Show duchesne county school district employed seventy JL nine teachers for year of 1926 27 the following tabulations and observations ions furnished by superintendent W A paxton made from the annual statistical report of the superintendent ot of the duchesne school district should be interesting and of value to the patrons of the district it will be observed Ned that the school district employed seventy nine teachers to care for its total enrolled school population of 2687 2587 pupils this figures an average teaching load of 32 pupils for each teacher which Is consia considered erea an average throughout the county due to the ep epidemic other illness bad roads and the carelessness ot of a few patrons the actual number of 0 children in dally daily attendance was waa reduced to or a difference of some pupils this reduces ane actual leaching load to an average of pupils per day it if the district could assemble all its absentees into one center and by allotting 02 pupils to the teacher it could dispense with the services of 18 teachers or it coul could d close I 1 schools the size of roose roosevelt el so far as numbers are concerned this situation presents a definite challenge to the board of education the patrons the tax payer the district cannot consistently employ teachers tor for fewer than thirty pupils except in one teacher schools it if it does it increases its per capita teaching cost much beyond its ability to pay this challenge should interest those communities w hwe teaching load through actual dally daily attendance is fewer than thirty pupils per teacher something must be done this situation cannot continue several districts of the state boast of an attendance record of better than 90 per cent and few schools average 96 per cent to 88 98 per cent duchesne has a single one teacher school that approximates 90 per cent this clearly resolves itself into the proposition that the district will have to reduce its teaching farce to be in keeping with its actual attend attendance of children communities that wish to maintain their present teaching force will be obliged to show good faith by keeping the children in school sickness and bad roads are usually considered the only valid excuses we have tor for absence all others should be seriously questioned DUCHESNE COUNTY EMPLOYED 79 TEACHERS IN 1926 27 continued front from page one patrons are urged to study the report and compare th their air own school with others of like stze size teachers cannot remedy the situation parents can few items from the sup superintendents statie statistical report tor for 1926 and 1927 school no of enrolled av dally daily per cent of pupils per perno no ot of days teachers attendance attendance teacher taught altonah alzonah 4 doneta boneta 6 1411 basin 2 64 68 2170 1535 bluebell 3 84 78 2185 cedarview Ced arview 2 1 47 1956 ducheine Du chesno 9 Fruit froitland fruitland land 1 33 2573 78 79 2573 1105 1405 1 Farm Farmer creek eek 1 22 1768 1768 highland 1 41 hanna 1 29 2594 2594 hayden 1 21 1643 1643 loka 3 99 2746 mt bit home 3 95 2130 1495 mt alt eans 3 77 2037 myton 5 2844 Alon monarch arch 2 51 4 27 9 2139 neola 4 roosevelt grades ag 16 1 6 9 1535 II if school gaddes 10 1535 1635 talmage 3 77 6 ga 3 22 2211 i 1395 tabiona fabiona 3 91 2825 upalco 1 3 88 74 1555 toia total 1 average 79 2587 2 1515 |