WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



Iowa. 



In three new rural consolidated districts they are planning to build 

 cottages for the principals. (Stone Lake.) 



In one rural district the patrons oppose the completion of a house 

 for the teacher, partly built. "Board is quite a problem in Scott County." 

 In Clay County two six-room cottages are built for two of the consolidated 

 schools, one at Garfield Center and one at Cornell. They are rented free, 

 the principals are paid $100 per month, the teachers board with the 

 principal. They are very successful. Apponoose County reports they 

 would be fortunate if they did own homes for the teachers for the ques- 

 tion of board in the rural districts is a serious problem. They have had 

 a few cases where the teacher could not secure board within the school 

 district and was required to board out of the district. Dooly County re- 

 ports one public school having a teacher's cottage that has proven very 

 convenient and satisfactory to all concerned. Lyon County reports, 

 "There is no question in my mind that homes furnished to teachers in 

 many of our towns and cities, even if a reasonable rent is charged, would 

 prove of invaluable aid in that it would free from her mind the care 

 of finding suitable and welcome homes in many of our towns and cities." 



State Superintendent reports that consolidated districts are giving 

 this matter consideration and expect to have many more of these homes 

 in the near future. (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



Kansas. 



There is nothing in the school laws of Kansas that would permit the 

 issuance of bonds for the purpose of buying or building a teachers' cot- 

 tage. If this could be accomplished by the issuance of warrants or pay- 

 ing out the money on hand, there will probably be no legal objections. 



I agree with you that the teachers' cottage is one of the future 

 necessities, if our rural schools are to be continued, and even if they 

 are to be improved on the plans of consolidation, even then the cottage 

 will be a future necessity that more maturity of mind and stability of 

 position be secured. I hope that Kansas will soon follow the splendid 

 example that Washington has set. (W. D. Ross, State Superintendent, 

 Topeka, Kansas.) 



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Four county superintendents report great difficulty in securing a 

 boarding place for the teachers and will welcome any plan to solve the 

 problem. One remarks, "At the rate the board is soaring I think it will 

 soon come." Four county superintendents report that they think it an 

 excellent plan and that they need it. One reports the plan not feasible 

 "Because we have generally ladies aged from 18 to 25." Garden City, 

 Kansas, reports that some of their teachers have to pay one-third of 

 their wages each month for board and do not near get what they pay 

 for, and then sometimes have to walk from one to three miles to school. 

 Stafford County reports that two girls taught in adjoining districts, rented 

 a tenant cottage from a farmer, living about midway between the two 

 schoolhouses, and by boarding together they managed to teach in their 

 respective districts. He reports that all the teachers have a great deal 

 of trouble getting places to room and board and when they do find a 

 place to board the price is as high if not higher in the rural districts 

 than in town and the wages are much lower. (U. S. Bureau of Educa- 

 tion.) 



Kentucky. 



"Believe plan an excellent one." "I greatly favor plan." County 

 high school in Breckinridge County has a teachers' cottage. Oldham has 

 one in a rural school. "I hope to see the time come when every school 

 building will be equipped with a teachers' cottage." (Franklin County.) 



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