PART 11

To WHAT Are KANSANS ENTITLED IN EDUCATION?

 

 

i, EDUCATIONAL CONSTANTS-

 

A, EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO ATTENDS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF KANSAS IS ENTITLED TO CERTAIN
THINGS, THROUGHOUT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, FROM NURSERY SCHOOL THROUGH THE GRAD~
UATE SCHOOL, THESE CONSTANTS SHOULD BE PRESENT:

1.

COMPETENT, SPECIALIZED, WELL EDUCATED AND TRAINED TEACHERS, PHYSICALLY AND
MENTALLY HEALTHY, FITTED BY CHARACTER, PERSONALITY AND TEMPERAMENT FOR TEACH™
ING IN THE SCHOOL UNIT TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED,
SAFE, SANITARY, PROPERLY PLANNED AND WELL EQUIPPED SCHOOL BUILDINGS SUITABLE
FOR THE AGE OF THE PUPIL AND THE CHARACTER OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAM,
CoMPLETE AND BALANCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE

INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY,
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE OPPORTUNITY OF
PARTICIPATING IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF HIS OWN AGE
AND OF ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES WHICH CANNOT BE CARRIED ON IN SCHOOLS OF
SMALL ENROLLMENTS,
SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CARRY ON A MINIMUM PROGRAM WITH THE POSSI=
BILITY OF AND ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM,
TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL IN THE LOWER UNITS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE AN
UNDUE DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL, OR IF TRANSPORTATION 1S NOT PRACTICABLE, DORMI~
TORIES OR OTHER SUITABLE LIVING QUARTERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED,
SUBJECT MATTER AND ACTIVITIES TAUGHT AND CARRIED ON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
PROGRAM WITH EMPHASIS PLACED ON:

A, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH,

B, MASTERY OF THE TOOL SUBJECTS,

C, SAFETY,

©, THE ATTITUDE OF CURIOSITY,

E, THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE OF CHECKING FACTS,

F. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INITIATIVE,

G, THE WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.

H, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF@DISCIPLINE,

i. A RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS,

J. AN APPRECIATION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF HOME MEMBERSHIP WITH PREPARATION TO

ASSUME ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IN A WORTHY MANNER,

K. A LOVE OF COUNTRY,

tL. DEVOTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRATIC LIVING.

M, AN APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY IN NATURE, MUSIC, THE ARTS AND HUMAN RELATION@

SHIPS,
N, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIFE,