Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
the high school"

3 | schools for small children but think
} we should take advantage of this
opportunity of joining with Milford
, school, as 1 think that all will dc
t this sooner or later.
District 117-Cedar Grove
Mr.. Webb-"We have good build
ing, good teacher and are satisfied. -
Mr.. Sharp-"Most of our children
are small. The parents are satisfied
to have children go to the rural
school for the first six grades. I
think the children in the grades are
just as far advanced as those in
graded schools"
Following this expression by the
rural people, DR.. Walter L. Grier in
comparing the advantages of the
graded schools with the one-room
school, said:
Has everybody here connected
with the rural schools considered
the advantages of the graded
schools? In a one-rOom school all
ages and all grades are under the
supervision and instruction of one
teacher. In our graded schools each
teacher has but one grade. Children
from the ages of six years on
through the six grades, can not be
given the attention of the teacher of
the one-room, as can those in
graded with but one grade. In decid-
| ing the question of consolidation,
that is one thing to be considered.
It is the privilege of the little
tots to go where you would want
them, but they are safe in the con-
solidated school. Their lunch could
be eaten in a heated building, prop
erlv ventilated and under the super
vision of a teacher. If you did not
wish them to leave the school ana
go into town, the teacher under
whose care they are during the noon
hour. could see that they did not
leave the grounds.
DR.. Grier asked if a district does
not consolidate, what will such dis
trict do with their pupils at the end
Of the sixth grade? 1t is not fair
for Milford to help put up a new
building, and then let the schools
that would not consolidate come in,
without paying their part OF the new
building? Why should Milford ana
some of the rural districts pay for
a new building, and then when the
children of districts that did not
consolidate, have finished the sixth
grade be brought into Milford?
DR.. Holloway: (Replying to Dr.
Grier,s question and explaining bus
schedules):
By the 1921 School Law these pu-
pills must be taken in.
We try to arrange the bus routes,
so that a pupil will be nearer to the
bus than they are to their school.
The limit for children in the sixth
grade, is 2 miles, and above the
sixth, it is 8 miles.
Superintendent John Shilling just .
before the close of the dinner was
introduced and said: :
You people, right here, have learn
ed and have had impressed upon !
YOU. that the whole situation is IN
the hands of the voters as TO what :
is going to happen here.
You have at your mercy the MIL Z
lord Board of Education and the MIL :
ord School System. Why? Because
nothing can happen here unless
here is a consolidation, because the 4
State Board of Education's policy Is
o nut the money from the Building !
Program where it will serve DoCh
country and town.
Milford has been doing for you
md your children for long time by :
accepting your children above the
;ixth grade and some below, in
building that you did not help build.
Milford has been doing that at !.
,erv serious inconvenience. III
,upils from your districts are now
n Milford School. In order to ac-
.ommodate all of the pupils the Mil
ord Board of Education rents three
ooms which is about the amount OF
pace equal in number to the chill
Iren of your area. What WOULD
lappen if Milford refused to rent
ooms and refused to accept your
hiIdren? On the other hand, Mil q
ord has gone ahead and done that
hing for the good of the children
There is no cause for an argu-
nent about sending young children
n A consolidated school on a bus. q
Experience has shown that when
,eople once begin you can not get
hem out of it. We are proud to
av that there has not been but one
ccident since transportation of pu-
ills was begun, and the only per-
on hurt was a teacher.
We are able to produce figures
hat show that the children who q
ONE into the town schools from
he schools of six grades are not
repared equal to the children who
ave gone through the grades in q
schools. In one case
mil had to be placed three grades
Glow the promotion given him IN
he rural school. Once in while
on find an outstanding pupil in the
ural school.
You have a debt which you owe to e
ne Milford schools, to your children
nd to the voters of your area, and
nat is to give them an opportunity 6
} see whether they wish to particl-
ate in this movement Nothing can
egin unless the people who are
Gated around this table begin it.
You can start now and in five or
TX weeks can produce a decision
-hich will show the Milford people S
hat is going to come about. 2
Here is the beginning of some
hing which is to show what is go
lg to be, and nothing can happen >
Mess the voters vote to CONSOLE
ate. A majority in each district s
lust vote for consolidation. Action q
hould come now by an agreement
pom date.