History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

Orion township-Howarth, Clark, Orion, Shanghai, Prospect, Bigler, Wilson, Proper and Block schools.
Oxford township-North Oxford, Oakwood, East Travis, Oxford,
Town Corners and West Travis schools.
Pontiac township-Amy, Shattuck, Stanley, Kemp, Ball Mountain,
Five Points, Phillips and Hallstead schools.
Rose township-Seaver, Craft, Jones, Stone, Rose Corners, Rose
Center and Pioneer schools.
Royal Oak township-Parker, Starr, Clinton, Lamphere, Stumpf,
Royal Oak, Baker, Hazel Park and Porter schools.
Southfield township-Franklin, Bingham, Erity, Jackson, Beddow,
Angling, McKinley, Brace, Klett and Southfield.
Springfield township-Springfield Plains, Brondige, Davisburg, Andersonville, Springfield, Covell and Austin schools.
Troy township-Troy Fractional, Troy, Leonard, Smith, Coleran, Big
Beaver, Log Cabin, Poppleton and Stone schools.
Waterford township-Elizabeth Lake, Four Towns, Covert, Waterford Center, Clarkston Station, Clintonville, Drayton Plains, Wyckoff
and Waterford schools.
West Bloomfield-Eagle, Scotch, Pennell, Pine Lake, Hosner, Green
and Walnut Lake schools.
White Lake township-Webster, Granger, White Lake Center, Gibson, Fair, Thompson, Dublin and White Lake schools.
PRESENT STATUS OF SCHOOLS
Commissioner Craft's annual report to the state board of education
was filed in July, I912, the Pontiac city schools not being included in
the figures given. From this document it appears that the entire census
enrollment in the county is 11,968, with an average school attendance
of 8,378. The total number of teachers employed, including Pontiac
city, is 408, while the whole number of legally qualified teachers in the
county is 424, showing that all but I6 are employed.
The school commissioner made 340 visits from September I5th to
June I5th, 20 schools were visited twice. Fifty-five inexperienced teachers
were added to the force during the year. The amount of fees collected
and credited to the teachers' institute fund is the largest ever known
in the county to date, being $506, after paying for expenses of the
teachers' mid-winter institute and the summer school at Ypsilanti. The
total amount paid the teachers is $I 16,ooo00, leaving a surplus of $I9,65I.37
primary money. There are 285 female teachers employed receiving
$92,140 or an average salary of $32.33 a month, while 32 male teachers
receive for the same length of term, $19,460, or an average monthly
salary of $62. The above average includes superintendents and principals of all high schools outside of Pontiac city.
The districts raise for general expenses, $45,192, or $4 per capita.
There is a surplus library fund of $2,228.85. All but 58 schools in the
county maintain libraries. The township of Lyon has no surplus primary money on hand, while the township of Royal Oak has $3,514.76.
Three districts in the county have enough primary money on hand