WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



Mississippi County has one in a rural community and another in a 

 town of about 1,000 population. Both have proved a decided success. 

 One is a five-room cottage, and if they are not occupied they are easily 

 rented and the rent money goes to the support of the schools. Plan is 

 so satisfactory that other communities are discussing it with intention 

 of building. (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



California. 



"Believe plan a good one." Teacher of agriculture in San Jose High 

 School is furnished a cottage free. "Excellent plan." Tamalpais Union 

 High School will build a cottage for the janitor. San Mateo County has 

 a small two-room cottage in the Tunis district built on the school lot 

 because they could find no boarding place for their teacher. They employ 

 a widow with four children. In Los Angeles County there are three cot- 

 tages rented by the teachers and owned by the county, and five cottages 

 rented by the janitors. San Diego County states that one of their great- 

 est problems is the problem of board and lodging. Kern County reports 

 four cottages and that the experiment is successful because conditions 

 make it necessary. (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



Colorado. 



Under the powers given to school boards in this State, it is possible 

 for school districts to erect or purchase homes for the use of the teacher 

 or teachers. Such buildings are usually designated as "teacherages." 

 There are five such teacherages in Colorado at the present time, and 

 I am very earnestly hoping that the number may be materially increased 

 during the next year. (Mary C. C. Bradford, Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Denver, Colo.) 



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There is one teacher's cottage in our county. It is a schoolhouse 

 which became too small for the needs of the district, and when they 

 built the new schoolhouse, the old one was remodeled for a "teacherage." 

 It has four rooms and is partly furnished. One teacher lived in it four 

 years. It stands beside the schoolhouse. There are two teachers in the 

 school, both ladies, and are living in the cottage. The District is No. 11 

 of Mesa County, known locally as the "Pride" School. It is a rich dis- 

 trict and employs three other teachers in remote parts of the district. 

 (Mrs. Elizabeth Hinton, County Superintendent, Grand Junction, Colo.) 



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There is a teacher's cottage at Pinon, Colo., seven rooms. Two teach- 

 ers family of the principal. Others may be built the coming year. 

 (Lillie O. Baker, County Superintendent, Pueblo, Colo.) 



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We have in Otero County only one home for the teacher, provided by 

 the school district. This building consists of one room 14 ft. x 18, and 

 of a kitchen 14 x 14, which is provided with a sink, and is connected with 

 a cistern in such manner that the water may be pumped from the cistern 

 inside of the kitchen. Underneath the kitchen is a cellar 8 ft. square. 

 The building also is provided with a porch which is 11 ft. x 14, and is 

 planned to be used as a sleeping room, if desired by the teacher. The 

 Board of Education is planning to plant trees in the yard next spring, so 

 that teachers and pupils will be provided with shade. This home is located 

 in a semi-dryland region. The District is No. 1, and the postoffice address 

 is Timpas. 



At Weitzer, District No. 18, of this county, an attempt was made two 

 years ago to vote money to build a teacher's home at the expense of the 

 district. For some reason the movement was defeated, and the secretary, 

 who owns a store close by the schoolhouse, leased an acre of ground for 

 an indefinite period from a land owner owning land contiguous to the 

 school grounds, and placed on this leased portion a 4-room building. The 



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