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IN THE second of two articles de- 

 signed to give rural people a better 

 idea of what is happening over the 

 state in the field of school district re- 

 organization, County Superintendent L. 

 A. Tuggle reports seven consolidations 

 in Vermilion courity within the last two 

 years. 



VERMILION 



Tuggle's letter, along with a number 

 of others, is in answer to a request for 

 information from a few counties on the 

 recent progress in school reorganization 

 in their own counties. The new schools 

 listed are Ellis, Henning, Cheneys'ille, 

 Collinson, Harrison, Jamaica, and East 

 Lynn. They each include from three to 

 six former districts, enroll from 32 to 

 92 pupils, hire two to four teachers, have 

 assessed valuations of from $560,434 to 

 $1,000,899, and levy tax rates for edu- 

 cational purposes of from 64c to $1. 

 The first, fourth, sixth and seventh dis- 

 tricts were organized under Section 121a 

 of the School Law. 



Quoting from Tuggle's letter — "By 

 these consolidations, 23 rural schools 

 have been eliminated forever. We feel 

 that while these consolidations employ 

 only two, three or four teachers, that the 

 advantages of the children having class- 

 mates, playmates, and the opportunity to 

 have friendly rivalry in the class work, 

 will make the "situation a million times 

 better than little one-room schools with 

 one, two, three or four pupils in them. 



"While I would rather have consolida- 

 tions that would require at least four 

 teachers or more, I feel that our plan 

 in Vermilion county has been a mighty 

 good start. The patrons, teachers and 

 pupils like the system very much. 

 I feel quite sure there are great pos- 

 sibilities in Vermilion county of future 

 consolidations because of the farm-to- 

 market roads throughout our county. 



"The good folks of our rural areas 

 and small towns are more and more be- 

 ginning to like each other and are very 

 friendly in my meetings with them to 

 talk matters over, even though many 

 times they do not agree with the promo- 

 tion of consolidation af the present 

 time." 



It is interesting to note that two of 

 the oldest men in point of service, not 

 in age, in the state have had outstand- 

 ing success in assisting rural people in 

 securing better educational opportunities 

 through school district reorganization. 

 Superintendent Tuggle of Vermilion and 

 Superintendent Mcintosh of Piatt were 

 tied with seven consolidations each with- 

 in the past two years and up until their 

 letters came into this office. 



LA SALLE 



W. R. Foster, county superintendent 

 in La Salle county, reports that there 



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