Show policy relative to I 1 room schools misrepresented some misunderstanding of the policy of the state board of education has been the result of reports published in the state papers a month ago stating that the L little it red school house is doomed and that the board had decided against allowing any equalization funds for one and two room schools superintendent A J ashman a member ber of the state board was in salt lake at the time unable to contact him the reaper quoted a brief summary of the articles in the state papers mr ashman explains ex lains however that abolishment of one and two room schools was not adopted as a policy of the state board but that a false impression was g given iven when the question was raised with reference to two small schools in a northern utah district an investigation was made and it was found that accommodations were so poor and attendance so small that the district could not be expected to maintain schools in two places for which schools were asked in both instances it would have been necessary to hold one room schools in private homes under such conditions the state board voted against allowing equalization funds in one place there would have been four children in the other only seven and facilities and accommodations were very poor the state board did not decide against the average one and two room schools |