Evening journal., 1921-01-07
WANTED TOTS
AGE 7, TO WORK
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lcontnued from lrSt paSel
know that New Castue headed the
list, with i26 as the average number
Of DAYS attended: Kent county, With
Zip DAYS. and sussex, with 9S days.
Il may be said in behalf OF Sussex
county. that many schools lacking
teachers did not open on time. and
quarantine. on account Of smallpox
in some sections OF the county,.
closed the schools for several weeks,
while vaccination greatly interfered
with regular school attendance.
"The citizens OF the State have not
complained OF the lcngthcning OF the
school year. which puts Delaware in
the list With twenty-five or more
states having a school year Of 1870
DAYS and upward: however. The farm
ers. claiming a shortage OF help on
the farm clamored for a modification
OF The rules and regulations con
ccrning compulsory school attendance
adopted by the State Board OF Edu-
cation Therefore. on september 70,
the state Board OF Education amend
ed the rules and regulations as fol-
lows:
-sThat absence OF pupils prior 10
November 4 1914 should be permit
ted on written statement OF parents
or guardians that absence is neces-
sary for the purpose OF agricultural
pursuits or other necessary work. IL
was also stipulated Chat on making
application parents or guardians were
requested 20 slate the number Of days
for which absence was asked.
Briefly the following will indicate
the number OF parents making re
quests for work permits under the
notifications mentioned above, and
the number Of children involved.
For New Castle county, 10 appears
that i6 parents. involving i6 children,
took advantage OF The work permits
For Kent county, 20i parents and
guardians asked that 267 children be
excused from school. On order that
they might help with the work. IN
SUSSEX county,. li3 parents and guar
dians. involving 1863 children, asked
for permits.
at the time the report on permits
was made 20 the state Board OF Edu-
cation on January 8. the State board
siill further amended the rules and
regulations concerning necessary Ia
hor. agriculture and domestic pur-
suits. as follows.
81 C,fldron Of more than 10 years
OF age may be excused on authority
OF The county boards OF education. or
OF the boards OF the special school
districts.
-. children under 10 years OF age
MAY be excused on special permit or
the state Board OF Education only.
81. Tho request Tor the excuse OF
child shall be made on a blank 10
be supplied hv the State Board or
Education stating the name and age
OF the child. the kind OF work to be
done. and The number OF school days
FOR which he chlld's labor Is re-
0ulrcd and properly signed by the pa
rent or guardian. a separate blank 10
DE- 1llcd Tor each child.
"Undor these rules. the reports
from the three counties showing the
number OF permits granted In the
sprnr are given below:
in New Castle county, n permits
were asked for. and 32 were granted
Only one permit was issued 10 chill
drcn under "a years Of age. although
there were ~ applications In that
group In this one case. the boys
mother was a widow who needed tho
h0y's help. Seventeen children II
years OF age applied for permits, and
fi were Issued. Forty children be-
tween ~ years and i6 years of age
nlied for permits, and A. were is
sued Two children over i6 applied
and one was granted. The other ono
over i6 made application for an in.
dusirial permit and was referred "a
the Labor Bureau. Permits were
granted TO 10 colored boys for gen
cral farm work. and two 20 oolorod
girls for homework. Ten spplica-
tons were sent in so near the close
of school that no action was taken
on them
Miss Laura s Richards. attendance
officer for SUSSEX county reports
that more than a dozen men refused
20 sign work permits 10 have their
children excused from school. She
also makes the following comments
In many OF the rural schools. the