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Show I? FKEE SCHOOLS AMJ TIITION s CES 5 In another column will be found 1 ft a letter which bu lie-en tent to 0i county superintendents by Jacol P 3 Bortman the Territorial Gommls- fy ' J eioner of District Schools. It will 5 be teen that this una! person carries Vj, J bin littleness right along in every j. 3 capacity in whicii he finds a field to si operate. f He commences hit epistle wiji J carpln; complaints about the school M, J law, coupled with jwtty oljectioni I l hich be does not fortify with proofs '. T or Instances, and which are Just ! 1 about what might be expected from .J a jierou of hli mental calibre i i - One thing he seems ckMrous of J j rmphasliing, w ith the ruroe, no L I doubt, of creating difficulty among P trustees of different school district, !. instead of endeavoring to promote harmony ani unity of purpose for 4 the benefit of the rxlIu and the J cause of education, that is, the ;. csnstruction which he places on the - section of the laft in regard to tuition p , fees. j The law provides cuueeruing the L 2 chool board $ s.ec 43 ICfihall have power load i mit to the schools in tho d:tric, pu 4 pite from other districts, n ben i can be done without injanti0 an 1 orer ; j. crowding snch bchools an 1 shall have power to make regulations for f liieir adzrission and v charge and j collect rtasonablofeesfortheir tuition. -, , Jt shall have jwwer to arrango wuh j sr the board o an a Ijaoent district for J ; a nendiog to such district such pupils as I ' 2 can bo conveniently taught therein, J & when for any causesucbpupilscannot w.i beconvenieullylaagbtin tho district V ' " 'n whicli th9v reside, and for paying ' their tuition. It fahatl alio have Kwcr j? 1 ' to make proper and needful rules for 5 v j ; a the assignment and distribution of K j . 2 t pupil to and among tho schools in fc the di&ictand their transfer from one f I - J1 school 1 1 another " jOj 'r j Isowhearwha the comousstoncr PtH i-I? viye. 'In endeavoring to reach correct in f t lerpre ations of its different sections . and provisions and to reconcile and I harmonize then hole, it is necessary - that there be kep constantly ir eiev i the fac that the law- was iutended to : give ani to establish free schools I Ihroughontthe Territory That is the j firs solid rock on which to build any f interpretation of the carious paits of 1 . the law and we mus. conclude there- f Z fore at the outset that unuVr no cir cumstances can tuition bo rcqu red for st the admission of an child of scbocl J age in the dis.net or ci y whero he or 3 the lives, and uouildcan bo refused admission to, ordisc iminatedaginst, in any di trie: school m the Terri 1 fry" ,j f Thiro is no need to mail, atiy 5 Wf particular eflj-t to liinnouiz-" dif ferLH.J roviMousof thi. law becat'i. a tliey uill barmstnzc tliiiii'elres in j aiilrtdligtut miui uot i,iven to tin. .j fabricalunofimaninar diflicultu-' 'J The only thing osif ofharmjiiy with 9 the law is Jacob ixiremin s m tin jt terpreUtion of one of Us ro isloii", j or rather his die um in direct ojpo- 3 itiou to the law H It is true tho law was framed to 8 establish free hdiools iu this Ter-I m tory Hut it contains some IiiniU i , tions and reriction Aslotnewis , ! dom or necessity for ail of tilt in w e j will litre ay nothing Tin. que-, K tion is what is the law The com ' " ininsioner sajs, ' no ciiild can be i, refused admission to tr dkerimin I atd agaln't, in au Iitrkt school " s of the Ternto-y " The law ta ttliat Meliools rau-t not be ove'erowd ed, and in order to revent children I from one di-tnct crowding into the chool or i-ihools of anothe- district, the seiiool board may char0e reason ab'e fics for tlie tuition rf f.uch children. Tiierefore children may, under given cireum-tance, Ih. 4 refused re-fused aJniiv,io;i to sjuie 'ilitttict scliools of the Territory " 9 Mr Uoremau was so given to i making law w hen on the bench that he mint need" try his hand at the same business n hen ac'ing as an executive officer We advi o our friends to stick clot to the law and joy no attention to the commis loner when he tta'es any thing contnry to jr the law I A little reflection will show that J there mu.t ls3 some rotrlction in thi matter, or there w ill be cau-s of almost desertion of one school to the overflowing of another inou causes miL,ht contribute to this re j suit, such as tho popularity of some pinlcular teacher or thestrictne?3 of anoth-r; thu desire of the children to attend the same scl ool as their intimate friend-, tne dipo ltion to 3 change in some parents as well as i me children, and o'lur reasons or 4 excu-$ r Iftlietru-teco will real carefully ithe section of the law we ban juotei above, they will understand Its requirements and ee the reasons t why they were made. uJ tniv will also perceive that these are not out of harmony with the general intent and scojv of a free s hool law Nor would there be any necessity for raving thi or ' directing special attention to tlit section, liad it not oeen for the Id i sinuations and lmj -oper assertions f , of the school uoiuniUsKimr J When clnllren lielongins to a a given school district seek admisIon 4 to tlie school of another district, If 1 their ircsence would cau'e rtr crowding or be otherwise injurious. j, they may be and ought to be denied J , admission nd to irev ct the. evilsthefaicsais the tru-tees msi charge reasnnalle tuition fees for such children W hat the csznm!- ? sioner says to the contrary dot no S, count. g VIsj the truste&s of n distre wherein there are several sehooN may make arrangement fo- tl proper distribution of tie jujilh ani their regulations can an - should bo eu'orced uo'wlthstand lng what the commisfioner savs on ' tills milter Trustees or one di-trict may f charge tuition fees for the children 7 or another district who come to their schools, ani the trustees ol districts where it is necessary thrt 1 some of tlie children houId go to the schools of an .ther district ma make arrangements for the payment or such fees All this is nscessiry for the protection pro-tection of teachers who m'ght otherwise be imposed upon, and of rthe schools thit might be over crowded and spoiled v- herein the commissione- keeps within the lines of the law his in tructloDj shouli l promptii and filly carried out Wherein he lain lygoes agtlcst the law and snar's and finds fault, he should be quietly quiet-ly Ignored |
