Passaic. 3 .do. ...d (3) In charge of primary grade | Entire city. work, Both. Superintend ent and board. Perth Amboy. ..do. ..do. Amsterdam.. .do.. ...do.. ...do.. North Carolina: Charlotte Ohio: Akron do. ..do. Canton Zanesville. Muskogee. ...do. .do.. 1 Indefinite. .do. .do. ..do.. 2 Continuous. 31 primary supervisor. Permanent GROUP II.-CITIES OF 25,000 TO 100,000 POPULATION-Continued. Pennsylvania: Altoona. Harrisburg. York. Warwick Building.. Table 4.—The superintendent of schools, assistant superintendents, and supervising principals—Continued. Cities. By whom Term of Is his term Who fixes Number Are they assigned a certain district, Who deter- Duties. Term of Is there 1 in each How sion of trict 2 | Board. ..do. board. cil. ...do... ...do.... South Carolina: Charleston.. Columbia... Knoxville. 4 Board.... 1 ...do..... Board... ...do.. ...do. .do. 1 l...do.. 2 2 3 1-2 ..do. ..do. .do.. ..do... ..do. .do. .do. .do.. 16 10-40 16 10-35 Law 0 2 2 ..do ..do. ...do. 8-30 12-30 ..do..... ..do.. 4 1-3 .do. 10-15 State law ...do. and city nance. ...do. 3 Supervision.. Districts .do. 3 Texas: El Paso. .do. do. Galveston. Waco... Ogden. Salt Lake Portsmouth. ..do.... S t a te board. Board... (1) West Virginia: Huntington. Green Bay. Council. 3 Oshkosh. Racine. ..do. 3 0 11 year or longer. Table 5.— The selection and appointment of teachers. GROUP I.-CITIES OF 100,000 POPULATION AND OVER. Illinois: Chicago. Indianapolis. Yes 1 Yos. Yes. Yes. 3 Yos. Yes. 1 Yas. Superintendent, No.. ers No.. Yes No.. Yes 1 Yes. Generally appointments are referred to committee. Recommends for election. Yes Recommends to No. subcommittee. Yes 3 (7) Recommends all No. May be.... education, appointments. Board. His recommenda- No. (8) tions are rarely turned down. Yes. Advising and consulting Absolute initiative Yes, in Yes with superintendent in in making nomi grades. board. Approves recommendation Practically does all No.. Yes recommending. Yes be abolished.) After four reappointments. 1 After 3 years. 8 First year so regarded. * As long as work is satisfactory. 9 Only in practice. 6 In elementary grades. 10 Annual appointment by board. Yes. Kentucky: Louisville. Board.. Superintendent.. ...do. Louisiana: New Orleans. Baltimore alter competi- Massachusetts: Boston Superintendent, Nobody. with approval of school board. Superintendent. Cambridge. Fall River. Detroit. ..do. Superintendent. .do. Minnesota: St. Paul. Kansas City St. Louis. Nebraska: Omaha Commissioner of .do. do New Jersey: Newark Yes 3 Yes. |