Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-07
VIRGINIA LAN-COUNIY
SCHOOL BOARDS

vision superintendent an explana
ton of some points in the law isl
given BY Hon. J N. Hillman, Sec
to the State Board of Education
!. The terms of all trustees
now in Office are terminated un'
der this law September /. 1922
1t will. therefore, be nee essary
for your trustee electoral board to
elect thirty days prior to Septem-
Der 1st one trustee for each mag
isterial district, which, under this
law, shall constitute a separate
school district
The trustees of towns con,,i.
tuting separate school districts
shall be members of the county
school board, with only one vote
in said board, and said trustees
are to be elected by their respec-
Tive town councils. If however,
you should have a separate school
district composed of an incorpo
rated town and additional contig
uous territory lyiag outside the
corporation. it will be necessary
under the present law for said city
10 do one or two things; Cd alter
the boundaries of the school DIS
trict SO as to make them Cock
tensive with the corporate limit:
of the town, which arrangement
will continue the existence OF till
separate school board and will
! make the members thereof cleo
tive by the town council rathe
5 than by the trustee electora
board, and give them one ote a
members OF the county schoC
board, CD failing to make til
/. above arrangement, the separat
> town district which includes &C
? dltioual contiguous territory wi
: be combined with the M gisteris
/ district in which it is located
D and il will be the duty of til
1 trustee electoral board to nam
e one trustee for the com biued di:
= trict, which shall be known b
+ tue name of the magisterial di!
: trict.
il. 2. The county school boart
}. when organized in accordaue
: with the County Unit Law, wi
# have all the powers and dutie
T. hitherto vested in district scho'
# boards and county school board
# except as otherwise provided i
J. the law itself.
a 3 All property now vested
e district school boards should |
a Conveyed to the county scho
!, board by proper conveyance Th
e transfer of property from distri
l. schoo. boards to the single coun
d board should be made, | thin
prior to September /; otherwis
# it will he necessary for the Cou
Z to appoint commissioner
II make the necessary transfer, {
81 the district boards will be wit
II out existence after September
d !. The law does not effect IL
levying of county and distri
It taxes, but with the single boar
u administering the county funt
II it will! be much easier for IL
: interests of the whole count
J. rather than Of individual di
= tricts, to be taken into consider;
II ton in distributing your count
: fund so as to equal education;
opportunities for all the clildre
of the county.
5. The board in its discretio
may provide Il per diem not e,
ceediug SIS 90 per day for eac
member, not to exceed twent
days III any one year. It slla
elect its chairman and seec
SOME competent person as cler
and fix his compensation. TIL
clerk must be competent to kee
books. and should be prepared t,
supervise repair work and assis
in carrying on the business of til,
| board. He should not be a mem
Der OF the board.
| o. The county school board i.
to select teachers and place then
III appropriate schools III recon-.
ncndation OF the division super.
lntendent. This places the re.
sponsibillty entirely on the SUP.
erlntendent, as under this la VI
the board has no authority tc
elect anyone who is not recon-.
mended by the division superju
tendent.
| 7. You will note the county
school board is authorized to ap-
point local committee for eac!
school house, to act purely in a.,
advisory capacity. If these com
mittees are wisely appointed they