Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, December 7, l922

'State Flag Given to Consolidated and Standardized Schools in Decatur County.'

In a worthy effort to make the beautiful state flag of Iowa more generally known over the state, the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution are presenting a state flag to all consolidated and standardized schools in Iowa, and recently sent to the Leon Chapter of the D.A.R., six state flags to be presented to Decatur County Schools entitled to receive them.

The two consolidated schools are at Garden Grove and Leroy, and the four standardized schools are No. 3 Center Township, Miss WILMA GARBER, teacher; No. l High Point Township, MISS LANELLE CARTWRIGHT, teacher; No. 7 Franklin Township, MISS FLORENCE DAVIS, teacher; No. 4 Bloomington Township, MISS SYLVIA VANDEL, teacher.

A standardized school is a rural school complying with the state regulations as to grounds and buildings, schoolhouse, equipment and care of the school room, library and supplementary readers, the teacher and the school and community activities. To become standardized, a rural school must have a rating of 80 per cent from the score card for the first year, 85 per cent for the second year and 90 per cent for every year thereafter. In making up the score, ground and buildings count l0 points, schoolhouse, 30 points, equipment and care of school room, 20 points, library and supplementary readers, 7 points, the teacher and the school, 2l points and community activities, l2 points. All standardized schools receive state aid to the extent of $6.00 for each pupil who has attended the school at least six months of the previous year, and this state aid is divided between the teacher and the school, one-half of the state aid being given to the teacher and other half is deposited with the other school funds of the district.

Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
"With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
July l3, 2002