Annual report of the New Jersey State Board of Education . rops, &c., hasmade it impossible. In some of these districts steps are now beingtaken toward the building of modern houses. The number ofbuildings reported as very poor is 54, and the number as poorS6. The number of new buildings erected was 32, and the numberenlarged, or that received substantial improvement, was 49. Thetotal number of school-houses in the State is 1,669, an increase overlast year of six. With the exception of 49 all the school-houses are KEPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. IS owned by the districts. The total value of the scho
Annual report of the New Jersey State Board of Education . rops, &c., hasmade it impossible. In some of these districts steps are now beingtaken toward the building of modern houses. The number ofbuildings reported as very poor is 54, and the number as poorS6. The number of new buildings erected was 32, and the numberenlarged, or that received substantial improvement, was 49. Thetotal number of school-houses in the State is 1,669, an increase overlast year of six. With the exception of 49 all the school-houses are KEPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. IS owned by the districts. The total value of the school property is$9,098,576, an increase over last year of $468,783. In the following table is shown, by counties, the number ofschool-houses in the State having one room each, the number havingtwo rooms and the number having more than two rooms: COUNTIES. Atlantic Bergen Bnrlington. Camden Cape Essex Hudson Mercer , , Morris Ocean Passaic , Salem Sussex TTnion Warren Twelve hundred and forty-one of the school-houses are constructedof wood, three hundred and forty-six of brick and eighty-two ofstone. The majority of the stone houses are one-room buildings, inthe northern part of the State. Only three hundred and twenty-onebuildings are provided with any means of ventilation in addition todoors and windows. In Tables VII. and IX. full statistics concerningthe condition of the school-houses are given by counties; in TablesVIII. and X. similar statistics are given for the cities. SCHOOL FURNITUEE AND APPARATUS. The old-style desks and seats are gradually disappearing from ourschool buildings, but the number reported as still retaining old-stylefurniture—one hundred and eighty-one—is entirely too large. Theimportance of proper desks cannot be over-estimated, and it is hopedthat the schoool officers in these districts will soon see the necessity ofproviding the children with new desks. Essex, Gl
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