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Book Title: History Of Johnson County Kansas

CHAPTER XIV.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Organization—Growth and Development of the Schools.

  The first school in Johnson county was the Shawnee Mission school, and the few
white children that were there attended the Indian school, with the exception of
those who received private instruction.

  The first Territorial legislature, which met in July, 1855, passed the first
body of laws for the -Government of Kansas. In chapter 144 of these statutes is
found an act, section 1 of which reads: "That there shall be established a
common school or schools, in each of the counties of this territory, which shall
be open and free for every class of white citizens between the ages of five and
twenty-one years, provided that persons over the age of twenty-one years may be
admitted into such-schools on such terms as the trustees of such schools may
direct."

  Owing to the political situation little was done in the administration of
school laws nor any other laws enacted by this legislature or those of 1857. The
first Free State legislature, which convened in 1858, passed additional laws for
the organization, supervision and maintenance of common schools. It created an
office of Territorial superintendent of common schools, and declared, "that all
school districts established under this act shall be free and without charge for
tuition to all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years, and no
sectarian teacher shall be allowed therein."

  The first schools for white children as provided by the territorial laws were
established in Johnson county in 1857, and the great development of the school
system of this county is shown by the following statement, furnished by Miss May
Cain, county superintendent of public instruction : Number of districts
organized (not including cities of first and second class), 97; number of
district clerks reporting, 96; average daily attendance per teacher of schools
of two or more grades, 10; high school, 13; total, 23; average salary paid male
teacher per month of two or more teachers: grades $69; high school, $91; average
salary of male teachers in one teacher school, $64.75; average salary of female
teacher in one teacher school, $48.25; average salary for female teacher per
month in schools of two or more teacher's grades, $55; high school, $75; average
cost per pupil per month on enrollment in one teacher school, $3.50; average
cost per pupil per month on enrollment in schools of two or more grades, $2.50;
high school, $3.60; average cost per pupil per month on average daily attendance
in schools of two or more teacher's grades, $3.40; high school, $4.75; average
length of school year in weeks in one teacher school, 30.62; average length of
school year in weeks of two or more teachers, 33.86; number of school buildings,
one teacher school, 82; number of school buildings, two teacher school, 16; (two
districts in the county have colored schools) making two buildings in the
district. Number of school rooms in one teacher school, 82; number of school
rooms in two teacher school, 55; total, 137; number of schools built in year
ending June 30, 1914, 1; cost of same, $4,500; number of pupils in one teacher
school passing the common school examination this year: males, 34; females, 43;
total JJ; number of pupils in schools of two or more teachers passing the graded
school examination this year: males, 19; females, 12; total 31; number of
certificates granted—first grade, 11; second grade, 22; third grade, 20;
temporary, 6; total, 59; average age of persons receiving certificates, 25;
number of teachers receiving certificates having no previous experience, 22;
number of high school teachers employed who are graduates of a college or
university, 7; of a normal, 3; number of teachers not graduated, but having
completed one or more years of a college course, 1; Number of grade teachers who
are graduates of a college or university, 6; of a normal school, 3: of a high
school or academy, 20; of a normal course, 4; number of teachers of one teacher
school who are graduates of a college or university, 6; of a normal school, 3;
of a high school, 20; not graduates, but having completed at a high school or
academy three years, 6; two years, 7; one year, 10; number of teachers employed
who hold State certificates: one teacher school, 2; grades, 1; high school, 7;
number of teachers employed who hold high school normal training certificates,
25; first grade, 54; second grade, 30; third grade, 13; number of teachers
employed who had no previous experience as teachers: one teacher school, 10;
grades, 4; high school, 1; total 15; number of colored teachers employed in one
teacher schools, females, 2; average length of time spent by county
superintendent in actual school inspection, two hours.

  One hundred and twenty-six teachers took reading circle during the year.
Sixty-two of the one teacher districts have school district libraries with 4,342
volumes. Twelve of the two teacher schools have libraries in which there are
2,542 volumes. The school census for 1914 showed 5,229 pupils of school age.
Total taxable value of school districts of Johnson county, 1914, $16,562,577.00.



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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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