Milford chronicle., 1922-04-07

IN THE NEAR FUTURE several new high school
buildings will have to be built Delaware in each of the
several counties Milford and Dover two of the most
urgent cases, and it is problem to consider
must be studied well from of education as well
as the needs of the communities. It good judgment
or wise to consider the individual demands of the various
towns before we consider and settle plan to de-
veop and put into effect system high school edu-
cation which will be of the greatest benefit to all the
children of Delaware. The cost of maintaining high
schools is several times the maintaining the
grades The cost is made up higher salaries for the
instructors the cost Of books and the equipment generally
used in the higher grades totals range from one
hundred dollars in some of the schools operating
high schools to hundred fifty dollars in Others
for each pupil enrolled and attending With the road
system rapidly coming all parts of Delaware
will be economical to cut out many of the high school
courses maintained in almost all the larger towns and
to concentrate the students into fewer high schools
the overhead cost for instructors for antors for books
and for supplies be brought to the minimum To
accomplish this it will be necessary for the State
over high school education maintain the necessary
schools under direct control of the State Board of Educa
ton The number of schools devoted to high school work
should not be over nine in the entire outlined
in these columns several weeks ago. It is waste for
towns OF one thousand population, even larger to in
vest large sums of money in high school buildings when
by proper location of few buildings, the entire State
neeus can be taken care Of and the png of
sa1y buildings be eliminated In commenting on the sug
system for all high school education the Dover Index in
a recent issue said:
Under the Public School system of about every
State in the Union the High School has sprung up
IN the towns, usually a matter of local pride
and has become so fixed that it cannot be disturb
ed Thus we have high schools few miles apart
and large territories without high schools, and
many more high schools than the State can sup
port. The cost per pupil in high schools is
more than double what it should be ranging from
$50 to $780, we believe against 500 to $40 for
pupils in other grades. Any who has investi-
gated the matter has been compelled to the con-
cluson that sooner or later the High School sys-
TEN must be reorganized Why not now and be-
fore so much money has been spent on buildings
that are not located at proper places? We agree
with the Chronicle that we already have far too
many and that about nine high schools in the
State would accommodate our children and are as
many afford
It will be well for those interested either or
gainst the problem to discuss and argue the points in
oved-for this purpose will be glad to print articles
iscussing the question in the columns of the Milford
hronice If anything is to be accomplished the next
esson of the legislature will best that the subject
houd be well set before the people, that general
of the problems may be had Our columns
lways open for educational discussions