Conditions and needs of Iowa rural schools .. . hacksand the improvement of roads. 8. The drivers exercise due responsibility in promptly and safely convey-ing the children to school and returning them to their homes. They also, bycontract, prohibit questionable language, undue familiarity and boisterousconduct in or about the hacks. 9. Eighty-five (85) per cent of the patrons have reported the consolidatedscho j1 as their preference in comparison with the old way. Tne following statement of gains and losses due to consolidation in thiscounty is also given: Number of schools receiving conveyed
Conditions and needs of Iowa rural schools .. . hacksand the improvement of roads. 8. The drivers exercise due responsibility in promptly and safely convey-ing the children to school and returning them to their homes. They also, bycontract, prohibit questionable language, undue familiarity and boisterousconduct in or about the hacks. 9. Eighty-five (85) per cent of the patrons have reported the consolidatedscho j1 as their preference in comparison with the old way. Tne following statement of gains and losses due to consolidation in thiscounty is also given: Number of schools receiving conveyed pupils 14 Number of schools abandoned 38 Additional teachers required in the central schools 7 Saving in number of teachers 31 Saving in salaries of teachers $10, Saving in fuel and repairs 2, •Total saving $12, Number of pupils conveyed 428 Number of hacks required 29 Total cost for transportation for the year 6, Net saving, not counting additional cost of fuel and janitor service in consolidated schools $ 6, Wagon specially designed for transporting pupils to and from school. Where pupils areregularly transported, the district should own its own wagons. 56 PRESENT STATUS OF CONSOLIDATION. TUITION PUPILS IN THE GRADED SCHOOLS. There are 770 graded schools in Iowa. Of this number 544 had, lastyear, tuition pupils from country districts either in the grades or highschools, or both. The aggregate number of tuition pupils with the amountreceived by graded schools for tuition for the year ending September 1,1904,is as follows: Boys. Girls. Total. 2,0222,701 4,723 1,9103,255 5,165 3,932 5,956 9,88> $ 34, 79, $114, Mills Tax levy for school purposes in cities and towns (on basis of 388 reports) — Teachersf and Contingent fund Tax levy for school pur noses in country districts (on basis of averages reportedfrom 70 counties)— Teachersfund Contingent fund TEACHERS EMPLOYEDin the 134 towns and cities of Iowa, having a
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