The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-09
SCHOOL BOARD
ACTIVITIES IN
CITY ARE TOLD
Board, in Public Statement,
Summarizes Activities For
The Last 2 Years
ENROLMENT Is SHOWN

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The statement is as follows:
THE school board has had 81
Eectings, not including any commit
tee meetings. DURING the present
year, that ends June 30, 1924, all
members Of the hoard have been
present ut most Of the meetings. The
maximum salary Of - member of the
school board is $50 per month or
the sum Of $500 per year.
''rhe total enrolment of the high
school this past year was 492, Of
which number 100 were no residents
OF the latter number 90 were non
residents of Burleigh county. The
grade enrolment was ,3U5, Of which
number about GO were non residents.
Tuition Of a nonresident grade
student has been raised from $l5 per
year to $50 per year, which latter
figure approXimates fairly near it's
cost.
Tuition for each nonresident
high school scholar has been raised
from SD to $l0S per year, which
latter amount more closely approx
mates its cost. This will reduce to
large extent the loss of several
thousand dollars II year to tax
payers.
Promotions Abolished
"Mid-y year promotions have been
abolished. Mid-year promotions re-
suited in some scholars trying to
get through the high school in three
and one half years. Some scholars
Il Il hut
thought hat four years time
should be given to doing the four
years high school work in order
that it be done we'll and for the
benefit of the student.
''All high school students were re-
quired the past year to furnish all
their own text books and hereafter
al! high school and grade scholars
arc required to furnish their own
books. This has large tendency to
cause the scholar to take care OF his
books and also relieves the general
taxpayer from buying them.
"All bills against the school dis
trict are required to be itemiZed as
to article, price per article, when
and where furnished. The board has
a purchasing committee whose bust
ness, upon sanction of the board, is
to do the purchasing.
"Plans have been formulated for
establishing student loan fund for
needy and deserving students of the
Bismarck high school.
"All bonuses of teachers have been
abolished and the time during which
n teacher may be absent while i'll
and draw pay has been reduced from
10 days to ) days.
"On account Of safety, steel cell
ings have been placed in all of the
first story rooms of the Will school.
Rule made prohibiting students
From smoking in and around the
school buildings. The first offense
punished by suspension and the sec
Ond offense by expulsion.
1.-THE thorough renovation of all
old school desks, 700 in number, in
the grade schools.
1.-The purchase of $50 additional
lockers for the use and conven-
fence of the high school students.
THE reduction OF all janitors'
salaries in the grade schools from
$1lO to $50 per month and from $llO
to 500, per month in the high
school
"The building of the Roosevelt
school and completely furnishing the
first story rooms thereof. The bonds
voted for this building sold at a
premium of $4,000.
During the past year debating
has been stressed in the high school
and this past year the high school
debating team met in inter high
school debate and gave good ac-
cunt Of itself.
The Juvenile Band
The cooperation of the board OF
education with the association OF
commerce of Bismarck in the en-
ployment of Prof. Sorlien. Through
such cooperation, there is now live
juvenile band in Bismarck and q
good high school orchestra.
"By recent action of the board
it is expected that about $25,OOC
can be cut from the school budget
for the next school year.
During the past year there have
been 1O7 students in the commercial
epartment, about IS in the domestic
science department and about 60 in
the manual training department.
''The rule has been established
requiring all nonresident grade
and high school scholars attending
Bismarck public schools and living
il Bismarck to live at approved
homes.
"The coach of the high school not
OILY has coached the high school
teams, but he has been the physical
training teacher for the boys in the
high school. The law requires one
physical credit unit out of the six
teen units required to graduate from
the high school.
"Those hereafter taking the COM
inercial course, the domestic
science course and the laboratory
science course will be required ia
pay q fee of SIS per year. The man.
ual training students are required ia
pay for the lumber they use in their
course.
"Whatever the merits or dement's
are Of the manual training and domes.
tic science departments of the high
school, the said departments, OF
either of them, have not been elm
mated from the course. Both OF
said departments are REQUIRED in q
high school in order for such high
school to be an accredited high
school of the Northcentral Colleges
and Secondary Schools Association
md IN order that our graduates may
enter high institutions of learning
without examinations.
u Salaries Of Teachers
ssThe board did not reduce teach
eyas salaries for next year.. Bis
,narek schools rank first class. The
hish school is first class accredit-
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