Maine, its history, resources and government . int com-mittee or by the city board of education, is the executive officerof the local committee in each town which he serves and actsalso as the professional adviser of the committee. He furtheracts as secretary of the committee, keeping record of its votes,vouchers approved against appropriations, contracts of variouskinds, and all matters of which permanent record should bemade. He is specifically required by law to take the school 82 THE STORY OF MAINE census and make return of it to the state superintendent aswell as to make return of all sch
Maine, its history, resources and government . int com-mittee or by the city board of education, is the executive officerof the local committee in each town which he serves and actsalso as the professional adviser of the committee. He furtheracts as secretary of the committee, keeping record of its votes,vouchers approved against appropriations, contracts of variouskinds, and all matters of which permanent record should bemade. He is specifically required by law to take the school 82 THE STORY OF MAINE census and make return of it to the state superintendent aswell as to make return of all school statistics; to visit theschools and direct and supervise the work of all teachers; tonominate teachers and employ them upon their approvalby the committee; to select textbooks, supplies, and appara-tus, and place orders for the purchase of the same after thecommittee has authorized it; to distribute and account forall supplies, and to enforce or cause to be enforced all regula-tions of the committee. As a matter of fact it is the practice. The Portland High SchoolCompleted in 1919 at a cost of nearly one million dollars. of a large number of committees to delegate such functionsas may be thus transferred to the superintendent, who thenbecomes virtually the director general of all the school affairsof the town, consulting the committee only for general in-structions, with the exception of such matters as the lawspecifically requires shall be acted upon by the committee. High Schools. High schools may be established and main-tained by towns to the number of two, and adjoining townsmay maintain a union school. There are recognized threeclasses of high schools. The first is known as the Class A THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN MAINE 8S school, which must have at least two teachers and must offer astandard course of four years of thirty-six weeks each. Thesecond is the Class B school, which must offer a standard courseof at least two years, and the third is the Junior High Scho
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