Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-31
COUNTY SCHOOLS
HAVE RULES
superintendent Makes Public the Re-
quirements-Must Accord

Observation-Disclosures ACCORD
Under recent regulations of til
e State Board of Education, 1t is no
e possible to extend the term in ce
. tain rural schools from seven to min
months, providing certain minimum
) requirements in regard to the built
ing, grounds. instruction of the pr
pills, the preparation and salary q
, the teacher. be met.
1. Building and Equipment.
The building shall conform to tn
State plans as to minimum REQUIRE
. ments. Each school room shall pro
vide Is square feet of floor spac
and 200 cubic feet of air space TO
each pupil, based on a minimum O
S5 pupils. The lighting shall be p
per cent of the floor area. TIL,
lights shall be arranged to fall from
the rear and left or from the lef
alone. and the ceiling shall be /:
/ feet high.
The heating and ventilation shall
meet the requirements of the law. II
the simplest type of building, the
Jacketed stove with fresh air due
constitutes the minimum REQUIRE
ment. The protected fire place, as
provided in the new type of build
ing, adequately meets the ventilation
requirement for rural schools. In
all buildings proper escapes for foul
air must be provided.
The building shall present a rea.
sonably neat appearance. and must
be kept clean and sanitary.
At least two sanitaries must be
provided for each school building
The simplest type which will meet
the minimum requirement is the fly.
proof pit privy. Sanitary require
ments ust be studiously observed in
order to secure the special fund.
A water-cooler with individual
drinking cups, or with sanitary
fountain attachment, must be pro-
vided
The school yard should consist of
not less than two acres of ground,
properly drained and furnishing suf-
ficient space for Fairgrounds.
Each school room should be pro-
vided with at least 40 lineal feet of
blackboards, with one or two refer
ence maps for the study Of geogra-
ply and history, and shall be fur
nished with acceptable school furni-
ture.
2. instruction.
The provision for instruction in
any school which may be accepted
as standard must be such as to give
reasonable guarantee of intelligent
and thorough teaching. In no cir
cumstances will school be consid-
cred as standard IL taught by a teach
er holding less than first-grade GER
tificate.
The daily schedule shall make
ample provision, first of all for the
first five grades. By ample provision
is meant daily schedule which will
give the beginners and those pupils
in the second, third and fourth
grades an opportunity for a recita-
ton period in each subject every day
The State nf g&r
elementary grades must be follow
ed. A reasonable grouping of classes
should be made in order to reduce
the number of separate recitations
Emphasis ought to be put on the
study period and on teaching pupils
how to study, rather than altogether
upon the period of recitation.
In addition to the sum received
from regular State sources, special
appropriations will be made as fol
lows:
! To each standard one-room school
$4,000; to each standard two-roon
school, s225.O0; to each standard ru
raj school of three or more rooms
$4,000.
! Owing to the fact that the funt
4 is limited, no county can receiv,
more than s6.OO0.00 in special ap
preparations to standard rural ele
mentary schools. II. however, Their,
be surplus in the elementary schoo
fund after all standard schools hav,
been provided for. such surplus will
be distributed on the basis of numbe
of elementary teachers.
The problem of permitting ad
vanced work to be attempted in tn
small rural school is a persisten
one. The policy of the Department
of Education is not to discourage tn
development of high school work
but to protect as far as possible tn
elementary grades. 1t is clearly
: waste of time to teach advance
grades in small school, If in orde
to do SO the time and attention mus
be taken from the elementary grade.
The main problem is to give ever
boy and girl certain amount of abb
by to think. not to push them throug
certain number of school grades
| There is definite amount of trair
ing which ought to be given in eac
grade. and a specified time for TIL
training is required. II the time b
reduced, part of the training mu,
be sacrificed or postponed to the su,
ceeding grade. The result is. pup