* 2861 !8 122 py 1 . STATE OF IOWA 19 2 2 Iowa's Consolidated Schools By George A. Brown Consolidated School Inspector Issued by the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Des Moines, Iowa P. E. McCLENAHAN Superintendent Published by THE STATE OF IOWA Des Moines HOW TO PROCEED A community desiring to establish consolidated schools should seek the advice and counsel of the county superintend- ent, who will furnish information for the correct procedure. The procedure is somewhat complicated and great care should be exercised in following out the legal requirements. Many schools have suffered embarrassment through long, drawn-out court action to establish their legality. When the vote for a consolidated school has carried, the organization of the school is completed by the election and the organization of a board of directors. Five school directors will be elected and if the district in- cludes a city or town a treasurer should be elected. (Section 2754) STATE OF IOWA 19 2 2 Iowa's Consolidated Schools By George A. Brown Consolidated School Inspector New Buildings Erected since January 1, 1920, and Suggestions for Meeting Legal Conditions for Receiving State Aid Published by THE STATE OF IOWA Des Moines INTRODUCTION This bulletin gives the latest information in picture and story of the most important and far reaching educational movement that the state has seen in a quarter of a century. Within the last three years the number of consolidated schools in Iowa has been doubled. Today we have 439 consolidated schools which enroll 68,619 pupils and daily transport 34,743. These schools have been of untold educational value to the country school children of Iowa. The course of study has been enriched by the introduction of agriculture, manual training and home making, resulting in an educational revival in the communities where this great work has been in progress. Seventy-one of the school buildings in consolidated dis- tricts are situated in the open country outside of any town or village. Many of these districts have provided modern homes for the teachers where they may live comfortably and enjoy some of the blessings of rural life. These schools have had a wholesome effect upon com- munity life as a whole in enabling the pupils and parents to develop a broader human interest and enjoy a richer ex- perience. The movement is yet in its infancy and greater good will come from it in the future. P. E. McCLENAHAN, Superintendent of Public Instruction. June 28, 1922 LISKAnY OF GO*.- -•? RECEIVED SEP 801922 OOOUWI£NTS DIVISION FOREWORD The marvelous growth and development of the consoli- dated school movement in Iowa in the two-year period ending- July 1, 1921, has occasioned much comment from the press and the platform. Much of this comment has been inaccurate, and sometimes visionary. This bulletin is official and, it is hoped, an available source of reliable information for all inter- ested in the continued growth of the movement. There were 439 consolidated school districts January 1, 1922. All had elected school boards as provided by law, and 380 had centralized their schools and were transporting all pupils living in the country. The remaining 59 did not have sufficient housing facilities. Twenty-one of these will have new buildings completed by September, 1922. The status of the remainder is somewhat uncertain. A number of districts have been tied up in court action, while others have failed to secure favorable action. The sudden fall in prices of farm products produced a re- action in many communities and the rapid developement of the movement has been checked. However, the two-year period just ending added 200 new consolidated school districts. Much work has been necessary in the way of counsel and advice with the new schools during the past year. The oppo- sition, although a minority, was many times a bitter one, and the board of directors, unaccustomed to the new situation, hesi- tated until some one from the office of the State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction could come and instruct them as to their plan of procedure. With only one worker in the field, many boards could not be visited, and no doubt some dis- tricts will drift into dissolution as a result. The pioneers in the consolidated school movement in Iowa planned wisely and the first law provided that no school dis- trict could be formed with less than sixteen government sec- tions of land. Today this is not sufficient to accomplish the purpose originally intended, which was to put a four-year high school within the reach of every boy and girl in the state of Iowa. Twenty-four sections is about the least area that can give a property valuation sufficient to keep taxes from becom- ing burdensome if a full high school course is to be maintained. The outstanding problem is the transportation of the pupils from their homes to the school. During the school year 1920-1921 more than 34,000 girls and boys were transported to school, while the grand total enrolled in consolidated schools of the state reached 60,000. Thus almost 30,000 children liv- ing in the smaller towns of the state have been benefited as well as the children of the farmer. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AID The providing of state aid undoubtedly contributed to the development and maintaining of good schools. The amount should be much larger and it is hoped that a united front on the part of consolidated schools will be presented in this con- nection. The law is quite specific in certain requirements in order that the school may receive state aid. In addition to the legal requirements there are certain standards set by the Depart- ment of Public Instruction. The legal requirements and stan- dards for approval are: 1. Organization under Sec. 2794-a-a, as amended by the Thirty- Ninth G. A., Oh. 175. 2. Suitable grounds. 3. Suitable building meeting requirements as explained hereafter. 4. Suitable transportation at public expense. 5. Laboratories and equipment for teaching Agriculture, Home Economics and Manual Training. 6. Such subjects taught each year. 7. Agriculture Experimental plot. 8. Teachers certificated to teach above subjects. 9. Grade teachers meeting all qualifications. 10. All the foregoing, subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. All pictures in this bulletin are of buildings that have been erected in the last two years. w a j-"3 SCHOOL GROUNDS The legal requirement does not place a minimum acreage for the school grounds. For a number of years, however, the State Department has required all schools receiving state aid to provide a five-acre site. Of the 263 schools receiving state aid this last year practically all of them have met the require- ment of five acres. A few schools organized in the early years of consolidation have only four acres as that was the original requirement, but nearly all have purchased the additional acre. The consolidated school of Harris, in Osceola county, now owns thirteen acres and all of this acreage is found to be very useful. Whenever a consolidation has been organized, if the school is looking forward to state aid, it should get in touch with the State Department immediately that a representative may be sent and a suitable site approved. If a suitable building has not already been provided this site should be chosen for the time when the new building will be built. The consolidated school is to become the community center. As such, community picnics and all kinds of commun- ity gatherings will be held in the school building and on the school grounds. In the case of school activities only, there must be ample ground for the agriculture plot, which should be not less than one acre and additional ground sufficient for play ground activities. In the case of the agriculture plot the original plan was garden work. However, this type of work has not met with the success that was expected in the beginning of the garden move- ment, since the agriculture teacher is usually away from the community during the summer. Because of this fact we are urging all school boards to provide an orchard plot where les- sons in the pruning of trees, budding, grafting, spraying and cultivation of fruits may be provided. Each spring, nursery stock of some kind should be added to the plot. In the case of play ground activities the consolidated school has a large number of children on the grounds during the noon hour. This means that careful supervision should be given to the children during this period and the grounds should provide at least four divisions, one for the younger boys, one for the younger girls, one for the older boys, and one for the older girls. There should also be provided a baseball diamond and tennis court. The baseball diamond should be used not only by the school boys, but by all the men in the community, and no doubt in the case of a large number of consolidated schools a football field will be desired and the five-acre site will be found no more than adequate to take care of all these ac- tivities. In fact, if parking facilities are to be provided for automobiles on the grounds, the five acres will not be suffi- cient. Play grounds should be laid out at the rear of the build- ing, and all ground in front should be landscaped, providing a well-cared for lawn, while hardy shrubbery should be banked against the building. The school will thus become the beauty spot of the com- munity, attracting the eye of the passer-by and arousing pride not only on the part of the children, but on the part of all living in the community. ion Hanlontowu — Organized 1917; sections in district, 19; total enrollment, 139; high school enrollment, 38; rooms in building, 13; number horse busses i; number motor busses, 0; c»st of building, $70,000 Playground at Orient, With Up-to-date Equipment. 10 ORIENT Organized 1919 Horse busses Sections in district 36 Motor busses 9 Total enrollment 331 Children transported 188 High school enrollment 83 Cost of building- $123,000 Only fifteen children leave their homes before eight o'- clock, only five of these fifteen as early as seven forty-five. The new building will house all the grade rooms as well as the high school. The old brick high school building will be used for Manual Training and Science laboratory rooms. Another illustration of motor transportation without gravel roads. The patrons co-operate splendidly with the school. The confederated clubs and the teachers plan community gather- ings for all patrons, pupils and teachers. In this way they give everyone a chance to get together several times during the year. For two years they have had a special day which they call "Go to school day." These have been the means of getting many parents out to visit the regular work of the school. A lecture course of four numbers is offered which is well patronized. The school also has charge of pay movies on each Thursday night at the school auditorium. The school has a boys' and girls' glee club and an orchestra. They take part in declamatory work, football, basketball and baseball. CHILDREN AT PLAY Many of the consolidated schools have the best equipped playground in the state. With a five-acre site the children have an opportunity to develop the play spirit and to learn to live with each other. li 12 BUILDINGS Since January, 1920, 81 consolidated school buildings have been built, many at peak prices. Unscrupulous architects and contractors sometimes exploited the people. Since approval by the State Department is necessary, plans should be submitted in advance for examination by the State Architect and the In- spector, who can make suggestions that may prove of great value in saving expenses and making the building better adapt- ed to the needs of the community. A building, to be approved by the State Department, must be properly heated, lighted and ventilated. Rooms for Domes- tic Science, Manual Training and Agriculture must be included. Toilets on each floor of the building are being recognized more and more as a necessity. All stairways must be of fire-proof construction, with twelve-inch tread and six-inch rise. A gym- nasium and community room not less than sixty by thirty-five should be provided for with additional accommodations for spectators. In planning the building nothing is more important than the selection of a good architect. No architect is authorized to say that his set of plans is approved by the State Depart- ment as we approve plans individually and only when we know all the circumstances. If a school board is to serve its com- munity in the best way possible it should make a careful in- vestigation of the reputation of all architects before proceeding to give the contract to any architectural firm. VENTILATION When the fan system is used thirty cubic feet per person per minute should come in at the warm air ducts. The vent flues should have a cross-sectional area of at least eight square inches per person in room. When the gravity system is used warm air and vent flues should have cross-sectional area not less than four hundred square inches. Air passed through radiators coming directly from outside should have sufficient openings that combined area will amount to not less than nine square inches for each child. LIGHTING There shall be no windows in the wall which seated chil- dren shall face. Glass surface should be about one-fifth of floor space. CAKE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Those who have charge of public school buildings are im- portant factors in the success of the schools. An over-heated 14 building or an under-heated building constitutes a poor condi- tion for study or recitation, and at the same time menaces the health of teacher and pupils. The same thing is true in re- gard to a poorly ventilated building. At the same time a slovenly building conduces to habits of slovenliness, which of- ten go with pupils through life. The duties of a janitor of a school building may be classified under eight heads : I. Heating and ventilating of building. (a) There should be a reliable thermometer provided for each class- room and recitation room. For proper registration this should hang on a level with pupils' bodies as they sit at their desks, and should register, during the school day, 70 degrees fahrenheit. (b) During chilly weather of autumn and spring, a fire should be started in the morning, if the thermometer registers 60 de- grees or less at 8 o'clock. (c) Fire should be started early enough in the morning for the thermometer to register at least GS degrees by 8:30 o'clock. It is generally economy in cold weather to bank fires to keep the building moderately warm during the night. Some "boards," in extremely cold weather, find it expedient to pro- vide an extra man at night to keep fire. (d) In the afternoon the fire should not be diminished to cool the building before all pupils are dismissed. Teachers often de- tain groups of pupils to work with them after regular hours. (e) All rooms should be thoroughly ventilated by opened windows both morning and evening. If the building has no special means of ventilation the rooms should likewise be thoroughly aired at each intermission. (f ) When a special means of ventilation is in use, this should be frequently tested in each room to see that it is properly func- tioning. (g) When the "fan system" is installed, this is intended to be in operation at all times during regular session. If this must be less, for purposes of economy, the fan should be run frequent- ly, and for periods of at least five minutes. II. Sweeping, dusting and scrubbing of rooms. (a) Class rooms, corridors, office aud all other parts of building in daily use should be swept each evening and thoroughly dusted each morning. The dusting should include desks, chairs, etc. (b) Some form of sweeping compound is usually used in sweeping. To prevent greasing of floor, this should not be scattered over the floor and allowed to lie, but should be swept ahead of the broom. A brush broom is better than a straw broom. In case the floors are oiled once or twice per year the use of sweeping compound may be unnecessary. (c) Neither sweeping nor dusting should be done while teacher and pupils are in the room. (d) In the evening, thirty minutes should be allowed a teacher after regular dismissal for completing her work, before the room is swept. (e) An oiled cloth, perfectly dry, is best for dusting. (f ) Blackboards should be thoroughly wiped with a dry oiled cloth, at least once per week. Slate boards may safely be washed occasionally. Erasers should also be cleaned weekly, while chalk trays should have daily attention. (g) Unoiled floors should be scrubbed at least once per month, on Saturday. Care should be exercised that floors do not warp through use of too much water. Oiled floors do not need such frequent attention. 15 J6 III. Care of windows. (a) Just preceding opening of school in the fall, all windows should he thoroughly washed, including hasement windows, transoms and glass doors, (h) Just after disappearonce of flies windows should be again washed. (e) As early in the spring as weather will permit they should be again cleaned. (d) Windows should frequently be wiped on the inside with a damp cloth, to remove the dust. (e) For washing upper story windows on the outside a platform can be made to project from the window, held by a crossbar on the inside. IV. Care of toilets, lavatories, and drinking fountains. (a) Inside toilet rooms should receive as close attention as any room. Floors should be swept, bowls cleaned and any marks erased. (b) Outside toilets should be swept every day, and occasionally scrubbed. If frequent obscene marks appear these should be occasionally painted over. (c) Lavatory bowls should be cleaned every day. (d) Drinking fountains should be kept clean and carefully regu- lated. V. Care of lawns and walks. (a) During the grass season the lawn should be kept down by scythe or by lawn mower. (b) If facilities are afforded, the lawn should be watered when needed. (c) No weed patches should be permitted to grow. (d) In the winter, snow should be removed from the walks before being tramped solid. (e) Ice should not be allowed to endanger the pupils. Cinders should be promptly sprinkled over ice patches. (f ) Playground equipment should be properly cared for. VI. Minor repairs about the building are considered the duty of the jani- tor, as are also the transfer of apparatus and furniture from room to room. VII. The janitor's relation to pupils and teachers. (a) When teachers have special exercises and therefore require added chairs and readjustment of furniture, the janitor should lend his assistance. (b) Unless especially delegated disciplining duties be assigned a janitor, he has none. (c) It is nevertheless the privilege and the duty of the janitor to report bad conduct of pupils to teachers or to superintendent. (d) The janitor should never administer corporal punishment to a pupil. VIII. Relation of janitor to superintendent and to board of education. (a) The janitor in his general every day duties, the same as teach- ers, is under direction of the superintendent. If he has com- plants, he should take them to the superintendent. (b) He may be directed in specific duties, such as repairs, etc., by the board of education, or by the committee on buildings and grounds. (c) If a janitor does not choose to perform certain duties naturally pertaining to his position, he should have these stated in the terms of a written contract. 17 SUPERINTENDENT No one factor is more important to the success of the con- solidated school than the Superintendent. The Superintendent of a consolidated school should have these qualifications : 1. He should be a college graduate. 2. He should have a strong personality and be neat in personal ap- pearance. 3. He should have the qualities that make for leadership. 4. He should be in sympathy with rural life and interested in com- munity activities. 5. He should have made a careful study of the transportation of school children and should know how to organize same. 6. If he is to instruct in Manual Training and Agriculture he must have not less than six college semester hours in these subjects. 7. He should have not less than three years' teaching experience. A man possessed with these qualifications cannot be eas- ily found and great care should be used on the part of the board in looking up the qualifications of a Superintendent. In considering an application for any work in the school a board should have at least three personal letters concerning the can- didate. When a man is found who is capable he should be given good compensation for his services. When the Superintendent has been elected he should be given the confidence of the board and extended the courtesy of attendance at all meetings of the school board and his counsel should be sought in all cases where the welfare of the school is concerned. His recommendation should be necessary in the se- lection of teachers and in the selection of drivers. When criti- cism concerning the school comes to any member of the board the superintendent should know the criticism and should be ad- vised with concerning it. No more unfortunate situation can ex- ist than that which frequently arises where the Superintendent and the school board do not co-operate. No consolidated school can succeed under such circumstances. Opponents of consolidation are making strong attacks upon transportation of pupils, in connection with the consoli- dated schools, and many of the problems that arise concern- ing transportation could be eliminated if school boards would turn over the organization of the drivers and the hauling of the children to the Superintendent. One thing is definitely sure. During the period of the con- tract with a man as Superintendent a school board should give him their support. If they have made a mistake in their selec- tion they should continue their support until his contract has been terminated. In case they cannot longer retain their con- fidence in him, they should notify him some time before the termination of the contract in order that he may be given op- portunity to locate elsewhere. 18 SPECIAL TEACHERS The law of Iowa requires all consolidated schools receiving state aid to employ teachers for Manual Training, Agriculture and Domestic Science who are certificated to teach these sub- jects. The minimum requirement for such certification is six college semester hours in Manual Training and Agriculture and not less than thirty college semester hours in Domestic Science. It is very essential that the Superintendent of such a school keep on file a statement signed by the Registrar of the institution attended by special teachers and such statement should give definite information as to the training of the teachers of these special subjects. An increasing amount of preparation will be required in these subjects as teachers with advanced preparation become available and teachers meeting only the minimum should take advantage of summer school work to increase their prepara- tion. In fact, all teachers of Manual Training and Agriculture should have completed courses in these subjects sufficient to give them standing as a specialist in the subject. PRACTICAL SUBJECTS The subjects of Agriculture, Manual Training and Domes- tic Science should be given at least one day per week in the seventh and eighth grades and in all consolidated schools re- ceiving state aid instruction in these subjects should be given for one year in high school and should not be alternated. Many of our good consolidated schools are now offering two years of work in these subjects and such work is found to be of far more advantage to girls and boys in rural communities. The consolidated school is a rural school and such a course of study should be outlined and offered as will give to the girls and boys coming from the farm, work that will be of greatest value to them in connection with the vocation they are to follow. A majority of the girls and boys in the consolidated school will never receive any training in advance of what is received in the High School and subjects that are regarded as necessary merely for college entrance should be given little emphasis in the consolidated school curriculum. In planning the course of study, each Superintendent should start with the subjects of Agriculture, Manual Training and Domestic Science as the ones around which to build his course. It is suggested that the Manual Training and the Domestic Science be offered in the 9th grade and that Agri- 39 culture be given to both girls and boys in the 10th grade. The importance of the right teaching of these subjects cannot be over-estimated in the consolidated school and it is hoped that the coming years will witness an excellence of work that has not been heretofore manifest in these subjects, due, undoubted- ly, to the lack of qualifications of teachers. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS High school teachers must be college graduates if the school is to be approved for four years' work. This means that salaries must be adequate to attract teachers who can meet these qualifications. School boards cannot expect to meet the standards for approval unless they are willing to pay the price. One or two teachers may be approved who have had only two years of college work but they should never be regarded as more than temporary in their position. Before a teacher is employed either the Secretary of the Board or the Superintendent of the School should demand a certificate of his or her qualifications signed by the Registrar of the institution which the candidate has attended. Accept- ing the unqualified word of the candidate has many times jeopardized the standing of the school. The first person employed each year should be the Super- intendent. If a school is small, a man should be employed who is qualified to teach Agriculture and Manual Training. Hav- ing employed the Superintendent the board should instruct him to investigate the qualifications of candidates for vacan- cies and make recommendation as to the selection of teachers. If the High School is to receive four-year approval the first teacher selected should be the one in charge of Domestic Science. If the Superintendent is a four-year graduate, and one other teacher is selected who has had four years' training, the teacher of Domestic Science may have a minimum of two years of training. GRADE TEACHERS The qualification of grade teachers in state aided con- solidated schools should be as follows : 1. A grade teacher should be a high school graduate. 2. A grade teacher should have at least twelve weeks of special training for the grade work she is to do. 3. A grade teacher should hold a first grade county certificate or a certificate of higher grade. 4. It is recommended that the primary teacher have at least one year of primary training. Frequently the remark is heard in the selection of teach- ers, "Well, it is only a grade position so it doesn't make much difference." It is safe to say that many a high school student has met with failure and later become discouraged and given 20 up because the training he received in the grades was insuffi- cient and carelessly done. Many times the question is asked if the training in the Normal Training high school meets the requirement. Such training is given by the state for the purpose of training teach- ers for the one-room country school and it is not training for a graded school system. The twelve weeks of training refers to training received in some good Normal School where train- ing is given especially for grade work. The minimum of twelve weeks can easily be obtained dur- ing one summer and there is no excuse for a grade teacher not having this minimum training. Most educators are of the opinion that this minimum requirement is too low and it must be admitted that the criticism is a just one and that in the near future it is hoped that the supply of teachers with more training will become sufficiently large that a higher require- ment can be made. Some Consolidated School Statistics The following figures are gleaned from uniform annual reports of 355 consolidated schools reporting January 1, 1022 : Consolidated schools organized since January 1, 1914 320 Pupils transported 36,981 Horse busses 1,802 Motor busses 579 Total cost of transportation. . . . .* $1,710,864.15 Average number of busses to the school 6.7 Average cost per bus per year $718.54 Average cost per bus per month 79.83 Average number pupils per bus 15.5 Average cost transportation per pupil per year $46.28 Average cost transportation per pupil per month 5.14 Number of schools reporting 355 Total enrollment 73,041 High school enrollment 17,927 High school teachers 1,529 Grade teachers 1,810 21 22 TRANSPORTATION The problem in connection with the consolidated school is transportation. All children living outside the limits of any city, town or village included within the borders of the district must be transported. During the last year 34,743 chil- dren were transported to school. The Inspector found in his visits that as a usual thing the transportation was badly or- ganized and had little supervision from the Superintendent. The transportation of the pupils in suitable busses with the right kind of drivers is as important as the providing of a com- fortable school building and the right kind of teachers. The successful transportation of pupils depends largely upon the wise selection of a Superintendent who has studied the problem. The Superintendent should be given full super- visory authority over drivers, busses, and routes. With the co- operation of the school board he should make a set of rules governing drivers and pupils while in the busses. Every parent should receive a set of these rules and their co-operation solicited in enforcement of same. Drivers should make daily reports to the Superintendent, and early in the year be impressed with the responsibility of the work they have undertaken. One of the outstanding dif- ficulties with drivers is their desire to get the children to school early and themselves return home to do a day's work. This practice should not be tolerated and no child should enter a bus before 7 :45 a. m. and if the route is not long a much later hour is desirable. No bus should arrive at the school before 8:45. The schedule should be exact. The driver should al- ways start at the same time in the morning, no matter what the condition of the roads. Most of the opposition to the consolidated school is due to the fact that school boards have failed to turn over the supervision of the transportation to the Superintendent whom they have employed. Drivers should be under the supervision of the Superintendent exactly the same as teachers are under his supervision. He should recommend the routes, schedule the time when the wagons are to be at each home and require a daily report from all drivers. The report should contain such questions as the following: 1. What time did the bus arrive at the home of the first child? 2. Names of disorderly pupils. 3. What complaints were made by parents? 4. What was the condition of the roads? ">. What time did the last child arrive home? In addition to this daily report every parent should be fur- nished with regulations governing drivers and these regula- 24 tions, together with those governing pupils while riding in busses, should be posted in the school bus. The following reg- ulations have been suggested and are probably a minimum re- quirement that should be made of all drivers : 1. The driver shall run his wagon on a regular schedule. 2. The driver shall not arrive at any home earlier than the scheduled time and the earliest time scheduled shall not be before 7:45 a. m. 3. The driver must start from the farthest terminus of his route in sufficient time to reach the schoolhouse by direct travel not earlier than 8 :4.*> a. m. and shall stop only to take pupils into the wagon. 4. He must be at the school house at 3 :">0 p. in., or such time as the board shall direct, his wagon ready to receive his load and shall then drive to the further terminus of his route as quick- ly as the condition of the road and the welfare of his team will permit. 5. He must wait not more than two mimites for any pupils. G. The driver takes the place of the teacher in matters of discipline while the pupils are in his wagon. 7. Each driver shall abstain from the use of intoxicants while in the employ of the board and shall at all times deport himself so as to set a good example for the children under his care. 8. Drivers shall abstain from the use of tobacco, profane or vulgar language, at any and all time while on duty. 9. The driver shall be under the control and supervision of the Superintendent of the school and subject to any reasonable orders he may give. Too much attention cannot be given to the time of collec- tion of children in the morning. We have too frequently found busses arriving at the school house as early as 8:15 A. M., the driver giving as his excuse that "he must get home to do a •day's work." Such action is indefensible, and every school district should have a contract with every driver requiring him to fol- low a time schedule except when roads are bad, and then driv- ers should be allowed to arrive late, but the time of starting should always remain the same. While the law makes provision for employing parents to bring children a distance of two miles to connect with the bus, it is a bad practice and nearly always ends in dissatisfaction. Provide a sufficient number of busses so that every child can be met at the home gate and quickly and safely be taken to school, and the doubtful ones are soon converted to the fact that "kids can be hauled to school." Many of the risks which •endangered health in the days of the little country school, as walking through snow and slush, have been done away with. 25 Newhall, Franklin Township (Cooper) and McCallsburg- in the order named. Below, comfort in a stcrm, 2G Newhall Organized 1 "- 11 Sections in district "6 Total enrollment Z'.'O High .school enrollment 47 Rooms in building: 15 Horse busses 5 Motor busses -1 Children transported 123 Cost of building $120 000 A course in physical training is given. Basketball, baseball and track teams participate in inter-scholastic contests. A band and orchestra are organized of which the school boasts. Franklin Township (Cooper) Organized " 1 919 Sections in district : : ' : , Total enrollment 233 High school enrollment 53 Rooms in building 20 Horse busses Motor busses 7 Children transported 186 Cost of building $100,000 The people in this district have a live community club, a parent-teach- ers' association, boys' and girls' clubs, hot lunch, farm business course, an- nual agricultural exhibit and farmers' short course, declamatory and track association, judging teams, May day fete. McCallsburg Organized 1920 Sections in district 36 Total enrollment 231 High school enrollment 4(1 Rooms in building 21 Horse busses Motor busses ^8 Children transported 170 Cost of building $108,000 These schools have proven the success of motor trans- portation. 27 Henderson and Elwood, Showing Their Motor Busses. 28 Henderson Organized 1920 Total enrollment 157 High school enrollment 37 Motor Busses 4 Children transported 86 Cost of building $75,000 Elwood Organized 1920 Sections in district 26 Total enrollment 160 High school enrollment 44 Rooms in building 15 Horse busses Motor busses 4 Children transported 125 Cost of building $90,000 Community School club to meet once a month to discuss school prob- lems. Two basketball teams. Henderson and Elwood are two schools that have proven the success of motor transportation in localities where there are no gravel roads. In Colorado ninety per cent of the children are conveyed to the Consoli- dated schools in autos. In Colorado there are in use four hundred auto busses and forty-eight horse-drawn vehicles in 14(5 Consolidated School dis- tricts. In the State of Iowa about 15,000 children are transported by motor transportation and little difficulty has been exerienced in trans- portation and it has been found that goods roads have always followed the introduction of motor busses. The transportation of children over extreme distances is not advocated, but it has been conclusively proven that the dis- trict with a large area can maintain the school without a high tax levy, as the tax levy decreases as the property valuation increases. 29 Hedrick (above) and Grand Meadow (below) have both proven the suc- cess of motor transportation. The center picture shows the teacherage at Grand Meadow. 30 Hedrick Organized 1920 Sections in district 19 Total enrollment 337 High school enrollment 113 Rooms in building 13 Horse busses Motor busses 4 Children transported i6l Cost of building $135,000 Hedrick believes in transporting children by motor bus although lo- cated in a district where there are no gravel roads. Grand Meadow Organized 1919 Sections in district 32 Total enrollment 150 High school enrollment 2 9 Rooms in building 14 Horse busses Motor busses 8 Children transported 146 Cost of building $115,000 Grand Meadow is one of the seventy -five consolidated schools in Iowa located in the open country at the social center of the township. It is strictly a rural school, demonstrating a farmers' school of the big type. Note the motor busses. These farmers believe there is nothing too good for their children, and have proven their belief by the splendid school they have provided. They have a parent-teachers' association and a farm- ers' club. A Word About the Teacherage Fortunately, the Iowa law makes provisions for teacherages where districts wish them. In round numbers, about fifty schools in Iowa now provide these teacherages. Many times it is possible to remodel the abandoned school buildings into suitable homes for the teachers. SUGGESTED FORM OF DRIVER'S CONTRACT THIS AGREEMENT. Made and entered into by and between , President of the Board of Directors of the Independent School District of in township, county, Iowa, and of township, county. Iowa. Said covenants and agrees to transport the children of Route No to the Central School in each day that school is in session during the school year beginning said. Said further agrees to com- ply with the following conditions : 1. To run his wagon on a regular schedule. 2. To arrive at no home earlier than the scheduled time of the super- intendent and the earliest time scheduled shall not be before 7:45 a. m. 3. To start from the farthest terminus of his route in sufficient time to reach the school house by direct travel not earlier than 8:45 A. M., and stopping only to take pupils into the wagon. 4. To be at the school house at 3 :50 P. M. or such time as the board shall direct with his wagon, ready to receive bis load and shall then drive 31 Geneseo Township (Buckingham) — Organized 1919; sections in dis- trict 36; total enrollment, 150; high school enrollment, 33; motor busses, 5; cost of building, $130,000; cost of teacherage, $20,000; children transported. 150. Geneseo Township (Buckingham) Teacherage — One of the problems confronting every school teacher, superintendent or instructor is that of getting a suitable house to live in. It is not only a problem of the teacher, but it is the problem of the school board because with no place to live it is impossible to get the better teachers to remain in the country. Geneseo Township probably has the finest teacherage in the state, costing $20,000. It is modern in every way, with electric lights, gas, hot and cold water. It is also one of the schools having excellent vehicles for taking the children to and from school. 32 to the farthest terminus of his route, as quickly as the condition of the road and the welfare of his team will permit. 5. To wait not more than two minutes for any pupils. G. To use the bus for no other purpose than the transportation of pupils. 7. To take the place of the teacher in matters of discipline while the pupils are in his wagon; to report all cases of disobedience to the superin- tendent and allow no child to enter or leave the bus until it has come to a full stop. 8. To abstain from the use of intoxicants while in the employ of the board and shall at all times deport himself so as to set a good example for the children under his care. 9. To abstain from the use of tobacco, profane or vulgar language at any and all times while on duty. 10. - To be under the control and supervision of the Superintendent of the school and subject to any reasonable orders which he may give. 11. To stop the conveyance and cause same to be flagged across all .railroad tracks. 12. To keep the conveyance under shelter at all times when not in use. 13. To allow no other person to drive the bus without special per- mission from the Superintendent. 14. To make such daily and weekly reports as may be required by the State Department of Public Instruction and the Superintendents. 15. To notify parents in case of a breakdown. 1G. When school is closed by order of the Board of Health, or on ac- count of bad roads, or because of inclement weather or for any other cause, $ shall be deducted for each day not required to make the trip by the school board. In consideration of said services the said , President of the School Board, in behalf of the Independent School Dis- trict of , hereby agrees to pay the said the sum of per month, excepting it is herein agreed that the board shall retain one-half of the first month's wages until the close of the term of service of to insure the faithful performance of the terms of this contract. The Board of Directors reserves the right to terminate this contract at any time. The board reserves the right to change the route when it considers it necessary for the best interests of the patrons. In case of change $2.50 per month will be added for each additional mile added to the route. When the route is shortened $2.50 per month will be deducted for each mile taken from the route. The President of the school board agrees to furnish a safe, strong vehicle complete. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our names this day of 102__. President Driver. 33 Macksburg (above) and Dinsdale (below). Typical horse-drawn van in center. 34 Macksburg Organized 1919 Sections in district 28 Total enrollment 232 High school enrollment 72 Horse busses 8 Motor busses Children transported 156 Cost of building $100,000 The following report was sent in by the school : "The Farm Bureau and the Ladies' club meet with us and we furnish special numbers for their programs. We have a strong lyeeum course for the winter, also a literary society which gives public programs each month, besides other school entertainments. We give physical training to both boys and girls, and have glee clubs of each. AVe are planning an orchestra, have a Hi-Y of twenty-six members and both boys' and girls' basketball teams. The agriculture class tests milk for all farmers who will bring in samples. We plan to serve warm lunches to the children. Our people are proud of their school and are all strong, for consolidated schools." Horse-Drawn A T an A comfortable horse-drawn van is used by Macksburg school. If horse transportation is to be used the vehicles should be comfortable, sub- stantial, well lighted. Dark curtain busses contribute to misconduct and at times have been known to lead to immoral conduct. The driver of a school bus has a responsible piece of work and usually he has little advice to guide him in his work. A good bus contributes much to bis success. Dinsdale Organized 1920 Sections in district 29 Total enrollment 141 High school enrollment 25 Rooms in building 12 Cost of building $110,000 Children transported 120 Horse busses 7 35 36 X 73 S B u a h CO o ft oj t> a C gg si - ed m ■= ~> J - ■^ 'Z C JA ~ h — S- a r- 3 £ ■w 37 Liberty Center, a rural consolidated school with all activities belonging to a school of this type. 38 Liberty Center Organized 1920 Sections in districts 20 Total enrollment 129 High school enrollment 54 Cost of building $70,000 The Liberty Center Consolidated School opened its doors as a consoli- dated school in September, 1021, This school is a rural consolidation, sit- uated in a small rural unincorporated village in the southern part of Warren county. It is seven miles from a railroad, but on the Capitol City Trail. There are no foreigners in the community and its boast is that it has no "movie" but a mighty fine Consolidated School. One man puts it like this : "Others have better buildings than ours and there are larger district, but none of them have a better school than ours." The course of study is aiming first for citizenship, vocation, and life. We have the Smith-Hughes Agriculture, Domestic Science and Man- ual Training, also Citizenship and Economics in our high school course. We have community meetings, once each month the Farm Bureau, and once a month the community club. At the last Farm Bureau meeting there were 280 present. "Of course we have athletics. No school in this day and age can get far without them. We have a boys' team and a girls' team and class teams. Our boys' basketball teams were represented in twenty-four games this season and in all eighteen boys took part in these games. The girls took part in fourteen games and fifteen girls took part. "In dramatics and public speaking our school ranks high in the number who tried out. It took three contests to eliminate our pupils for our first final. There were thirty-six contestants to work with. These were di- vided into three classes. The two highest from each class went on at the final home contest and the three from this contest went to our county sub- district and the first there went to the final in the county. "We also put on two school plays and an operetta in the spring. Our school is open for all community gatherings free of any cost. We charge twenty-five per cent of the receipts for outside gatherings. "When the school opened in the fall it was found that there were just twenty-eight more pupils in high school than were expected. As a result one teacher was added. Not only was that true, but the school has out- grown the building and this summer the board will finish off the third story of the building. "One thing which might be mentioned here is the fact that the school grounds will be landscaped and set to trees and shrubbery this spring by the pupils of the vocational agriculture class. Each pupil of the school is to furnish a tree or a shrub. He wil name this and keep a record. "A complete school garden will be run also. The boys will make and care for the garden and during the summer the girls will meet from time to time and can the garden products which will be used during the com- ing winter for school lunches. The garden, it is hoped, will make it possi- ble to serve the school luncheon to all the pupils, not at a small cost, but if possible, free. This year we served it for a cent and two cents a dish, but we find that those who need it most do not get it. This coming year we wish to make it free to all. "One thing more, our school has three spraying rings this year. We have pruned over three hundred trees and expect to spray at least that many more. "We have fifty-four pupils in high school and twenty-one of them are tuition pupils. We made arrangements with County Superintendent Mc- Oee to send us names of boys who were near us. We have brought seven boys and girls into our school who were out of school. They are making good. One is twenty-four years young." 30 40 Redfield The Redfield building is a three-story structure with basement, thor- oughly fire-proof, of brick and reinforced concrete, 130 feet long and 66 feet wide. In the basement are located boiler, fuel and storage rooms, in addition to a commodious locker and shower rooms for both boys and girls, and a large gymnasium equipped with main floor and balcony, with a seat- ing space for 500 people. Ground floor and basement plans are shown on this page. LACAV K-E C C f M It A. & I U M • ♦ • • • I lLM0Vf,BLE WJ00 ftl^EACHElS 1 -n -rf •JSHOWI^ '^QJEIlsf |A< = GR.0UND FLOOR. FLM 41 F1K5T FLOOR.. fL*N On the ground floor of this Redfield building are found manual train- ing department with bench, machine and finishing rooms, and lumber stor- age, three standard class rooms and lavatories and toilet rooms. The first floor contains domestic science, lunch room, sewing room, five standard class rooms, one recitation room, superintendent's office and toilet rooms. The second floor has a large assembly auditorium, capable of seating 400 people, stage, library, science, laboratory, two class rooms, three recita- tion rooms, principal's office and rest room and lavatories and toilet rooms. The building is fully equipped with built-in cabinets and mechanical devices designed for the easy and thorough administraton of a first-class- school. It is heated and ventilated by the most modern equipment avail- able. First and second floor plans are shown on this page. 5EC0NP FLOOF, fUH 42 Cost Accounting at Redfield Superintendent Rohrbaugh of tbe Redfield school says : "Our school has been in operation for one year under the new plan and 1 frankly believe that there is not a parent in the district that has chil- dren going that would vote to return to the old plan. "I believe we are the only district that has a complete record of all items that enter into the cost and operation of a consolidated school. We will make such modifications in our tabulation as experience has shown is desirable. Last year we had all our repair work done at local garages. This year we have a mechanic employed for the work. Accordingly we ex- pect to cut a number of the items down a great deal this year. For ex- ample, we will get parts at wholesale and eliminate the labor charges, and so very materially cut down the oil and gas wastes. "We have employed both student and adult drivers and have found the latter, if carefully selected, to be the most satisfactory. We have seven busses running eight routes, all but one starting at the end of the routes. The one exception runs two routes, one north and the other south of town. "Our cost statistics include interest at six per cent, and a depreciation of twenty per cent on the body and thirty-three and one-third per cent on the truck. We urge a uniform system of collecting data for comparing with other schools and for the good of the cause." REDFIELD FINANCIAL STATEMENT Cost of Service 'Driver's salary $ 65.00 Oil for this month 3.30 Gas for this month 15.60 Repairs for this month 3.40 Cost of body $600.00 Cost of chassis 6S9.00 Interest on cost at 6 per cent 8.52 Depreciation of body, 1-9 of 1-5 13.34 Depreciation of chassis, 1-9 of 1-3 25.52 Total cost $133.75 Net cost of operating $133.75 Average number transported 20 Average cost per pupil per month $6.63 Average number of miles in daily haul (distance from place first child is loaded to school house and back to starting place) 17% Average cost per mie per pupil 1.7c WALTER ZELLERS, Driver. October, 1920. *This year we are paying $30 a month for this route. NOTE — Acknowledgment is due Keffer & Jones, architects. Des Moines, Iowa, for preceding plans. 43 o o # t- r— •<* in co rt of Ol ■H CO u ««- o pq CD t- o o o Ol 1-1 -H J O ft cu g o s m a 9 s -t-> a i W ft OJ o> • rH & rQ rH „ ^J H ft c; EC o o cu Cj s >, ■4J o C 03 fee ft £H 0) ft 0) .© O CJ 2 o ■© 5 0) o CD g 0) SH S3 rH ft eS > 0) EG o O K W 1-5 rTH !s3 < o «4 m 3 -t-> C e ca ■ CJ rS ►a v. — O O g^-w Sh i. +j o o jo a '- t*& *o 3Jo W CO oO 3 +J = a> ■ ft° 8 25 mestic scien junior and s ties in the mi total cost of changes are out windows Units 1 and '*"© C b > ~ a> — c £ ^ a> m tn aj "S !+->+-> 1 i a) i id us 1 an nsoli mee :ts a fire CJ c o— ' XJZ d 6 ° r '" 1± a; _ bo bo* ^ 2 «£ cs .2 £ t-.t! co .2-sS-p-^ggco^c u ^2'SS<---ft <" * rap 2 ^ 22 co^ b S o s a> -* £ a> o >> 3 O^-' -> co- re bO C O o CJ W O £ m ° m " ^ f rc£cj£P^.5 °2 M -SOr§bO-2~ t H noa;'- < --.j2C c0 a.c o t- ° ^ ■- ® *« ■C 3 bO,c ' •= ,. , *- T! CJ • *"* .* CJ -* O 7-, CJ 0> OH 00?>Cr; X bo-«+i 0) CJ OH 3 co -l-i g 03 £ !-. _ ^ o « o +j cj a cc i ^j i i i i-j+j a> o-cct) a) co,c cm fe co efl 3 >o -(J <»- ■* ^ — i a) CJ CJ^i > CJ"^ 7 C .„ ft m % 2-u XCQ * ^ ™ 2~ o c.2 «.. ^ §§£££'£ ca P ra a 3«3 °S aj c ,C o B 2 CJ^^ir^CJlS h o' bo-- co g«E w'c2 >. a .2 5 si so a ■a o •J .. — a> Vl - 90 SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORTS Pages 92 and 95 of this bulletin give the tabulated annual report of the consolidated schools of the state of Iowa receiving state aid. Pages 96 and 97 give a list of the schools not receiv- ing state aid. These tables show that there was a total enroll- ment in the consolidated schools receiving state aid of 51,439 and those not receiving state aid of 21,187, making a grand total enrolled of 72,626. In the high school there was enrolled in all schools 72,626. The total cost of transportation was $1,- 708,654.31, transporting a total of 35,611 pupils at an average cost per pupil per year of $51.77. The number of horse busses in use for transporting these children was 1,781 and the num- ber of motor busses was 574. Transportation cost runs very high in some schools with horses and in others very high with motors. In the case of one school represented in this list when a member of the school board was interviewed, he replied that he knew it was high, but unless the men were employed who were ivgen the con- tract that thse same men would make trouble for the school board. There has been considerable discussion of the subject of motor vehicles and the ownership of same. A few schools in the state are employing men who own the motor busses and are paying them a very extravagant wage but the large num- ber of schools have purchased their own vehicles and the extra cost has always proven its worth inasmuch as the employment of drivers who own their busses leaves the school at the mercy of the driver. An interesting item in this report is the tax in mills to support the consolidated schools. High taxes have been quite commonly charged to consolidated schools but an investigation frequently shows that a big item in the local taxes is often made by other expenses than the school. It is quite common to hear expressions of approval of the schools even though the cost is high. In fact investigation has nearly always shown that people who were opposed to the school were in the minor- ity. The average cost in mills for the state of Iowa was 50.9. 91 CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS RECEIVING STATE AID ,£5 o Ul . Ainsworth . Alburnett Alexander Alleman Alpha Alta Ankeny Aplington Archer Arispe Argyle Armstrong Arnold's Park. . . . Attics Aurelia Barnes City Bartlett Bayard Beaconsfield Beaman Beebeetown Beech Blairsburg Blencoe Bondurant Bradgate Brandon Brooke Twp. (Peterson) Bronson Buffalo Twp. (Titonka) Buffalo Center. . . Bussey Calamus Carpenter Carrollton Carson . . Cedar Chapin Clemons Climbing Hill Colesburg College Springs. . Collins Colo Colwell Conway Cornell Corwith Cosgrove (Oxford) Cotter Crawfordsville Crystal Lake Cushing Cylinder Dallas Delhi Delmar Delphos Des Moines Twp. (Rolfe) Dike Dolliver Douds-Leando . . . Dow City Dumont Earlham Earlville o a o *j o c Ma 260 130 230 160 128 98 364 250 150 118 113 3 57 234 126 411 175 179 332 122 143 97 133 189 202 245 139 186 93 189 227 364 259 294 144 70 308 158 111 115 157 321 294 283 286 154 131 110 301 185 122 211 205 210 114 257 223 145 102 134 225 150 250 332 276 390 291 61 36 26 35 28 18 97 52 32 39 46 79 54 48 76 57 32 84 27 42 26 31 39 41 78 29 48 10 31 46 108 91 58 43 6 64 43 28 27 38 79 103 61 73 40 30 16 99 43 9 55 41 44 26 64 52 41 36 23 63 35 87 65 76 142 76 £ 39 43.6 52.1 33 41.6 58 56 41 76 54.37 79 48 100 53.83 69 51.7 80.8 78.9 52.4 39 72 65.7 59 75.8 80 59.5 45.4 44.5 40.3 57 80 77.6 47 60.4 41 64 34 42 30.8 48.8 100 35 42 47 49.8 60 60 56.4 61.3 53.6 80 131 123 83 200 120 88 74 90 70 114 111 130 153 38 150 140 55 120 104 75 95 84 120 100 75 86 83 81 89 125 160 112 60 131 110 69 47 92 204 140 125 60 110 130 165 90 100 90 106 91 68 110 95 82 160 90 90 140 200 110 160 130 l-H M d a o u i 5,191.00 3,465.00 4,950.00 6,888.00 2,632.50 15,000.00 7,740.00 5,197.50 4,675.32 2,362.50 8,024.60 5,040.00 6,097.00 10,800.00 3,195.00 6,858.00 6,565.50 2,836.35 3,047.25 4,117.50 3,339.00 5,647.50 7,200.00 7.020.00 5,377.50 2,970.00 5,940.00 6,669.00 5,940.00 6,000.00 11,250.00 6,000.00 4,050.00 2,240.00 4,500.00 4,007.75 3,401.50 4,214.00 4,995.00 5,011.00 5,805.00 7,605.00 6,805.00 5,760.00 6,500.00 3,870.00 6,462.42 4,565.16 7,740.00 4,635.00 4.950.00 4,860.00 5,670.00 3,105.00 5,000.00 6,000.00 5,155.00 4,500.00 12,000.00 4,527.00 8,000.00 4,374.00 be n m > t* - u ft * r ' J -> f %. o ' 6B ft ( Gj 01 t *- c > u < 8.000.00 5,085.00 7,000.00 4,366.76 7,515.00 8,460.00 5,940.00 1.560.00 1,962.00 7,295.30 5,940.00 2,340.00 5,733.00 2,700.00 5,814.00 2,790.00 4,420.00 5,580.00 2,700.00 5,563.20 6,300.00 7,352.00 6,000.00 450.00 7,119.00 5,064.00 12,150.00 13,860.00 5,907.45 3,825.00 6,617.50 4,050.00 3,015.00 6,300.00 5,400.00 3,962.50 2,880.00 7,980.00 2,250.00 3,600.00 3,075.00 5,400.00 5,600.00 3,400.00 6,300.00 4,050.00 4,200.00 1,050.00 2,304.00 9,250.00 3,330.00 4,500.00 6,975.00 5,261.49 4,050.00 2,692.36 6,000.00 3,375 00 4,950.00 6,858.00 6,500.00 3,709.80 O p n « 3 O 58.82 83.35 51.85 53.91 44.46 58.75 36.44 52.00 44.59 55.68 32.05 32.05 45.50 56.25 38.00 46.50 42.09 42.59 75.00 36.60 57.27 39.95 62.50 18.00 58.35 42.20 98.76 93.64 41 ^q 44.47 43.25 26.82 22.33 40.38 41.53 46.70 6JL00 34.69 30.00 22.50 37.04 58.06 38.88 57.00 66.31 45.00 58.33 45.69 23.04 46.25 37.41 45.00 42.00 38.12 48.21 37.39 60.00 45.00 38.30 54.00 29.47 32.54 5 5 12 6 7 1 6 O p j- S"E u u O 3 O 3 S o c 02 £ CD 1-5 a P. £.*2 oil 4 00 ? *- a O c fr,H — c g 3 U o u HE- 1 > CD fc, IzS 357 109 70 164 10,110.60 6,210.00 61 65 7 189 34 65.6 128 48^51 8 Richland Twp 184 52 57 100 5,000.00 50.00 7 128 31 39.45 80 2,460.00 5,490.00 8,055.45 4,320.00 30.75 6 131 31 42.2 94 58.40 350 95 58 153 52.65 L 1 109 16 29.2 73 59.17 5 2 205 45 44.2 105 5,500.00 52.38 1 197 209 210 60 62 68 71.6 48.8 102 120 110 4,072.50 6,210.00 5,346.00 39.92 51.75 48.60 6 7 9 142 192 32 39 53 112 131 4,989.60 44.55 6 1 5 172 145 43 32 64.7 53.3 101 137 5,152.50 4,000.00 51.00 29.19 8 7 3 Sergeant Bluffs.. 348 53 60 150 7,155.00 47.70 8 1 117 40 51.2 100 4,320.00 43.20 7 Shannon City 207 46 73.4 125 4,452.57 35.61 7 345 91 48.1 190 12,000.00 63.15 8 Sheldahl 150 32 60 104 5,069.00 48.74 5 Shell Rock 255 103 72.4 59 3,330.00 56.44 5 125 19 42.6 136 4,680.00 34.41 6 346 108 64 94 9,000.00 95.74 8 2 moan 309 205 83 46 50 75 175 104 7,300.00 4,000.00 41.72 38.46 7 5 1 3 176 117 3 4 121 35 50 102 2,553.00 25.02 7 559 164 68.32 114 4,022.50 35.28 3 o Springdale 129 30 30.5 106 4,905.00 46.27 5 i 206 35 65.9 100 4,442.25 44.42 7 229 46 122 4,950.00 40.57 3 5 328 70 42.5 145 9.675.00 66.72 12 100 156 142 18 40 32 33 50.4 89 170 115 2,666.00 4,545.00 28.82 41.31 2 6 3 6 Superior Twp. (Spirit Lake) . . . 75 8 29.13 3,285.00 5 156 33 47.4 92 3,910.50 42.50 5 75 23 54 37 3,501.00 94.62 5 309 76 64 142 9,358.00 65.90 10 143 167 183 42 39 42 90.3 46.8 110 90 4,257.00 4,770.00 38.70 63.00 8 3 6 1 158 47 4 1 195 60 80 3,915.00 48.93 4 197 205 141 54 43 26 56 49 41.6 190 106 108 3,600.00 4,579.48 6,600.00 18.94 43.20 61.11 9 7 8 Udell 176 44 42.7 110 5,584.60 50.76 9 Union Twp. (Le Mars) 13S 16 31.6 154 6,615.00 42.95 4 6 122 32 97 Venture 183 47 50 121 8,847.00 73.11 6 Vernon Twp. 11 (Renwick) .... 115 32 31.8 106 5,085.00 47.97 Wales-Lincoln . . . 134 30 35. S 125 4,500.00 36.00 6 4 690 148 250 126 343 170 28 64 21 114 45.3 36.8 50 38 67.5 240 135 112 105 70 120 10,800.00 5,285.25 7,911.88 4,995.00 3,375.00 7,975.00 45.00 39.15 70.64 47.47 48.21 66.45 9 10 7 E 5 13 Ware Waukee Webb Webster West Branch .... 3 3 180 50 36 West Side 168 52 47 4,295.00 91.36 1 4 White Oak Twp. (Cambridge) Whiting 70 326 116 148 161 26 76 28 30 28 70.2 26 45 33 i 75 171 90 82 134 3,375.00 13,590.00 5, 175. Or 2,880.00 1,789.22 45.00 79.47 57.50 35.12 13.35 1 6 6 8 Wiota 5 8 93 CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS WITHOUT STATE AID xn Albion Albert City Anderson Beaver Burnside ...._... Castana Center Clarence Cloverdale Coin Conrad Dana Dawson Dayton Dinsdale Doug-las Twp. . . Dundee Dysart Eldora Elliott Farragut Farrar Garden Grove . . Gardiner Garfield (Webb) Geneseo Twp. . . Goose Lake Gowrie Grand Junction . Grand Meadow (Washta) Hayesville Hornick Horton Twp. . . . Irving' Jamaica Janesville Jefferson Twp. . Lake Center (Dickens) Lamont Laurel Ledyard Le Roy Linden Liscomb Lohrville Lytton McCallsburg Martelle Maxwell Maynard Mechanicsville . . Mediapolis Cambria Melbourne Melvin Menlo Meriden Meservey Milford Twp. (Nevada) Moneta Montezuma Moorland Morley New London Noble Nodaway O a 277 266 98 115 150 256 250 227 286 153 145 332 141 153 426 715 305 184 137 298 67 \ 147 96 305 373 150 165 166 199 °a £ ° a xn a B0 112 233 171 209 150 188 201 290 235 231 142 365 334 250 390 146 219 252 260 145 152 142 134 351 125 102 401 207 gj 72 59 1 26 18 61 51 77 72 35 27 90 25 25 92 201 92 38 24 101 11 32 10 70 82 29 33 1 95 40 29 24 44 50 46 45 40 39 77 90 60 116 25 44 51 71 31 36 16 25 100 15 16 129 57 35 64.2 43 39.8 75.2 39.8 42 45 46 40 79.2 38.9 44 40 45 32 29 46.2 52.9 27 48.5 36 75 21 69.1 64 40.5 37 52.6 60 27.5 50.8 55 56 57.6 38 32 35 55.4 41 22.9 50 41.92 75 57 ,_ 02 d a O U a** ~ a P > u , 54 104 155 160 105 66 140 93 160 85 70 90 120 40 95 130 150 21 90 100 90 95 200 130 91 110 90 130 170 86 180 94 185 108 105 108 78 73 130 30 76 44 108 $ 2.700.00J 50.00 7,587.00 10,471.50 5,300.00 10,080.00 3,375.00 2,325.00 7,920.00 5,022.00 12,000.00 5, 735. Ob 6,750.00 6,480.00 1,008.00 4,581.00 9.450.00 5,670.00 900.00 5,670.00 3,150.00 3,510.00 6,876.00 12,510.00 4,950.00 4,859.98 5,770.00 5,590.00 7,500.00 7,861.16 3,915.75 12,735.00 8,251.63 5,940.00 6,255.00 5,400.00 3,150.00 5,000.00 5,481.00 8,096.40 3,000.00 5,160.00 6,250.00 4,374.00 £K 3 O 72.86 67.30 61.62 63.00 32.14 35.22 56.57 54.00 75.00 81.92 75.00 54.00 25.20 48.22 72.69 37.80 42.85 63.00 31.50 39.00 72.38 62.55 38.07 53.40 52.45 62.11 57.69 46.24 45.53 70.75 63.19 57.91 51.42 28.24 64.10 75.08 62.28 100.00 67.89 142.00 40.50 3 2 3 3 11 7 10 5 1 2 9 12 8 7 5 4 1 1 7 4 11 7 96 CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS WITHOUT STATE AID— ( Continued ) V ra Nodaway Twp. . . Norway Olin Paton Quimby Reinbeck Rhodes Rippey Riverton St. Charles St. Mary's Scranton Shellsburgr Sidney Silver Lake (Ayrshire) Stanley State Center Steamboat Rock.. Sutherland Tabor Ticonic Tipton Treynor Troy Mills Truro Underwood Union Van Meter Varina Viola (ROSS) Viola Walcott Walford Washington Twp. (Minburn) Wayland Westfield Whitten Winfield Tetter a as V o ■w C^ 02 a 0+J o c .3 a) ai w r ~ c ^ n oJ3 — c 3 t> o t- > 2 3 O 3 O hW KB SJ fc&H