Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-01-19
POLITICAL FEAR
CAUSES NEGLECT
SHERIFF PLACES DUTY OF
STATE SCHOOL LAW
ENFORCEMENT


There appears TO have been def
mite disposition on the part of the
county superintendent of schools to
avoid issues that might hurt him po-
litically. For this reason, in all prob
ability, the school laws requiring the
attendance of children at school have
not been properly enforced in Mara
thon county"
Schroeder spoke to a representative
of The Pilot yesterday. "The en-
forcement of school laws has been a
joke and always will be until the
county superintendent takes 1t upon
himself, as the law plainly dictates,
to cause the issue of warrants against
such parents or guardians as may
have caused inexcusable absence from
schools on the part of children
Quotes Statute
ITO prove this fact quote from the
revised statutes of Wisconsin, 4013,
subdivision 5, as follows:
REFUSAL OR NEGLECT. In all
cases of refusal or neglect on
the part of the parent or guardi-
an and before attempting to en-
force the provisions of subsec-
ton 4, 1t shall be the duty of the
principal or superintendent of the
school within said territory to
serve or cause to be served upon
the parent or guardian a demand
for the attendance of such child
who has not been excused there
from. Such notice shall be in
writing and give the name of each
child and designate the school
upon which attendance is re-
quired, If the parent or guardi-
an claims that the child should
be excused for one or more OF
the reasons given in subsection
4, 1t shall be the duty of the prin-
cipal or superintendent of such
school to make immediate investi-
cation of the matter and to place
his findings in the case in writ
ing. II after such investigation
the child Is found eligible to at
tend such school and the parent
or guardian shall fail or refuse
to comply herewith within ten
days after service of written
notice TO such effect. then and in
such case the principal or SUPER
intendent of said school shall
make complaint against such par
ent or guardian as required by
law.
Always Served
when these warrants are caused
TO be issued by the superintendent OF
schools as the law stipulates. then
it shall be my pleasure to see that
the people complained against are
brought before the court" continued
the sheriff, "lf any warrants are is
sued, ] shall indeed see that they are
Immediately and properly served as
has always been the case n the past.
II am not in any wag opposing the
resolution of the Wausau Chamber of
Commerce. being rather, in harmony
with it, but | am merely taking this
means of showing that membership
to whom the lack of enforcement may
be accredited"
[The Chamber Of Commerce adopted
a resolution on January asking that
adequate means for the enforcement
of compulsory education laws be pro-
vided III every county" The request
that school laws be enforced caused
good deal of comment about town and
IL was learned that in some cases and
in certain townships of Marathon
county, there are many children OF
school age who attend irregularly or
who may not attend at all This step
follows a suggestion made by The
Pilot in its editorial column half a
year ago when it deplored the situa-
ton locally. The membership of the
Chamber OF Commerce is evidently de-
sirous of seeing enforcement of school
laws complete and expects that its
action will bring to light the matter,
! forcing attention to it.-Editor,l
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