The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-08-24
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Schools OF County To Reopen
Thursday, September 9

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regular session on Tuesday, August
18th. Those present were Mrs.
Eleanor J. Moore, President; Fred
Lewis, vice-President and ]. =.
Crothers.
The minutes Of the regular meet
ing of July 10th and special meeting
of July 26th were read and approx
ed.
The County superintendent re-
ported that the Architects were
drawing up tentative drafts for the
school building at Perryville.
A delegation from the Calvert
High School then appeared present.
ing the names OF 81 bona fide stu
dents and asking that teacher be
appointed for that school, The
Board agreed to place teacher at
Calvert only till the attendance at
the Calvert High School dropped be-
low the number for the third teach
er and that when this attendance
was decreased the third teacher
should be dropped and the school
continued as a two-teacher, four
year high school.
The Board passed the following
resolution: Resolved, that the jan
itors for the high schools in Cecil
County shall-be selected by, control
led by, and responsible to the prin-
cipals of the respective high schools.
In view of the recent articles ap-
pearing in one Of the local papers,
the following resolutions were pas
sed and ordered published in several
papers of the county, as part OF the
minutes Of the Board of Education:
q In the issues Of the Cecil whig
under dates of August 4, 1928, and
Aug. IL, 1928, appear letters from
North East Taxpayers. In these
letters are several statements by
those anonymous authors which the
Board of Education cannot let pass
unnoticed.
AS an attempt to belittle the.
Board and to unjustly attack Its
superintendent, who is it's executive
officer, secretary and bonded treasur-
er, the Board of Education most en-
ergetically resents statement that
county superintendent, Ruhl, lis the
whole School Board, and that the
three members of the Board are but
fgure heads" It further resents
the statement that 1.-The county
schools are not being governed by
three School Board Members from
the three Commissioner Districts.
but by one man, ETC."
Under Article II, Section s, OF the
Public School Code of Maryland,
members of the County Board Of
Education of Cecil County shall be
appointed from the citizens of the
County, by the Governor, for term
Of six years." School Board Mem
bers are representatives of the
County, therefore, and not OF COM
missioner Districts.
Then, too, under Section AZ Of the
same Article, the Board OF Educa-
lion expects the county superintend-
emit ito attend all meetings Of the
Board and of its committees" and,
hat, for the benefit of the Board
and in order that it may intelligently
act, he shall have the right to adj
wise ON any question under consid-
grafton, but shall have no right to
vote" 1t, furthermore, expects to
exercise its right to vote and to act
in accord with section 43 OF same
Act which reads, subject to this
Article and to the bylaws, and the
policies of the State Board OF Edu-
cation, the County Board Of Educa-
ion shall determine, with and on
the advice of the County Superin-
tendent of Schools, the education
policies of the county and shall pre-.
scribe rules and regulations for the
conduct and management OF the
schools"
1t certainly should be clear from
he above that the Board OF Educa-
zion of Cecil County is alone the de-
Gliding power of the policies and the
body which enacts the rules and reg
ulations for the conduct and man
agement of the schools; and that the
county superintendent, who has no
,ote, is but exercising his legitimate
function in advising and in present
ng facts to the Board for It's consid-
Grafton in determining what action
take; and in carrying out its. pol.
icies.
1t further resents the implication
that the records of the Board OF
Education of Cecil County are hid
den. These records are public and
like those of any public office and
open to the inspection OF any one
asking for them.
It's books. like those of the other
public public Offices Of the State, are
auditad yaarIv nv certified public &C