Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . School Dormitories The practicability of dormitories for housing public schoolchildren who live far from school was first demonstrated in1914-15 at the Flathead county high school in Kalispell. Thefirst dormitory was for girls. It was maintained in a com-modious residence leased by the county high school boardand proved so satisfactory that in 1915-16, a building whichhad formerly been used for business college purposes wasremodeled for a boys dormitory. Since that time the growthof dormitories has been rapid
Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, state of Montana . School Dormitories The practicability of dormitories for housing public schoolchildren who live far from school was first demonstrated in1914-15 at the Flathead county high school in Kalispell. Thefirst dormitory was for girls. It was maintained in a com-modious residence leased by the county high school boardand proved so satisfactory that in 1915-16, a building whichhad formerly been used for business college purposes wasremodeled for a boys dormitory. Since that time the growthof dormitories has been rapid, until by the close of the year1919-20, twenty-two of them were in operation in variousparts of the state. There are twenty-four dormitories now in use. Five ofthem are for .girls only and accommodate 171 girls. Four arefor boys with 68 boys housed. Six are for both boys andgirls and accommodate 57 girls and 60 boys. In fifteen dor-mitories, which are all that have reported this year, thereare housed 356 boys and girls, most of whom would not be 76 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 77 In school today were it not for dormitory privileges. In eightof these dormitories the average distance from which thepupils come is 221/2 miles. Distances range from 3 miles forone pupil at Browning to 95 for one in the Fergus countyhigh school. In the latter dormitory several pupils comefrom outside of the county, one from a distance of 300 miles. The majority of these dormitories are for high schoolstudents only. A few grade pupils are accommodated atWhitehall, Jordan, Roy, and Dawson county high school atGlendive. The youngest child housed in the dormitories re-porting is eight years old and attends school in Glendive. Of the fifteen dormitories reporting on this point, nineare maintained in leased buildings, and five are owned bythe schools. Rent varies, depending upon the size and natureof the building. The Powell county high school board wasfortunate in being
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