The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-08
More ON the School Question.

! Editor Barre Daily Times: was
much interested In the item In Sat
lurday's Times, headed, what Will Our
Next Legislature Do About 1t" have
been wondering for some time just how
| long the public was going to stand for
the way The schools were run.
The writer of that piece states the
child Of to-day makes less progress in
81 weeks than the child Of that period
did in IL weeks. She is right in that
statement. But at that time the child
went to school to learn, and expected,
and was made to work to get their
knowledge, consequently remembered it.
Now it is presented to them as beau
tiful picture, they do not know what
work is, and it goes from them as
quickly as any other picture.
A school week was of Ave days, six
hours per day, barring legal holidays
Of which there were few, But now the
holidays are legion Then if teacher
and pupils wanted to attend a fair,
they did so, and school kept the follow
ing Saturday. But how is it nowy
Sept. 4 was holiday, so our schools
began the fifth, Tuesday night my
youngsters came home with following
tale: school don't keep Thursday aft
ernoon, there is a teachers meeting,
and we have one day off next week,
because it's state fair, and 1t don't
keep for two days of this fair, but we
may have TO make up one (which
meant our town fair.) noticed in The
Times last week that all schools within
a radius of fifty miles Of White River
Junction were to be closed one day.
Last year that worked out as follows
in our school of fourteen pupils, one
pupil attended the fair, the teacher
stayed at home to sew, also the other
thirteen pupils. The teacher drew her
pay of 81, the one pupil had a good
time and | think the others paid dearly |
for same.
Would like someone to tell me why |
the conventions and teachers meetings
are held on the public's timer Why not
and yacationsy II ply !
stefan goes to convection or medical |
meeting, is 1t charged to his patients
/ don't think. The individual wouldn't |
stand for it, and still we taxpayers are
doing that same thing continually.
Each teacher is entitled Tor say they
are) to one day term, for visiting
day, so while the pupils stay home she
goes visiting or shopping.
Perhaps all do not understand how !
essential the union superintendent are,
but to me they seem so in this way.
They call the meetings, tell the teach |
FRS they must attend, and as the hiring
of teachers is left to them instead OF |
he directors as formerly, they take the
good ones from the rural schools, put
hem in the villages, and give us an
,ther green zone.
In case Johnny is not doing as well II
Us you wish in arithmetic, write the
about It. and you will
ret a beautiful letter. in reply, like
his; HE is SO glad you had faith in
him to write him about it, he will give
he matter his immediate attention,
'lso please let him know of anything
lot perfectly satisfactory in the
chools, as there should be close coop
ration between the parents, teachers
md superintendent. Now be sure you
seep the letter 10 read over occasion
lily, as that is all you viii ever hear
bout il. Johnny keeps on the same
way.
Two years ago this district tried to
Iet rid of teacher that was real
amage to the school, and when we ap.
lied to the superintendent he replied:
That he went away on his vacation
nd forgot TO hire teacher for our
chool, so that was the best he could
o, he did not hire her anyway, it was
he directors, 20 he could not do thing
bout il. Then we applied to the d.
actors, and they said; "They could not
0 a thing about it, as they did not en-