Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-05-11
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS

The Annual Conference of Super
| intendents which was held last week
| in Boise, was of immense value to
those who attended 1t, and through
them to the schools under their
| charge.
The sessions were held in the
Caucus room of the House OF Repre-
sentatives and were opened by state
Superintendent, Ethel E. Redrleld,
who welcomed the Superintendent
and outlined the program for the
coming week.
On Monday afternoon DR.. E. A.
Bryan addressed the meeting on
Approved and Accredited High
Schools. 1t may be of interest to
the citizens of Payette County to
know that the three High Schools IN
this County are all on the accredited
list, meaning that they offer the full
four wears course which entities any
of their graduates to enter the high
er institutions of learning with out
an entrance examination.
DR.. Bryan was followed by Miss
Margaret Roberts, head of the state
Free Travelling Library, who ex-
planned how these libraries are lent
20 the rural schools, and the bene-
tits to be derived from such libraries.
On Tuesday morning Miss Red
field spoke on the School Superin-
tendent's Problems and the Semi
annual Apportionment of School
Funds. Her address was followed
by Governor D. w. Davis who talked
on State and Local Public Finance.
including those of schools, and THE
Responsibility of the Schools and
Teachers for the Moral Development
of the Children
On Tuesday afternoon DR.. Bryan
spoke again, taking as his subject,
High School Tuition.
On Wednesday, after a day spent
in discussing school taxation and
school finance, committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose of working
out a plan for the apportionment of
funds to be derived by Statewide
tax, which the convention went on
record as favoring.
The session Thursday morning
was taken up by general discussion
of Superintendent problems.
On Friday, before the close of the
conference the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
1. Resolved that we favor a
County unit plan for administrative
and financial purposes and that this
plan be optional with the Counties.
2. That we favor a statewide tax
for all schools, but recommend a
method of apportionment different
from that based entirely on aggre-
gate days of attendance.
8. That we favor systematic High !
School inspection
4. That we band ourselves as /
champions for the problems of the
Rural schools and that we favor the
equalization of educational advan>
tages in all sections of Idaho. To
that end we recommend a system of
high school tuition looking towards
the organization of high schools in
larger geographic and administra-
tive units; with the elimination of /
the method by which tuition is paid
by numerous and small individual |
units, such as common school dis
tricts. That these districts unite to
form larger high school units and
raise necessary revenue upon the en-
tire territory which the high school
serves.
The resolutions concluded with
notes Of appreciation to those who
had so materially contributed to the
success of the convention.
Special sessions were held by the
.eh superintendent representing the
Southwest Institute Section. During
hese sessions plans were formulat-
ID and discussed for the Teachers
institute to be held in Boise, during
he first week of October 1922.
ANNA c. PEARSON,
Co. Supt of Schools.