Milford chronicle., 1923-01-26

oelawpre schools?
S9,142 in public schools and 5000 in
private schools.
How many teachers are employed?
1900 Of whom PAS are high school
teachers.
How many school buildings are
there?
400 not including rented rooms.
What is the length of the school
term?
1902 days in 1922.
What has been the growth in high
school enrolment including Whining
ton?
8,O45 students in 191942O and 1857
in 1922 an increase Of 52.3 per cent.
Do the children attend school better
than they did a few years ago?
Yes-In 191S-19 the average attend
ance was 80 days; in 1929 the average
attendance was 1878; outside OF Will
mingtOn 134.5.
How many children have been Civ
en- medical examinationsR
15,098 outside of Wilmington. There
were but 1,164 without defects.
Who does this work?
Doctors and nurses provided by the
Child Welfare Commission.
How many children have been Civ
en- dental examinations?
2,203 pupils examined, hut 1S5 haV-
ing perfect mouths.
Who does this work?
A travelling dental unit working
under the same Organizations
COSTS
What was the total cost Of text
books, teachers salaries and running
expenses of the schools for 1921-22?
The total cost was $2,496, ,49O.75 Of
which $2,12S,S2S.12 came from the
State treasury.
What is the average teachers sal
ary outside of Wilmington2
White elementary teachers, $875.5S,
average high school teachers, ST.
1906.
What does it cost the State to edu-
cate the average child?
S63.7S per annum, or IS cents a day.
$500 per annum in the elementary
grades and $1SO inl high schools out
side of Wilmington.
what is the cost per puI II Of ma
terials of instruction?
81 cents.
What is the cost of text books per
pupil outside of Wilmington?
$2.O1.
How many children WereI trans
ported at the expense Of the State?
1890. The average cost pf those
transported the whole year was $6S.6O
OF % cents per day per chilH'
SALARIES OF TEACHERS
What is the basis of elementary tea
chers salaries?
Teachers salaries are determined by /
considering three factors; preparation
-eXI lrience and teaching efficiency.
The invest salary paid is $500 for the
third grade provisional cert1hcates.
Teachers with regular certificates Of
the third grade begin at 5000 and may
reach 5000 a year. With the first
grade certificates they begin with
$3.50 and may reach $1,15O. COlOred
teachers are paid S100 less
How much are high school teachers
paid?
reach S1,6OO.
Why are the supervisors oil rural
schools needed?
To take the place of the county SUI
perintendents and to do what the
county superintendent for lack Of time {
never did do, namely to tea.ch the tea
chers how to teach, to unity the work, s
to stimulate endeaVOr and TO measure
the results Of instruction. :
What does this work COST? {
$24,SS6.92 was paid out in 1921-22 Of
which sum $S,513.47 was given by the +
Delaware School Auxiliary and $1,2OO
by the Jeanes fund for cOlOred SUI
perVisOrs. r
What is the purpose of visiting tea ;
chers?
To help school attendance and to
bring about a better understanding Q
between the school and the home.
What does this work cost?
Through the generosity of the Del
aware School Auxiliary, $4,000 was
appropriated in 1922. Four VISIT
be teachers were employed at a. total
expense of $S,249.12.
How does the department of public
instruction measure the rest OBJ a
tanned by the various teacher
By giving standard tests to t pu- s
pills in reading, writing, spell :, ar "
language, etc, and npar-
ing the same with standards WI III IN. n
has determined as a esult =
of the examination of thOusaT $ OF
children in the schools Of other States' D
BUILDING PROGRAM
How many children in the State out s.
side Of Wilmington are housed IN
school buildings that are menace to v
their health?
$500.
How many new rooms should be fc
provided Immediately or within the
next five years?
200. rs
What is the building program? -,
The State Board of Education asks "
hat it be authorized to issue bonds
10 the extent of $3,OOO,O0O from time 70 cl
line to build school houses wherever
needed in the State including wiz
ningtOn. CT
What is to become of the new pro- ci
ects now under way at Smyrna, Do1
7er, Claymont and Newark?
The interest and sinking fund of ell
heir bonds are to be included in the
State budget.
If this program should fail what, cf
would become of the debts that the ci
state has now assumed including