The Republican., 1924-11-06

superintendent additional ftOrmS for
that purpose.
The original sheets are to be sent
to the County Superintendent of the
county in which the family resides
and will be the basis for a special file
OF family records kept alphabetically
by locality by the attendance officer.
He will use the sheets during his Wis
its and keep them up to date. He
will transfer a sheet to a different
locality if family moves within the
county and send the sheet to the re-
spective superintendent if a family
moves to another county.
The family census blanks will be
kept and used by the attendance Off
Ger in his daily work. In this way
he can keep them up to date. They
will also be available for the use of
teachers at the next biennial census,
making it necessary to enter only the
names of additional young children
and to cross off those who are over
age. If this census is carefully and
accurately taken the work of the fu-
ture will be correspondingly easier.
2. Summary Forms.
Summary forms are enclosed on
which the data from separate locah-
ties or from each enumerator may be
tabulated by the principal. The sum
of those attending public school, nom
public school and no school should
equal the total number of children in
the territory enumerated of ages un-
der 19. The number of children at
tending no school is segregated fur
ther 20 show the number who are not
defective, who are not employed and
employed, and the number who are
defective. The blank provides on the
back for listing information regard
ing all those of ages Z to Is, inclu-
slve, who are not attending any
school and also regarding those under
Z who are defective physically or
mentally.
). No Children in School Blank.
The pupils in school should be ask
ed to give the names of neighbors
who have children under 10 years of
age not attending school. All names
and addresses Of families whose chill
dren are not IN public or non-public
school together with any additional
pertinent information available
should be collected on the sheet with
the heading: Families having chill
dfen, none Of whom attends school,"
These sheets should be sent along
with your completed census, tabula-
ton, etc, to the County Superinten-
dent, who will deliver them to the at
tendance officer who will visit the
homes of these families as soon as
nESSIhla fAy, ba :
you IN having them attend the school
II the same IS necessary or advisable.
6. Age-key.
The age Of children as of Septem-
ber /, 1924, taken as Of the nearest
birthday should be used. A key for
calculating the ages of children on
September /, 1924, is enclosed. The
census is to include all children under
I9 years of age, including children
who are. away at school or employed
in Maryland CT other States.
General Instructions
According TO instructions from the
County uperintendent, the various
adjoining principals shall divide the
territory surrounding his school for
enumeration purposes. The principal
of each school is thus assigned a dis
trlct with exact boundaries. The
boundary given to any two principals
shall not overlap yet include all the
surrounding territory.
The taking of the census within the
boundaries as previously determined
upon among adjoining principals shall
be under the direction of the principal
of the public school. The principal is
TO divide the territory assigned among
his teachers and himself, including
high school teachers.
In a school in which more than one
child from the same family is taught
by different teachers, the principal
shall see that the teacher having the
oldest member of the family in her
class secures the necessary informa-
ton about the family to be placed on
Census Form l. In case the informa-
ton should be duplicated by several
members of the same family the prin-
clpal should eliminate the duplicate
blanks before sending the forms to
the superintendent. Census Form l
should be submitted to the parents for
their approval and to obtain their sig
nature. The presence of the enumera-
tor as witness when the signature is
given is desirable. The signatures of
many parents might be secured on a
parents day or at meeting of the
parent-teacher association.
Great care must be exercised to see
that each family reports it's members
only once in order to avoid dupli-
catlon-h but 1t is essential that every
family having children under 19 be
included.
If the roads are likely to be in good
condition, the first week in November
would be good time. The 100-day
pupils are required to be in school at
tendance at that time. The atten-
dance officer will then have informa-
tion early in the year on children who
should be in school who have not en-
tered.
In order that children attending
non-public schools may be enumer-
ated, the county superintendent is de-
livering to principals of such nom
public schools instructions and blanks
similar to those furnished principals
of the public schools for the purpose
of their assisting the principals of the
nearby public schools in making the
correct summary Census Form p
avoiding duplicates, omissions, school
attended etc atc