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c o n stru c tiv e ad v ice on c e rta in m a tte rs th a t h is work a s p rin ­

c ip a l causes him to h e more fa m ilia r w ith than th e hoard,

sin c e i t so seldom g e ts to v i s i t th e school and i t s p lan t*

County a d m in is tra tio n * The o ffic e o f th e county supers

in te n d e n t o f sch o o ls has c e rta in d u tie s to perform fo r the

school d is tr ic ts * Many o f th ese are o f an approval n a tu re ,
th a t i s approving re p o rts , y e a rly b u d g ets, e t c ., re q u ire d of

tr u s te e s and teach ers* Teachers* c o n tra c ts and a l l w arran ts

drawn a g a in s t a d i s t r ic t * s school money must a ls o he ap­

proved by th e county o ffice* . The County Board o f E ducation,

o f which th e county su p erin ten d en t i s s e c re ta ry , p re sc rib e s

th e county course o f stu d y f o r a l l schools n o t in th e c h a rt­

ered c ity class* A woman in charge of curriculum in th e

county o ffic e working w ith la rg e numbers o f te a c h e rs in th e

county formed in to v a rio u s com m ittees com pile th e v ario u s

u n its o f th e course o f stu d y , which in tu rn must meet th e ap­

proval o f th e County Board o f Education* S ta te and county

school moneys a re apportioned by th is o ffic e to th e v ario u s

school d i s t r i c t s in th e county*

The com ity o ffic e m ain tain s an ap p o in tiv e se rv ic e sim­

i l a r to th a t found in teach ers* c o lle g e s and u n iv e rs itie s *

Any su p e rin te n d e n t, p rin c ip a l, o r board member in need o f

te a c h e rs i s encouraged to c o n su lt th e a s s is ta n t su p erin ten ­

d en t o f schoo ls in charge o f t h i s departm ent b e fo re f i l l i n g

v acan cies in h is school* Some board members seem to f e e l

they can h ire th e ir te a c h e rs w ithout th e a s s is ta n c e of th e

county o ffic e , w hile many welcome a l l th e ad vice th is d e p a rt-