Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . ck, but getno good of the schools. We are 18 miles from our school.(June 15, 1920). A native of Czecho Slovakia, residing in Montana forthe past 17 years, writes: There are here 35 children from7 to 16, born in American, who have been absolutely withoutschool for over five successive years. They can hardly ex-press themselves in America language, to say nothing ofreading and writing and of course their future is just asmuch shadowish as of those like of mine. For the past fiveyears we have tried our best to get a s
Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . ck, but getno good of the schools. We are 18 miles from our school.(June 15, 1920). A native of Czecho Slovakia, residing in Montana forthe past 17 years, writes: There are here 35 children from7 to 16, born in American, who have been absolutely withoutschool for over five successive years. They can hardly ex-press themselves in America language, to say nothing ofreading and writing and of course their future is just asmuch shadowish as of those like of mine. For the past fiveyears we have tried our best to get a school but very littleattention has been given us. (June, 1920). Know one but a mother which as been deprive of edu-cation like myself understand what I am going thru. To seemy four children and across the road four other little onesout of school for trustees selfishness. To third of those(eight) children demanding to go to school is next to want-ing for bread and not give it to them. To let them grow inignorance seems a crime. (October, 1920). v 100 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT. Nine children for three years attended the Bear Creek school in PowderRiver county held in one end of this barn, altho the district has an assessedtaxable valuation of $159,549. I have been trying hard for over 3 years to get schoolfor my children. The members of the school board is at oneside of the district and they dont seem to care whether thecountry children get school or not. If nothing can be doneI will have to keep my children at home until we are ableto send them. (December, 1919). We are 614 miles from school. We have lived here 10years this fall and the district has never made any effortto furnish the children a way to school. We have alwayshad to move away or let the children go horse back. Wehave six children here of school age without school. It isimpossible to move to town this winter as we have had nocrops for two years. (August, 1919). We are all agreed with the county superintendent about
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