Consolidated rural schools and organization of a county system . unction in, or relation to, the ruralcommunity life. The names farm-school and country-life school have been suggested for the consolidated school located on a smallschool farm among farms in the open country. Many of the consolidated schools, especially those located withinAillages, are cramped for room. Five acres should be the least, while10 or 12 acres is about the right size for school grounds. Ifthere is no immediate prospect for using this land as a school farmfor purjDoses of instruction, part of it may be sown to grass a
Consolidated rural schools and organization of a county system . unction in, or relation to, the ruralcommunity life. The names farm-school and country-life school have been suggested for the consolidated school located on a smallschool farm among farms in the open country. Many of the consolidated schools, especially those located withinAillages, are cramped for room. Five acres should be the least, while10 or 12 acres is about the right size for school grounds. Ifthere is no immediate prospect for using this land as a school farmfor purjDoses of instruction, part of it may be sown to grass and set No. 232 25 apart for athletics and other uses: another part may be planted mshade trees and part in forest trees and shelter belts. Therefore, inthe selection of a site for the school building, regard should alwaysbe had to securing ample ground for a school farm and the uses towhich that farm is eventually to be put. The term •* consolidated district * is used in this bulletin to desig-nate a ]3ermanent union of one-room, or common-school, Fig. 13.—Consolidated school buildnii: m Twin y-aU^. Tv. iu Falls County, Idaho, 1908. Area of district, 36 square miles; population in 1908. A modern, steam-heated,brick building with slate roof. Basenient is hij:h and spacious and contains several classrooms ; running water throughout buildiuLr. The total enrolment is 726 and the high school enrolment is 100, or over 13 per centof the total. Eight school wagons convey al)out 200 of the children to school, all livingoutside city limits being entitled to public transportation. Not all, however, make use ofthe privilege. The school has 2 acres of playground and a school farm of 4 acres. Thehigh school offers a strong commercial course, and agriculture, having a hearing on localfarming conditions, is taught. Four years ago the ground where this building now a solid growth of sagebrush and the country for miles around vvas arid and unin-habited. Attentio
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