Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-06-16
SCHOOLS CLOSED:
VACATION IS ON
Boards Engaging Teachers For
Next Term.-News of Rural
Schools Throughout
County
BY II. I'll. Burns, Co. Supt.


Practically all of the schools
throughout the county are now closed.
Most of them have been closed for two
or three weeks. A few that for UNI
usual reasons having had enforced va
cations during the year are just fin
ishing.
Many of the districts have already
engaged their teachers for next year.
Among those who have reported as
having employed the teacher or teach
ers are: Hawkins state grad e d
school; Tony graded school; Weyer-
haeuser highschool and grades; Bruce
highschOOl and grades; Glendale state
graded school; Conrath, principal of
the graded school; River Heights,
town of Grant; Port Arthur, town of
Grant Laurel Hill, town of Flam-
beau; Maple Crest, town of Cedar
Rapids; Marshall Center, town of
Marshall: Linden, town of Marshall !;
Wilson Valley, town of Wilson; Will
son Center, town of Wilson.
Union District Approved
Information has recently been re-
ceived from the Office of the state SUI
perintendent that the proposed union
highschOOl district, embracing III e
town of Big Falls town of Dewey,
and the village Of Tony, has been for
mally approved. This will provide one
more highschoCl in Rusk county. In
view of the fact that the schoolhOuse
at Tony is large and modern, the I'M
ion highschool can be housed in it for
several years without interference with
the state graded school. The board Of
the Tony union highschOol district, is
now in the market for a principal and
an assistant
Information from the town of
Strickland, indicates that work is pro-
crossing on the new schoolhouse for
Dist. No 4, which is being built to re-
lieve the congestion in the Oakland
school. The Oakland school had the
largest enrolment of any one rural
school in the county. It's enrolment
reached total of 70. With a new
schOolhOuse and two teachers instead
of one, the children of this district
will have a much better opportunity
to receive an education.
New SchOOlhOuse
In the north part of the town Of
Strickland is district No. 6. This dis
trict was created about two years ago.
School has been maintained in a small
house that was built as a home for
one of the first settlers. At the an
nual school meeting in 1921 the dis
trict authorized the school board to
proceed with the building of school
house. A site was chosen several
months ago and work is about to be
gin on constructing schoolhouse. The
board in this district is composed of
f. L. Combes, G. A. Olson and John
Gordon. A recent call from the school
board brought the information that it
is expected that the new schoolhOuSe
will be ready for use in September.
In district No. 2, town of Flambeau,
a petition has been circulated and
Aquite extensively signed, asking the
town board to take such steps as may
be necessary to divide said district in
to four distinct school districts. A
meeting has been called by Chairman
j. r. Ducklow, for Saturday, June IL,
at which time a hearing will be held
to determine the merits of the prayer
of the petitioners. In view of the
fact that Dist. No. 2 is indebted to the
state for money borrowed from he
trust funds, it will be necessary to
have the written consent of the com
missioners of public lands of the state
of Wisconsin, before any division Of
this district can be effected by the
town boards. Should the division
seem to be for the best interest of ed
ucation in this district, it will prob
ably require several months before
the consent of the land commissioners
may be obtained
Annual School Meeting
The annual school meeting will oc-
cur Monday, July 3. At the annual
school meeting member or members
of the school board will be chosen !;
appropriations made and taxes levied
for the maintenance of school. The
district may instruct the board con-
corning whether it will have eight
months or nine months of school;
whether it will employ a man or wom-
an as teacher. The board and not the
district meeting is authorized to enter
into contracts
Under the law enacted by the 1921
legislature, tuition of nonresident pu-
pills who attend a one-room school,
may be such an amount as will pay
the equitable cost of instruction Of
such pupils. In determining the equit-
able cost of instruction, the amount
paid as teacher salary is divided by
the number representing the enroll
nent and the result is the annual cost
of instruction. In determining the
cost of instruction, the amounts paid
for fuel, for janitor service for books
and supplies. are not figured in.
CANJn AMI I'D AVTEU