COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS' RECORD BOOK.-Certain Superintendents who have recently written to this office on the subject, and perhaps some who have not written, would find it to their interest to read what is said on this subject in the JOURNAL for July, 1877. NEWLY APPOINTED DISTRICT CLERKS should be careful to obtain from their predecessors all the official documents belonging to the office. Every district clerk should have the following documents, at least: 1. Copy of School Law; 2. Account Book; 3. Record Book; 4. File of EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL; 5. Warrant Book; 6. Annual Reports of Superintendent of Public. Instruction; 7. Annual Reports of District Clerk; 8. Blank forms necessary for the transaction of the business of the District board. BLANK FORMS for the current year were sent to county Superintendents last June. We aimed to send a full supply of all the forms needed for the year, and requested Superintendents who failed to receive a sufficient number, to inform us of the fact. And yet, we occasionally receive letters from district clerks asking for blank forms, and stating that they were directed by their Superintendents to apply here! We could only refer them back to their Superintendents. COMMENDABLE PROMPTNESS.-On the 12th day of October blank forms for private school statistics were mailed to Superintendents. By the 22d (10 days) we had received returns from the following counties and cities: Albemarle, Alexandria, (county and city,) Amelia, Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Frederick, Fredericksburg, Gloucester, Goochland, Greene, Henry, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Loudoun, Madison, Manchester, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Nansemond, Nelson, New Kent, Norfolk City, Northampton, Nottoway, Orange, Page, Portsmouth, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince William, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Richmond City, Richmond County, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Scott, Shenandoah, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Staunton, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, Warren, Warwick, Washington, Winchester, Wythe and York-77. WHOSE IS IT?-Among the reports of private school statistics there is one without signature or name of county. Whose is it? REPORTS ON PRIVATE SCHOOL STATISTICS have not yet (Oct. 30) been received from the following counties: Bath, Caroline, Franklin, Giles, Greensville, Halifax, Henrico, Highland, Lee, Lunenburg, Lynchburg, Norfolk county, Patrick, Petersburg and Smyth. THE SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENTS for the current year will be based on the new United States census, and as the official returns of this census will not be ready for several weeks, Superintendents may not get their warrants for first quarter's pay until December. TEACHERS who attended the University Normal, but whose names have not appeared on the printed rolls: Miss S. S. Maccracken, Ivy Depot, Albemarle county; Mr. W. P. Ballard, Richmond, Va. HENRICO COUNTY sent four teachers to the University Normal, and Lynchburg sent six. COLORED FEMALE TEACHERS wanted in Essex county. Address Dr. H. Gresham, Tappahannock. OUR COLORED PEOPLE, be it remembered, are entitled to their full share of schools, and schools equal to white schools in excellence. TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN public school houses were built during the past school year. The value of public school property now owned by districts is estimated at about $1,200,000. TWENTY SUPERINTENDENTS have not yet (Oct. 30) responded to our request for information as to the cost of census, &c. See first paragraph of Official Department of last JOURNAL. ANNUAL REPORTS for the year ending July 31, 1880, have been received from all the counties and cities of the State. We give below a table showing the number of schools and school attendance in the several counties and cities as compared with the preceding year. The exhibit is highly gratifying. The gain in number of schools was 2,362, whilst the attendance was more than double that of the past year, and nearly 16,000 greater than that of any preceding year. The outlook for the now current year is encouraging. The schools are opening promisingly throughout the State, and the general condition of our school system was never better than at present. Let us all take fresh courage, and resolve that this the first year of our second decade shall excel the best of the past. THE LARGE GAIN made in school attendance should only encourage us the more in our great work. A great many children still get little or no benefit from our schools, which are meant for the equal benefit of all. Unquestionably our work this year should be the largest of all. Our population is increasing, and our financial prospects have never before been so good as for this year. We started out with an apportionment, and we may calculate on receiving the whole of the school money. This is a happy prospect, and woe be to us if we do not make the most of it! A TABLE showing the number of schools and school attendance. for each of the past ten years: Av. Daily |