Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1913 — School Report Furnished By Superintendent Clarke. [ARTICLE]

School Report Furnished By Superintendent Clarke.

The report for March shows a marked increase in the total enrollment. This will doubtless pass the six hundred mark before the end of the year. Although contagious diseases .were very prevalent during March the average attendance for the month remained the same as for' February. The cases of tardiness were twenty-five per cent fewer than for February. Many children recovered from .their contagious diseases during the vacation week and are again in school.. A few new cases of these diseases are reported at the schools. So far as can be learned there are about a dozen children who are still out on account of measles, mumps or whooping cough. If those who are now suffering from these diseases remain at home until they are well three will be little danger from now on of spreading contagion through the schools. Some parents have been very careless about this matter and have thereby contributed to tlje spread of the contagion. , Some neither call a physician nor notify the health officer. There Is need of some agency whereby the community ,can be brought to realize that it is a community and as such has duties which extend beyond the pale of the home. The people should be brought together and induced to discuss and ptherwise sive attention to community interests. The teachers’ report for month ending March 28th, follows: / Bys. Gls. Total Enrollment to date.... 281 310 591 Enrollment for m0nth..243 270 513 Average No. belonging.23l 246 477 Average attendance ...230 219 449 Per Cent Att .95 91 93 Cases of Tardiness 31 18 49 Dropped from Roll 9 11 20 Days school in session. 18% Days teacher absent... 3 3 Times teacher tardy.... " 0