Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION in SESSION
IMPORTANT MATTERS CONSIDERED BY
BOARD AT ITS MEETING In DOVER
ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 8.
WORK, OF CHILD WELFARE
PLANS WERE ADOPTED FOR THE MEDE.
CAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS AND
THEIR TRANSPORTATION.

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Friday adopted the plans for trans
portatiOn and for medical inspection
of pupils throughout the State, as set
forth in resolutions previously adopt
ed In part they include transpOrta-
tiOn, either by contract or by private
means. The former has been arrang-
ed for by the State department and
will be paid for directly to the parties
with whom the contracts are made, on
the presentation of proper bills. The
latter will be by private conveyance,
railroad, trolley or public bus, and
will be paid for directly to the person
on the presentation of monthly bills,
in the case of private conveyance, or
in case of other means, reimburse
ment will be given on the presenta-
tion of monthly bills, accompanied by
proper vouchers.
Medical Inspection of Public Schools
AS to medical inspection of pupils,
the following method was adopted:
AS each agency or auxiliary had
only a limited amount of assistance
to offer, our first effort was to avoid
duplication. 1t was therefore agreed
that instead of engaging a separate
medical director, that we should ac-
cept DR.. French, the Director of the
| Child Welfare Commission, and that
he should direct all of the work of
medical inspection and the dental
unit throughout the State, receiving
his instructions from the State Board
of Education and reporting at regular
and agreed intervals to the State
Board of Education upon the work
done.
10 be Done by Red Cross Nurses
1t was agreed that as the Child
Welfare Commission already has nine
nurses in the field, and would soon
have eleven, that these nurses should
work with the director, both in the
schools and in the fOllOw-up work in
New Castle and Sussex counties, and
that as the Delaware Chapter of the
American Red Cross had the nurses
necessary, the Red Cross should take
over all the school inspection work
that could be done by nurses, under
its own supervisor in Kent county;
and that folIow-up work should be
done by the Child Welfare nurses al
ready established in that county.
A resolution was adopted, request
ing that the several organizations
above mentioned cooperate with the
following committee appointed by the
State Medical Society: DR.. John w.
James, Dover; DR.. James Beebe, /
Lewes, all of whom have been ap-
proved by the State Board of Educa
ton in carrying out the plans pro-
vided for this work.
The board authorized the appoint .
ment OF Miss Ruth Jones and Miss /
Elsie M. Waller as visiting teachers.
The secretary instructed to seek
legal advice in comforting with the I
Levy Court of New Castle and Kent
counties as to the collection of bank
taxes. Also to explain through the
press the reason for the non-payment
of old bills which has been due to the
failure to collect the school taxes.
Schools viii be Informed OF State
Board Action
That the public should be fully in
formed as to all the workings OF the
State Board, and to show to the pub
lie that it has nothing whatever to
conceal or suppress, the secretary was
instructed to give to the public press,
after each meeting of the State Board
all matters of interest to the public.
Refused Separation Petition
The Board having received the pc
tition of the big Oak" district, in
Kent county, for a separation from
Smyrna special school district, after
the proposition adopted
resolution declaring it inadvisable to
ask for a referendum to decide upon
separation of Big Oak district from
Smyrna special school district.
Consolidation Of COlOred School
Authorized
The consultations of DagsborO and I
Omar colored school districts, and of {
Wharton's Branch and MillsborO col
bred school districts, IN Sussex cOun-
", were approved, with the under
standing in the latter case that trans
1ortation from Wharton's Branch to
Millsboro colored school district be I
furnished as requested.
New COlOred School Buildings {
The Board also approved the start
ne of school buildings for colOred
schools at Parker's Chapel and Lock- i
woods Chapel, in West Dover.
The bid for transportation for four
school busses to the MiddletOwn t
schools, was awarded to E. M. Shall
ross, of Middletown, at $4,000.
The secretary was instructed to re- 1
,pen Woodland Beach school. $
The board adjourned subject to the
all of the president.