Consolidated rural schools and organization of a county system . ca school enrolls 74, West Mecca school 86 pupils; theschool population of neither community is large enough for a stronghigh school, and onh^ one year of high school is taught. One five-room building would serve in the place of the present two build-ings of three rooms each, and five teachers could easily do the workwhich is at present done by six. CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL AT LEWISTON, WINONA COUNTY, MINN. The district, as at j^resent constituted (fig. 25). is indicated byheavy lines, the consolidated schoolhouse and the former one-r
Consolidated rural schools and organization of a county system . ca school enrolls 74, West Mecca school 86 pupils; theschool population of neither community is large enough for a stronghigh school, and onh^ one year of high school is taught. One five-room building would serve in the place of the present two build-ings of three rooms each, and five teachers could easily do the workwhich is at present done by six. CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL AT LEWISTON, WINONA COUNTY, MINN. The district, as at j^resent constituted (fig. 25). is indicated byheavy lines, the consolidated schoolhouse and the former one-roomdistrict schools by symbols. The location of the consolidated schoolin the northeast corner of the district suggests that it could easily be No. 232 84 made the center of a much larger district. The boundaries of adjoin-ing districts which could, because of convenient roads and other rea-sons, be added to the consolidated district and thereby place the con-solidated school building in the center of a well proportioned district,are indicated by broken LEGEND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL H STARTING POINT OF SCHOOL WAGON^.^q-^ ROAD TOWN Fig. 24.—Map of Mecca township, Trumbull County, Ohio, of township, square miles. Valuation, $408,372. Children of educable age, level, sandy loam and clayey loam, not well drained; price (lOOG), from $30 to $50per acre. Location of present consolidated schools shown by symbol. The logical locationof the consolidated school, if the township had but one, is indicated by the consolidated-school symbol in light lines. It is near the geographical center of the township. At present the school is laboring under the disadvantage of toosmall a contributory There are three school-wagon routes, the longest 3^ miles in same wagons could serve routes 5 miles in length and convej^ No. 232 85 more children. A larger district would distribute the tax burdenmore equitabh^, contribute to greatly increased attendance, and
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