Survey Report, Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, Minnesota

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Page 30 - The educational program is not one set up merely for the next ensuing year, but it must be carefully thought through for a long time in advance. It is this aspect of budgetary preparation that requires effort, skill, scientific knowledge, and leadership conversant with educational affairs. Each aspect of the educational program must be planned in relationship to...
Page 10 - K (c). Uniformity of textbooks; M (b), Kindergartens; N (a), High schools; S (b), Public-school libraries; T (b). Schools for the deaf. Minnesota: Board of trustees. — The control of common and Independent districts shall be vested in a board of trustees; term of office, three years. The school board of each common-school district shall consists of a chairman, a treasurer, and a clerk ; compensation of trustees in districts containing 10 or more townships shall be fixed by the legal voters of such...
Page 30 - An educational program is well described in the following quotaBefore a financial statement estimating the future income and outgo can be prepared, the educational program which is to be must first be determined and approved. The educational program is not one set up merely for the next ensuing year, but it must be carefully thought through for a long time in advance. It is this aspect of budgetary preparation that requires effort, skill, scientific knowledge, and leadership conversant with educational...
Page 12 - ... 1 for a term of 2 years, and 1 for a term of 3 years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.
Page 30 - It is obvious that any educational plan projected into the future requires an anticipation of the service demands, approximations of achievement, and estimates of plant material and supplies needed, as well as the cost of these articles and the income from all sources. The fact that...
Page 18 - ... of children through the school system, of achievements in the fields of study commonly taught, of the regularity of school attendance, of economies that have been effected, in the maintenance and operation of the plant, and the like, should be presented frequently as evidence of good administration. If the superintendent of schools is to be held responsible for results by the board of education, he must be recognized as their chief executive officer. The creation of the co-ordinate executive...
Page 97 - ... touch the teacher very directly in his work and the term administration refers to educational and business activities which are more impersonal, further removed from the classroom, we shall not attempt to make a sharp distinction between them.1 We shall, however, think of the superintendent of schools and the principal of the high school as primarily administrative and the supervisor of music and the head of the music department in the high school as primarily supervisory. All of them unite with...
Page 10 - The membership of the school board of each independent school district shall consist of six elected members together with such ex-officio members as may be provided by law.
Page 35 - Comparative Statement of Tonnages and Assessed Values of the Mesabi and Vermilion Ranges for the Years 1907 and 1924 У ear.
Page 14 - THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS The selection of the superintendent of schools is generally regarded as one of the most important functions of a board of education.

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