The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-28
SENATOR MIGRANTS SCHOOL SUPER
VISION BILL

The Times-News has received from Sem
ator Henry L. Ingram Of Randolph county
a COPY of his bill to abolish county boards
of education. and the offices Of county ST.
Derintendents. rural supervisors and at
tendance officers in the one hundred coun-
ties of the State, and the setting up OF
thirty divisions for the administration OF
public school business. Under this system
there would be thirty division boards OF
education and thirty division superintend-
ents of education.
Senator Ingram claims his plan would
reduce the costs of public school admins
tration in the State to the amount of
100000
Under the Ingram plan Division No. 2
of the State for the administration OF
school affairs would be composed of Madl-
son, Haywood, Buncombe, Henderson and
Pennsylvania counties.
The division boards of education would
be nominated and elected in the same man
ner as now prescribed by law for the cleo
ton OF county boards of education; but IN
divisions consisting of five counties the
boards would be composed of five men,
bers, one from each county in the division.
The division superintendent would be
elected by the division boards Of education,
subject to the approval of the State Board
of Equalization, and would hold office for
terms of two years.
The salaries of superintendent, their as
sistants and clerks would vary in the sew
eral districts In district No. the salary
of the superintendent would be $4,000 an
nually, and the salary of his assistant
would be $500 year.
The Ingram bill is revolutionary in its
proposals and probably will meet with
little favor among the people Of the State,
despite the promise of saving Of 100000
in the costs of operating the schools. The
people of Henderson county will probably
not be favorable to system which would
put the management of our public schools
in control of superintendent residing in
Asheville-which is exactly what will
come to pass if this bill is enacted. Similar
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son, Haywood and Pennsylvania.
The Times-News believes that a much
better plan than the Ingram plan for re-
ducing the costs of schools and the ex-
penses of government in North Carolina is
a plan for the consolidation of counties
By reducing the number of counties from
one hundred to around fifty, several mil
lion dollars. can be saved on the costs of
county government, instead of only $780,
000 BY reducing the number of counties
one-half the number of county boards of
education and superintendent would be
reduced almost to the number proposed by
Senator Ingram; and all other public Of
fees would be reduced in like proportion
and many other items of the costs of coun-
ty government would be eliminated.
Under the plan of county consolidation
the supervision of the schools of a consoli-
dated county would still be under the con-
troll and direction of citizen of the coun-
ty. 1t is obvious that when the superinten-
dent serves five counties he cannot be a
citizen of all of them at the same time. Il
is also clear that in district composed oil
five counties, Henderson county would
! have but one member of board of educa
ton composed of five members. Four