Show STATE SCHOOL SUPT OH the salma call prints the following letter from state bupt supt of public instruction nelson your latter relative to the consoli dation of county school is re in reply I 1 will say that where the chool districts af a county have been consol dated good results hiva h iva fol lowed the inauguration of this tern of school administration 13 very re cent in this tate four counties have introduced the system the chool of bleers and teachers are well satisfied As a rule a thorough understanding of the question means its adoption under consol dation the tai levy in the county is all schools share alike in the taxes arising from corporate property the salaries of the teachers are placed upon the more definite and ea unable basis the length of the school year is made uniform throughout the bounty better teachers are em plowed the attendance and enrollment have been increased materially I 1 fully convinced that it would be addan fagious not only for sevier county but also for nearly every county in the state to consolidate its school districts as pro vided for by law twenty three of the states of the un ion ha e adopted the plan of consoli oat in school d bat a slightly different method from that in vogue in this state 35 districts have been reduced to the purpose of con soli dation in other states is to have larger and stronger schools and to transport the pupils where necessary while here the effort is to increase the administrative efficiency of the school system virginia and louisiana are endeavoring to introduce the same system of consolidation that utah has |