WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



Jonesboro. There has been some agitation in some of the other towns 

 for teachers' cottages or for housekeeping rooms connected with school 

 buildings, but inquiry has failed to bring out definite information as to 

 these. (Payson Smith, State Superintendent, Augusta, Me.) 



Maryland. 



"Nothing has been done in Maryland along the line referred to in the 

 bulletin of the State Department of Education of Washington. (B. K. 

 Purdum, Assistant State Superintendent, Annapolis, Md.) 



Massachusetts. 



Three years ago a house was built for the principal of the high school 

 at Hadley from funds belonging to the school by private bequest. It is 

 an eight-room house, costing about $5,000. It was planned by a former 

 principal, Mr. J. E. Heald, now of the Bureau of Agricultural Education, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington. It is very attractive and con- 

 venient. 



Last year a small cottage on the high school grounds was fitted up 

 for teaching household arts. In the upper story two rooms were fitted 

 up for teachers' use. The Domestic Science teacher and two other teachers 

 room there. The pupils in the school do practically all the housekeeping. 

 (Clinton J. Richards, Superintendent, Hatfield, Mass.) 



Michigan. 



"Would like to have the plan tested." (Traverse City, Mich.) 



Alger County reports that at Limestone a house is furnished rent 

 free to the teacher and that this house is owned by the township school 

 board. 



Also at Chatham a house owned by the township is furnished rent 

 free to the township superintendent. 



IMenominee built a bungalow for the county agricultural school which 

 is now used by the superintendent. The cost of this house was $3,000. 

 They also built a house for the janitor at a cost of $1,800. These houses 

 were built because it is necessary to keep these men on the premises 

 during the entire year. (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



Minnesota. 



The sections of the Minnesota school laws which bear particularly 

 on this question are quoted as follows by C. C. Swain, Rural School 

 Commissioner, St. Paul, Minn.: 



"Section 1. Two or more school districts of any kind may con- 

 solidate either by the formation of a new district or by the annexation 

 of one or more districts of unorganized territory to an existing district 

 in which is maintained a state graded, semi-graded, or high school as 

 hereinafter provided." 



"Section 8. For the purpose of promoting a better condition in rural 

 schools, and to encourage industrial training, including the elements of 

 agriculture, manual training and home economics, the board in a consol- 

 idated school district is authorized to establish schools of two or more 

 departments, provide for the transportation of pupils, or expend a reason- 

 able amount for room and board of pupils whose attendance at school 

 can more economically and conveniently be provided for by such means; 

 locate and acquire sites of not less than two acres, and erect necessary 

 and suitable buildings thereon, including a suitable dwelling for teachers, 

 when money therefor has been voted by the district. They shall submit 

 to the superintendent of education a plat of the school grounds, indi- 

 cating the site of the proposed buildings, plans and specifications for the 

 school building and its equipment and the equipment of the premises." 



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