Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. e. GUSTAFSON
County Superintendent

Nearly $1,000 in back taxes on State
Rural Credits lands have been re-
ceived and distributed. The morgan
lied district received over $1100 Of
this. Special request to the state
had to be made for this. The follow
ing districts received share of these
taxes: Districts No. 2, 4, 5, IL, 16,
IS, 81, "a. %. 35, SO. 80. AZ, 46, So,
81, (old) 60, 81, II. 80, "a, IS, 81.
SO, 81. 100, 1913, 1O4, 106, III, 1872,
125 and Unorganized District.
Names of all children from the ages
of to Is inclusive, should be on the
census list. October l is the deciding
date. Pupils who become seven years
old after October 1 are counted as six
within the range of compulsory school
attendance. The number of resident
children, ages to Is inclusive, also
determine the amount of net income
tax aid. Pupils of ages 8 to Is inclusive
may be excused from school by the
local school boards for one or more
Of the following reasons:
Having completed the eighth grade;
serious mental or physical deficiency.
In high school districts. local boards
may compel eighth grade graduates
to attend high school until they are
sixteen years of age.
In state graded schools and accred-
tied rural schools, there is a state
rule against pupils entering grade one
unless they are six years old before
the following January 1. In MONACO
credited rural schools, the boards
are urged by the state department to
pass such a rule. There are many
good arguments in favor of children
not starting too young. To protect
teachers from extra burdens, the state
department of education has rule
forbidding children entering grade
one during the mid-year months.
District No. 81 in Pine Lake town
ship, has telephone in the school
house. This school will become
superior-accrciited school this year.
Miss Lucille Meixner is teacher and
Jack Randall is clerk.
About fifteen school districts were
unOfficially represented at recent
Pine County Tax League meeting
which unanimously went on record as
being in favor of lowering the income
tax exemptions, and of increasing the
income tax rates in the higher brack-
cts; against the suggested So head tax
or poll tax; against the county asses
sor plan. This meeting was prompted
by the recent QUESTIONABLE sent out
by the state tax commission.
The Pine County school boards an
nual convention will be held at Pine
City on the last Tuesday in October,
October 20.
State Institute at Hinckley.
Every rural teacher in Pine county
was present at the two days state
institute at Hinckley last week. Miss
Fern Kennedy of the state depart
ment, gave six inspiring talks or dis
cussions. Superintendent Englund Of
Ely, gave a splendid professional talk.
Superintendent Skaaland of Sandstone,
discussed the Junior Red Cross move
ment. Chas. Beckman gave a ten
minute talk on conservation. Elmer
Miller, District No. IS, described his
recent trip to Alaska, and Mrs. Vivian
MISUNDERSTANDING of Sandstone, a
former teacher, exhibited her very
fine copyrighted geography work book.
Many Pine county rural schools will
use this material this year.
We also reviewed the plans and sug-
gestions worked out at the September
group meetings. These plans will
tend to make the procedure in our
Pine county rural schools more uni
form. Two of the very best numbers
on the institute program were two
silent reading demonstrations given
by Miss Fredrickson and her sixth
grade class from the Hinckley school.
The Pine County Health Association
sponsored very nice noon hour
luncheon and program for the teach
ers on the first day of the institute.
We are also glad to report that the
normal training students from the
three high school training depart
ments were present at the institute
both days. Miss Lyford, Miss Cole
and Miss O'Meara are in charge Of
these classes. At the close of the in
stitute the rural teachers organized
their eight county sections by select
ing leaders for the various pupil ac-
Invites contests.