The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-21
COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
MAKES REPORT
Saving Thousands oil
Dollars Every Year
IL Claim

A report covering the past years
administration OF the schools Of
We county. and showing whore
'~thousands OF dollars have boon
saved. was given out yesterday by
the county school superintendent,
Tho fun report follow
May 81, 1922, marked the closa
Of another succcssfni year In tho
Bernai lilo county schools.
In the year and n half that
irene Burke has been supcrin-
Atendent. she has been acting ns
rural supervisor. also. and saving
the county $500 a year for super.
[evisor'a salary.
"on May 6. 1921. Miss Burke
found the Ia MADEIRA school out
side 81 Bernaiilio county. Tho la
MADEIRA school has been financed
by this county since the division
of Bcrnalillo and Sandoval counties.
n period Of nome AZ years.
"Sandovai county ASSUMED tho
responsibility Of IA MADEIRA school
Sept. !, i92l-and BcrnnllliO
$500 a year. Tho little villnxv
lies more than one-half mile north
/. OF the county line.
Miss Burke has given 100 per
! ccnt OF her time to the achools %
. this county. and she has u
dcavored to put the schools on "
business basis.
b Miss Burke required evory
teacher TO file her certificate at
the office. the number. date issued
J and date OF expiration was record
cd. This brought 10 light the fact
| that some teachers certificates had
D expired sept. 1. 19iS-and Sept. /,
lpl9-and had not been renewed.
Further, that some teachers had
! been receiving salaries due on a
first grade certificate. while t.lcy
held toniy) a SECOND grade GER
tificate.
The same was true also OF
teachers holding third grade GER
i~ificates and drawing pay on "a
! second grade certificate,
There are many supplies that
, have been purchased much
cheaper than formerly. For in
stance. ink. Buying ink In small
: quantities cost 81 n gallon. Ink
' was purchased al ti.50 a gaIion
t. uocaiiy). Chalk, broomr. paper.
county school warrants and
d vouchers are rome OF the articles
wv nv nlOllft HNN UNIH nANtls
AT the close Of the first
semester. every teacher filed a re-
port, showing exactly, where the
. classes were In every subject
taught and giving the page number.
Thus, Miss Burke vas able to.
know. IL the state course OF study
was being followed and " pupils
were doing the work required for
their grades.
The state Board % Edycation,
through st~eff Enioc. guvc Miss
Burke space Ia the Vow Mexico
! Course OF study" Cor an outline
entitled How 20 Keep "A Daily
. Register. Make n Monthly and a
1 Term Report" This ia an original
4 device used by Miss Burke. and u
used, will lessen the work Of every
4 rural teacher.
The outlying districts have never
received the attention. AZ Is now
being shown there. ~
The San fgnacio school (wcst
/. OF Rio puerco), was formerly TO-
.catcG near the river, but ~ years
ago. the village was moved west
/. ward some fs miles. During these
years. the school had not been
7 visited by a experimentation. Miss
Burke has been TO this district
three Dimes. There are two schools
IN this district. County Health
Officers hrs. Docherty and West
each made a trip to these schools
with Miss Burke. The superinten-
den, was. also. accompanied by the
/ county school nurse, Miss Leon,
Miss Burke attended eight
closing programs and presented
\ eighth grade diplomas L the
4 graduates. There we're two pro-
/ grams on the evening % May 80.
and six m the 81 Mis- Burke de-
liycrcd short addresses 4 ehch pro-
Gram Ia both Engiiah and spanish.
WHITE preparing crsimatcs for
The budget for 1919. is2s--an In
tercstlng item was brought TO light,
~ II the transportation item OF ca
ponse.
I'm the budget prcrred June.
f92h, t~is,l60.0O was allowed for
transportation. In the 1921 budget.
~s9.7s5.o0 was estimated. reducinr
the nj sS,s0b.oo. The %