. Consolidation of country schools . to the effect of centralizationin bringing out and securing the attendance of more pupils; for example,I was told of one of the abandoned schools which originally had but fourpupils in attendance yet when wagons went over that route to transportthe four children of this district to the centralized school, instead of four,eight pupils presented themselves and were in constant attendance. Againin the same township there was a case where the abandoned school hadan attendance of only ten pupils, yet on the first morning when the con-veyance made the round in th
. Consolidation of country schools . to the effect of centralizationin bringing out and securing the attendance of more pupils; for example,I was told of one of the abandoned schools which originally had but fourpupils in attendance yet when wagons went over that route to transportthe four children of this district to the centralized school, instead of four,eight pupils presented themselves and were in constant attendance. Againin the same township there was a case where the abandoned school hadan attendance of only ten pupils, yet on the first morning when the con-veyance made the round in that district eighteen children presented them-selves to be transported to the centralized school. The superintendent, ofthis school, Mr. John R. Adams, saysThe movement was at the beginningthoroughly opposed, but now there is no objection evidenced and a prop-osition to go back to the old ways would not be entertained at all. Inplace of a six and seven months school year, all of the schools of thetownship now have nine months Centralized Country School Building, Green Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, erected 1900. To this school are brought all the children of the township and nine wagons are employed in tne transportation. A still more striking example of what consolidation has accomplishedin northwestern Ohio is found in the schools of Green township, TrumbullCounty. It will amply repay an interested enquirer to visit and investigatethis place not only as to the general methods in rural school work but asan example of what may be done. It would almost make a convert of themost doubtful to the plan. The school building is a handsome brickstructure, slate roofed, steam heated, with the most improved seats inall the rooms, musical instruments, library, etc. It is located in the exactgeographical center of the township, which is a distinctly rural com-munity, with only the school building and a church. It is eleven milesfrom one railroad and six miles from another. The bu
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