Publication Date

6-15-1941

Pamphlet Number

32

Document Type

Pamphlet

Description

During recent years, enrollments in most South Dakota elementary schools have declined at a very rapid rate. The prevailing type of rural school district organization in most counties has proved rather ineffective in coping with dwindling enrollments and with the consequent high costs per pupil. It is the purpose of this pamphlet to assist educators, school board members and other Campbell County leaders by analyzing the nature of the problem and by presenting suggestions for its solution as they have grown out of the experiences of other South Dakota communities. This study was made possible through the cooperation of the State and Federal Work Projects Administration and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. The project is officially designated as W.P.A. Project No. 665-74-3-143- The authors gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Miss Florence Russell, the County Superintendent of Schools, from whose office most of the data used in this study was secured; and of high school superintendents who supplied lists of their tuition students. This study was made possible through the cooperation or the State and Federal Work Projects Administration and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. The project is officially designated as W.P.A. Project No. 665-74-3-14.3. The author’s graterfully acknowledge the cooperation or Miss Mabel M. Rossow, who has recently stepped down from the office or County Superintendent or Schools, and or Mr. Wilmer Herbold, her successor. Most or the data used in this study was secured from their records. Further acknowledgement is made of high school superintendents who supplied lists of their tuition students.

Number of Pages

10

Format

application/pdf

Publisher

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

Disciplines

Rural Sociology

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