Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-23
STATE EDUCATION BOARD
WILL PAY MONEYS DUE
Superintendent Holloway Says
All Transportation Bills Will
be Liquidated.

j. .. Adams of Laurel. recently
elected business manager by the State
Board of Education. has been presi-
dent of the Laurel special District
Board OF Education and it is under
his leadership that laurel has OBJ
tanned the splendid specimen of school
architecture now nearing completion.
Mir. Adams has been educated at
Maryland Agricultural College and
Harvard University, and has been
Closely connected with school work
In Delaware. having been on the
Laurel Board of Education for tn"
last five years. He has served as .
member of the General Assembly of
Maryland, and as chairman OF the
House committee on education in thar
body. MIR. Adams has lived in Laurel
Tor twelve years and has resigned n
position as secretary-treasurer of the
Robinson Hardware CO. of Laurel
TO accept his new appointment. He is
we'll known throughout southern Della
ware aud his appointment viii be
gratifying to his many friends.
Under the old organization, the
tnterfered considerably with the high
school inspection work of John Shil-
hing and with the professional super
vision of the county superintendents.
Under the new system. the whole OF
the professional supervision of high
schools is vested in the State Board
OF Education. and delegated To As
sistant Superintendent Shilling. With
the former business OF the old county
boards to handle. and new work which
the law now requires. such as handling
the payment of all teachers salaries.
except in special districts, the pur-
chase of text books and supplies for
the whole State; and looking after
maintenance. repairs and operation
of schools. Mr.. Adams viii be assured
OF strenuous life in the position
which we are glad TO see him occupy.
Transportation Bills win be Paid.
NO one need have any fear of not
receiving transportation money due
him for last year." said State Super
intendent Holloway. few days ago.
although it may be some time be-
fore il can be paid. Some delay would
be incident. naturally. TO any trans
FER of such volume of business as
the county boards have Just turned
over TO the State Board of Education.
But this is only one of the present
causes of delay He went on 10 ex-
plain that coincident with the recent
educational changes. there has been
complete new system installed in the
Offices of the State auditor of ac-
counts and the State treasurer. which
has held up the general audit of
school accounts, due on July l. The
State boards must certify TO all UNI
paid bills of the county boards be-
fore the State board can order them
paid. Due 10 the reorganization. this
has. as yet, been impossible for the
auditors office to accomplish. II viii
be done just as quickly as possible.
aud. in fact. the office is now working
toward tat end. THE money is
there. though. that is sure. We have
enough stin due in unpaid taxes 10
l.ay all these bulls we know OF, he
said.
The following resolutions were
adopted at the meeting on July is:
Resolved, That where a Board Of
school Trustees shall decide that no
more than six grades of work shall
b. taught in the school Of their dis
rrict. that the school or schools in
that district shall be adjudged as
closed for the seventh and eighth
grades.
Resolved. That where children in
the seventh and eighth grades live
more than three miles from a school.
OF children below the seventh grade
live more than two miles from a
school. that the school in their dis
trict shall be adudged as closed. and
Resolved. That where high school
children live more than three miles
from high school, the high school in
their district shall be adjudged as
closed, and further
Resolved, That in all these cases
the State Board Of Education shall
provide such transportation as the
funds provided by the Legislature in
its school budget shall permit.