to build others,
however.
4 You have the cooperation Of every
school official in the county, also those
/ who are interested in education. We
/ L.