Evening journal., 1921-01-08
MADE
UNDER new Law
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city school In the largest district
adjoining. there was circulated a pc
titlOn asking for the consolidation.
This petition was signed by a large |
number OF influential citizens OF thet
district lRislng SUM, and the County |
Board Of Education passed a resolu-i
llon which was approved by the Sta&f
Board of Education. and the fOllowinSl
districts became a part OF the Caesar \
Rodney special district: Rising sun |
Franklin. duPOnts, Oak Shade and |
Moore's Mill. This consolidation elm |
mated from the county system seven |
teachers and about ii2 children. The !
surrounding territory is served by
four motor conveyances, three belong
ing 90 Caesar Rodney and one oper-
ated for the Kent County Board This
consolidation also placed under the
control OF the Caesar Rodney Board of
Education, the Star Hill cOlortd
school, since it was within the added
area The school population OF the
Caesar Rodney special district now
numbers i29 white pupils. 1t also has
1873 colOred pupils.
There was at Harrington a build
ing which was also not being fully
used. 10 was thought advisable TO
bring in three Of the nearby schools,
two Of which were within sight of
the Harrington building They were
Browns Neck, Little Mastens and
! pOwell's. The children i'm the en-
| larged special district at Harrington
are now transported TO school in
three motor conveyances. In addi-
ton TO the buses run by the district,
there is also one operated at the eX-
nense OF the Board Of Education OF
! Kent county, which brings in the
children above the sixth grade from
the neighborhood Of Tomahawk. The
HARRINGTON special district now has
a population Of 43S white pupils, and
i05 colored
THE third consolidation was made
| by enlarging the Smyrna special dis
| trict taking in the town Of Clayton.
together with the following rural
schools: Severson's. Big Oak. Alley.
Nelson's and Brenford. For the CON
venience of the children in CLAYTON
and the territory west, the elemen-
! tary school at Clayton was continued,
/ accommodating all OF the children be-
/ low high school grade. In addition to
! the pupils in the ClaytOn-Smyrna con-
| sOlidatiOn, The school at Green Spring,
in lower New Castle county, was
closed and the pupils were trans
! ported to the Smyrna special district.
their tuition being paid by the Board
/ or Education OF New Castle county
/ The consolidation increased The school
! population Of the Smyrna special dis
trict from 1888 white pupils to 7O9
white pupils. The cOlored pupils
numbered 235
in New Castle county an impor-
! tant consolidation was made at Mid
dletown OF which Mill Lane, Wood
land. Brown Cottage and Eight-Square
became a part. The high school
| grades of Townsend and Odessa were
/ 4 "a
This necessitates a new building and
new grounds FOR MiddletOwn. A fine
site, containing ten acres, located on
the public highway, Just south Of the
town, has been purchased and the
| architects plans for the building have
been approved.
THE State Board Of Education has
appropriated the whole amount lsiO.-
O00l, mentioned in the law Ia the
Board of Education of New Castle
=. county, as the consolidation was the
only one Of importance made during
the year In the state. The following
were also consolidated viii Town
send, stump Corner, southern part
OF Matthew's Corner and FieldsbOrO.
. With Odessa were consolidated Mo
. DOnOugh, Dale's Corner and the north
, ern part OF Matthew's Corner. Frank
lin was consolidated with St GeOsg ges.
4 =
b. Shellpot with Mt. Pleasant. known as
? District No. 2. The Board Of Educa-
; lion Of New Castle county also closed
= Diamond school and transported the
/ pupils TO the Alexis I. dupont school
3 In a similar way, il closed White
I Clay Creek and transported the pupils
5 10 Newark. Likewise il closed tie
4 Green Spring School. Transporting the
- children to the Smyrna special dis
- trict. Hence, during the first year oil
? the new school law twenty-seven one
teacher schools were closed by con
, s0lidation. The amount paid at pub
; ne sale for OsTne OF the discarded
Y buildings in New Castle county gives
positive proof that the children who
4 attended these schools for years were
, not well housed.
Furthermore, the most OF these
school had a small school population
therefore, by closing them, a savine
q was made in the teaching force; one
81 OF the strong arguments for consOli-
81 dation. Large consultations always
5 mean transportation of pupils. In
3, many cases the road conditions forbid
5 any progress in this direction. 10 can
2 not be argued that consolidation, a.
r a rule, makes education less eXpen-
- sive The statements given below
b CLEANED from several sources, will give