Consolidated rural schools and organization of a county system . , numbering several hundred, were visited inall parts of the United States where consolidation is in successfuloperation and where it is supplanting the small district of extensive consolidated school systems, embracing almostentire counties, were noted in several States, and instances of theseare cited in the bulletin. The constructive part of the bulletin dealswith some of the principles and methods of school consolidation, andthese are illustrated by showing how certain counties might be dis-tricted into consolida
Consolidated rural schools and organization of a county system . , numbering several hundred, were visited inall parts of the United States where consolidation is in successfuloperation and where it is supplanting the small district of extensive consolidated school systems, embracing almostentire counties, were noted in several States, and instances of theseare cited in the bulletin. The constructive part of the bulletin dealswith some of the principles and methods of school consolidation, andthese are illustrated by showing how certain counties might be dis-tricted into consolidated school districts and how their present dis- No. 232 20 trict schools might be consolidated and transformed into efficientcountry-life schools. The locality chosen for the detailed local study was in northeasternOhio, popularly known as the * Western Reserve. Of the threetownships maintaining district schools, hereinafter designated asdistrict school townships, two (Champion and Southington) are inTrumbull County and one (Williamsfield) in Ashtabula Fig. 7.—Consolidated school uuildiuy a I Jolinalon Center, Johnston Township, TrumbullCounty, Ohio. Cost, including furniture, equipment, etc., $5, moderate-cost, steam-heated frame huilding- (stone foundation and slate roof) contain-ing four large and three small class rooms, with a basement under the entire upper story consists of two rooms separated by a sliding partition and capable of beingconverted into a single room for lectures or entertainments. The school is provided witha library, apparatus for instruction in physics, and an organ. In the basement one roomis reserved for use of the school board and for the preservation of school records. Thegrounds contain 21 acres. Valuation of township, $548,577 ; total enrollment, 181 ; inelementary courses, 151 ; high school, 30. The three townships (Kinsman, Johnston, and Greene) maintain-ing consolidated schools, hereinafter called consolidated school
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