Country life and the country school : a study of the agencies of rural progress and of the social relationship of the school to the country community . consolidated schools doing one year high school work 53 2. Number doing two years high school work 126 3. Number doing three years high school work 218 4. Number doing four years high school work 419 C. 1. Number of children transported 19,293 2. Number of wagons used in transporting children 1,241 3. Cost per wagon per day, average $ 4. Total cost all wagons per day $2, 5. Number of pupils transported by school wagons or pri- vate co
Country life and the country school : a study of the agencies of rural progress and of the social relationship of the school to the country community . consolidated schools doing one year high school work 53 2. Number doing two years high school work 126 3. Number doing three years high school work 218 4. Number doing four years high school work 419 C. 1. Number of children transported 19,293 2. Number of wagons used in transporting children 1,241 3. Cost per wagon per day, average $ 4. Total cost all wagons per day $2, 5. Number of pupils transported by school wagons or pri- vate conveyances 18,767 6. Number of pupils transported by interurban cars 470 7. Number of pupils transported by steam cars 56 D. Number of consolidated schools employing— Grade High School. School. Two teachers 292 93 Three teachers 107 81 Four teachers 130 66 164 COUNTRY LIFE AND THE COUNTRY SCHOOL Five teachers 59 41 Six teachers 35 26 Seven teachers 29 24 Eight teachers 20 11 Nine teachers 15 13 Ten teachers 4 3 More than ten teachers 17 5 Minnesota. Notwithstanding severe winters and heavysnows, many northern states have tested consoUdation and. ConsoHdated School, Lewiston, Minnesota A nine-acre farm and a system of extension work are two helpful features of this school found it feasible. In IMinnesota a law providing for theunion of schools was enacted in 1903. Since this time over130 consolidated schools have been established. The mostnotable example of consolidation in Minnesota is foundnear the village of Lewiston, in Winona County. TheLewiston Consolidated School comprises four districts andis housed in a modern, commodious building, efficientlyequipped in every way. The total enrollment is one hundred CONSOLIDATED COUNTRY SCHOOLS 165 seventy-five, with a high-school enrollment of forty. Nineteachers are employed. The school term is nine months inlength, and the annual expense of maintenance in 1910 was$8,740, of which $3,600, according to the laws of ^Minnesota,was furn
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