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1, THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (coNTINUED)
DO, COLLEGE LEADERSHIP
1, SALARIES !N KANSAS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE LOW, MAKING THEM UNABLE TO
ATTRACT AND RETAIN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATORS AND
INSTRUCTORS,
2. THE STANDARDS AND PAY OF TEACHERS COLLEGES ARE BELOW THOSE OF OTHER COLLEGES

AND UNIVERSITIES,

11. THE PROBLEM OF SCHOOL DISTRICT REORGANIZATION

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URAL SCHOOL SITUATION
TREMENDOUS CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE RURAL SCHOOL SITUATION BY DEVELOPMENTS
IN COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION, DECREASE IN POPULATION, INCREASE IN TENANCY,
THE MOBILITY OF POPULATION AND SHIFT TO THE CITIES, AND FAILURE TO MEET THE !N=
CREASED NEED FOR AND BROADENING OF A SOUND EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY REGARDING THE
PROBLEMS OF RURAL EDUCATION BOTH ON LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS,
THERE ARE TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCES IN VALUATION AND SIZE OF DISTRICTS,
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS WITH SMALL ENROLLMENTS, MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE:
A, UNDEMOCRATIC
B, INEFFICIENT
Cc. EXPENSIVE
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CLOSED DISTRICTS.

A. SOME HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR MANY YEARS, :
B, THESE HAVE SHIFTED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAXATION FOR EDUCATION ON THEIR
NE |GHBORS,

Cc. VAST AREAS IN KANSAS ARE VIRTUALLY UNTAXED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PURPOSES,
THE SHIFT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND INTEREST FROM THE RURAL SCHOOL TO THE
TOWN IN WHICH THE HIGH SCHOOL !S LOCATED HAS LESSENED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RURAL
SCHOOL AS A COMMUNITY CENTER,
A, DECREASING POPULATION IN MANY RURAL DISTRICTS HAS LEFT ONLY A FEW PERSONS
VITALLY INTERESTED IN THE SCHOOL,

B, THE ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING, LONG HELD AS THE MODEL FOR LOCAL DEMOCRATIC CON@=
TROL OF SCHOOLS, HAS IN MANY CASES BECOME A MERE FORMALITY,

C, WITH THE INCREASING COMPLEXITIES OF SCHOOL LAWS AND FINANCE IT IS BECOMING
MORE DIFFICULT TO INDUCE COMPETENT PERSONS TO SERVE ON RURAL SCHOOL BOARDS,

B, THE HIGH SCHOOL PROBLEM

THE VARIOUS TYPES OF H!GH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION (RURAL HIGH SCHOOL, COUNTY@COMMUN I=
TY HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) RESULT IN A
LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY,
THE LARGE NUMBER OF EXTREMELY SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS OFTEN PRODUCE:
A, A LOW LEVEL OF QUALITY IN EDUCATION
B, AN IMPOVERISHED CURRICULUM
c. UNDUE PER=PUPIL COST
EXTREME VARIATIONS IN SIZE AND VALUATION OF HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS PRODUCE:
A, WIDE VARIATIONS IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION POSSIBLE
B, UNEQUAL TAX LOADS ON PROPERTY OWNERS
VARYING METHODS OF FINANCE (TUITION, BARNES, COMMUNITY, AND SPECIAL COUNTY
TUITION SYSTEMS) RESULT IN!
A, WIDE VARIATION IN ABILITY TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS, SOME DISTRICTS CAN HAVE GOOD
SCHOOLS; OTHERS CAN ONLY FINANCE INFERIOR ONES,
B, COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS
C, LACK OF UN!ITY AND COOPERATION IN SUPPORTING DESIRABLE CHANGES IN METHODS OF
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS,