Show Millard County Schools Make Good food Progress T r Supt Farnsworth Reports Gains In All AU Departments Outlines Plans For Coming C. C Year The following excerpts from the annual report of County S Superintendent Superintendent B B. B K Farnsworth shows the Millard County schools to be In excellent excellent ex ex- condition A healthy growth Is shown in all departments especially especially especially ally in the high schools The report shows Delta to to have the largest school population with a total for grade and high school of The smallest school Is at Clear Lake with a a. population of 9 D. The Tho school year which Is now closed has been successful to a L high degree The Board o of Education has been a unit In its support of every worthwhile activity undertaken There has been a delightful freedom from factionalism Each Board member has shown a keen interest in the District as a whole which has been productive of excellent co co- co operation The principals teachers and supervisor have graciously graciously grac grac- I 10 and have worked f assiduously to adapt the schools to the children and to promote a high standard of achievement on the part of each pu pu- pu- pu pil The pupils too have manifest I commendable zeal In achieving high i Standards of school work and in inin inin inin in earnest application to school jact- jact activities act act- I The patrons with hardly an an n exception have manifested a fine spirit of cooperation and interest in school work Special attention Is 13 directed to the thelast thelast thelast last two school years The school population was exactly th the same 1 in iii 1 both years 25 1924 was a good goodyear goodyear goodyear year with a f fair ir rate of progress as measured by the previous years yeaN and by the state as a whole but bur we have been able to Improve somewhat over it With exactly the same number to draw from we increased our enrollment enrollment en en- 5 per cent o our r promotions per cent and our average daily lIany attendance 37 per cent It Is interesting to to note that when we get nearly per cent in school who should be in our problems arc are greatly great increased cur our per cent of average daily dally attendance is always diminished and our per cent of or promotions pro- pro J motions based on our enrollment al always always always al- al ways drops Another interesting r note noto Is that wo we have more enrolled t 0 than we have on our census roll This a Is accounted for by the Tact fact that we 4 have an increasingly large number over eighteen year ear o or age who are coming in to finish school work 26 1925 shows an increase in the four upper grades of 21 per cent in enrollment over the previous years although the tho number on the census C roll Is la the same s The table following shows the name of or the school the number of teachers the tho total enrollment the average daily dally attendance the aver average ego age number of or pupils to a teacher based on the enrollment and the n number urn ber of promotions O f I Ii fi q b v w Q 1 I I 0 If 1 o 0 w m CD a f S a a 3 I 1 0 05 t 5 o t 3 u i w C. C a ai O 0 4 4 z Z c i- i iw w w H c. c e E- E toJ Ey E- E y 12 33 i Meadow 4 89 j 25 97 5 j 35 1 15 14 15 lEi 15 Holden Holdan 5 27 1 10 o I 4 Oak City Olty 3 86 85 80 28 35 4 2 27 Lynndyl 4 82 82 28 82 Delta 12 39 1 p. p C. C Nelson fj 5 tOG 30 7 37 Sunflower 1 16 7 16 9 Sugarville Su arville 2 61 46 30 43 Abraham 2 78 58 39 69 Sutherland 4 30 Garrison 1 27 S 18 18 27 16 Gandy G 1 15 15 11 15 10 Flowell 2 49 32 24 38 1 18 15 18 16 Greenwood 2 49 29 24 29 1 McCornick 2 58 58 51 29 52 Clear Lake Lale 1 9 8 9 8 8 Black Dlack Rock 1 16 IG 11 16 16 8 Woodrow 2 70 49 35 35 64 Hinckley II H. 9 23 Delta High 12 34 Fillmore H H. 7 29 S Except Grade Our avera average e daily dally attendance is much lower than it should be fret iet in every ever school we have several sever sever- al pupils who have not missed a day during the year Kan Kanosh sh le leads ds the district in this respect having had 29 who were neither tardy nor absent absent absent ab ab- ab- ab sent for the year In the district we have who are are reported as having perfect records Principals nut and Teachers During the past year we havo have employed employed employed em em- teach teachers rg assigned as follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows One primary supervisor three enior color high school principals 3 junior jun jun- lor for high school principals 18 grammar grammar grammar gram gram- mar grade principals and 96 teachers teach teach- ers The work of this group of people people peo peo- has in general been of high order They have been eager to help pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant in their relations with others highly satisfactory except in two or r three cases Shortly after school rC the Commenced principal of the A. A C. C Nelson had difficulty with his teach teachers eN It was a trivial matter at atthe I the beginning but it was continually magnified until it became a 30 community community community com com- affair It became necessary to remove the principal and to re replace replace ro- ro place the teachers into various other positions Next years ears we shall employ teachers unless the increase in high school enrollment necessitates adding adding add add- ing lug another one or two This decrease decrease decrease de de- de- de crease in the number of teachers Is the result of consolidating 2 two- two teacher schools and 3 teacher one-teacher schools Almost every principal and teacher teacher for beginners are holdovers In In the matter of compulsory at attendance attendance at- at next year the following procedure will be carried out Wo We will give each teacher a list of students students stu stu- dents who should be in their schools We shall issue notices in both local papers stating time of opening school and am registration da day Children who must be out for fall work will be given written permits signed by principal principal principal prin prin- cipal which shall be returned at a n. certain specified time which will be written on their permit and on their registration card l If parents cooperate coop coop- crate erate with us us no attendance officer is necessary If they do not we shall only apply whatever force Is necessary necessary sary to execute the tho law Our policy will bo lie to co place the principal more definitely at the head of or his own school The supervisor and superintendent will at all present themselves to him for suggestions sug sug- and for his assistance when visiting his school rho Tho Primary f Su Supervisor r will enter hid hi hl building and conduct herself as his his assistant to help where help is Ig n needed ded In our supervisory work we have havo particularly stressed 1 Health 2 Attendance 3 Mastery of the fundamentals fundamentals fun run with special emphases on reading In nl l v polling Same Sarno atton- atton I tion has b boon on gt UH to Character i Formation and to lo Study 4 Wo have tried to emphasize emphasise to the teachers that the child la ts the center of f tho the whole whale school chool problem th the worn work should be adapted to him am anti ami i taught in E such Elch a aay W way ay that ho he assimilated assim- assim lintel it tm and the stage st ro should J. be ba set bet that he ho can meet with some samo t.- t. De Ie Degree gree of at success daily Next we will stress mu much h th the same sarno subjects but will lay special emphases on Language and Nature work One of or the greatest problems growing out of consolidation is that of or Transportation Last year we had hada a flat rate of for every child living beyond the 2 mile mile limit We spent approximately This year children will be paid according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the distance they live from J school and the kind of road over which they travel a mile a da day dayon dayon on the State Highways and a mile mUe on all other roads placing the maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum for any day at or GOO a amo mo month th to any one child Where this amount was insufficient to defray cost coat of transportation the parents paid whatever else was necessary This varied from nothing to 50 00 per por child for the school term You also hired one truth truck at a flat monthly month month- ly Iy rate to gather all children living on South Track This has been a i most favorable year for transportation tion and on the whole the system has boen been adopted adopted for next year The following plan has been adopted adopted adopted ted for next year ear 1 For those who can be trans trans- transported transported ported in buses the Board Doard takes over entire burden of of transportation and hire the truck on a flat monthly rate rat just aa s rJ you OU do teachers 2 For those who are arc too isolated ed to be economically transported in trucks the School Board will pay a aper aper aper per pupil mileage rate of on state roads and on all other roads for Cor days actually spent In fn school 3 For those living too far to be transported will be allowed the maximum maximum maximum max max- of GOO a month montu or 01 a day for days actually spent In In- school t to I holp help defray the tho expense of renting I near school A graph in tho the office indicated eye ee effects ranging from 5 per cent to 65 per cent in different schools There is reported about I 5 per cent I eye oye defects in First grade It in increases increases in- in In-I In creases almost regularly to 40 per percent percent percent cent in the Fourth grade grado Then there thero is a falling off orr Wo Vo have havo not gone gone far enough to know why Whether defects are corrected or 01 those with defective eyes oyes are weeded weed weed- ed od out of school We shall IShall study this further this year High h Schools As shown above the enrollment I for the tho high schools has Increased remarkably In n 20 1919 we had 1351 I reported In tho the four upper grades This year we have havo distributed as follows Delta High School r Fillmore High Ilish School High School Holden Ninth Grade 18 Kanosh Ninth Grade 15 Scipio Ninth Grade The rho regularity of attendance haw t also improved roved This year wo we wonted sr li from franl high school 60 GO from schools as follows Delta High School 28 I Fillmore High School IS 18 Hinckley High School 14 I I I The three schools are on the the- accredited accredited accredited ac ac- ac- ac credited list of or state high schools I and C follow the the general plan of all such juch hi high h schools h 3 year each school pre presented avery a avery a avery I very creditable opera two or three school plays entered into debates within the school and between between scho schools ls and also into athletics ath ath- except that the tho Fillmore I school has not yet attempted foot foot- foot I ball The two West Vest Millard l schools published year rear books We Ve are arc attempting to associate clate 1 the Junior High Schools with the II Senior High Schools School wherever it is possible to the tho end that the same I course of study and activities might be had uniform in all grades This will eliminate difficulties in the upper grades grades and also give the Junior junior junior Jun jun- high students as near as possible the same opportunities as high school students have During this year was spent on buildings Meadow and Sutherland each got a new roomed 4 brick school steam heated and modern modem modern mod mod- ern em 11 in every re respect A new shop was added to tho the Fillmore High School The old elementary school at Fillmore FUlmore was modernized Heating Heating Heating Heat Heat- ing plants were Installed at Kanosh and Scipio A new boiler was installed install install- od ed at Delta elementary and the Delta Delta Delta Del Del- ta High School was enlarged Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- ham Woodrow and Sugarville will soon Boon be needing new buildings and andI Hinckley High School needs noeda a new now Gymnasium It If we could maintain a 3 mill building ta tax for tor a few tew ye years rs wo we would bo ho splendidly built bunt up and free tree from tram debt Aside building tho the houses we need to beautify tho the grounds Tho The work has haa already begun Our three high schools arc doing daina mag p g The same flame sort of at work can advantageously 11 carried on QI in inthe inthe the elementary schools A few fow flowers now flow ers shrubs and climbing vines vinos would add acid Jel much beauty to our building and nd grounds i and instill a n wholesome wholesome whole whole- some soma respect among tho students for tor public property |