The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-09-14
Country Schools
Make Progress
MANY INTERESTING FACTS TAX
EN- FROM ANNUAL REPORT OF
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
(From Morgan Messenger.)

There are 5297 children of; school
age in Redwood county, according to
the annual report of County Supt. OF
Schools, Miss Fern Kennedy, made
within the last week to the State De-
partment of Education.
Over half Of these or 2809 are locat-
ed in the confines of the rural and
semi graded districts of the county
while 24S8 are in the high and graded
schools.
The report, which is for the school
year ending July 81, 1921, fairly brist-
les with facts and figures of interest
to the school patrons of the county.
The expense of operating all the
schools in the county footed up to the
huge figure Of 1885, ,554.93. At the
beginning of the year the schools
started out with cash balance of
S69, ,7o6.45 and received from all
sources during the year 1910, ,428.22,
making grand total on the credit
side Of 44O,134.67. After deducting
the expenditure it is found that there
was at the end Of the school year
S54, 579.74 in the various school trea-
suries of Redwood county.
The Messenger reporter CLEANED
from the report that the county sup
erintendent has been very active in
her work the past year and made 239
visitations to the schools in addition to
handling her voluminous office work.
She also conducted one week Of Teach
ers' Institute and held three sectional
meetings with total enrolment OF
2O8. She also presided at one school
officers meeting with an attendance
of 127 directors. One would have to
go further into detail than is permiss-
able in this story to give the reader
complete and accurate idea OF the
amount of work involved upon the
Superintendent in the supervision of
the schools of the county but it is
quite a significant fact that for many
wears in this county this work has
been handled in very efficient and
earnest manner by women, the present
superintendent, Miss Fern Kennedy
and her predecessor, Mrs. Adella G..
Duncan.
There are 108 districts in the coun-
ty. There are two high schools, Red
wood Falls and Lamberton. (Recent
additions to the accredited high school
list do not appear until the next re-
port.) There are also two grade
buildings in high school districts.
There are eight state graded schools
and 101 rural schools.
Pupils are transported to school IN
eight different districts. There are
only two districts in which there is an
enrolment of less than 10 pupils and
there are twenty in which there is an
enrolment of ten or more but less
than 20 pupils. All high and graded
schools have nine months school and
the average length of term in rural
schools have risen to 80 months.
The average number of voters pre-
sent at the annual meeting In high
and graded districts is a, while nine
is the average in rural districts.
The average number of days each
pupil has attended high and graded
schools (alI nine months terms) IS
1887, and in rural and semi-graded
116.
There are 108 teachers in high
and graded schools of the county.
The men receive an average salary OF
S177 and the women $131. In the
rural and graded schools there
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