New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-12
A NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE COMMITS
SION OF FIVE.


RESULT OF ITS WORK TO BE SENT TO THE IEGrs
Er.LrNG OF THE PRESENT scIIEME-rM- g
PoRTANT CHANGES POINTED OFT.
The commission appointed by Mayor Gilroy
under an act Of the Legisa ture on May @ 1923.
for the purpose Of drafting a bill By which the
entire school system Of NewYork City is 20 be
remodeed. completed rs work on Saturday
afternoon and will forward the bill 10 Albany to-
morrow. The commission consists OF FIVE men
who have been intimately connected with the
public school system Of this city. and who are
recognized throughout the country as being emi-
nently qualified to deal with matters pertaining
t. education. They T. Enery Anderson,
chairman: DR. Thomas Hunter, stephen H. DIN.
David Mcclure and Oscar Straus. This COM
mission began the task allotted TO It about ten
months ago and has been diligently engaged
with 1t eyer since In order that the bill they
were 10 draft might be perfect as possible,
and 10 meet. 10 great an extent as possible.
the approval Of the people. the members OF the
commission invited all experts in educational
matters 10 appear before them IN open meetings,
which were held in the clubhouse OF the Bar As
| ISOLATION. No ! West Twenty-nin;h-st. These
meetings were held during October and Novem-
| Der and were largely attended by many OF the
| best-knOwn educators IN the country.
The suggestions laid before the commission
at these meetings were carefully arranged ana
considered By the Commissioners Many Of the
ideas thus suggested We're embodied in the bill
| that Is 10 be sent u the Legislature As It
~ y Ia sod
to reorganze the public schools OF this city Is
immea surably superior 70 the system now IN
vogue. and by many It IL asserted that 1t is
model that Will be closely followed IN all inc
| large cities in the United States.
PROVISIONS OF THE NEW PLAN
The bill first proposes to divide the city into a
twenty school Divisions" each containing an
nearly as possible 100000 Inhabitants. THESE
divisions will be made so as to avoid as lar as
possible the present interlapping OF the school
wards in which angle Of one thrusts itsen
into the centre Of another. over each OF these
divisions a superintendent will be stationed
whose duty II shall be to give all his Afternoon
10 the schools in his district These superih'en-
derts are 70 have a salary Of s. 600 year, while
the Observation-Disclosures Will receive sa'dry
Of &; 600 These superintendent. together with
Advisory Board 70 the Board OF Education ana
(, shall be their duty to nominate teachers VINO
must be confirmed by the Board OF Education
An especially valuable feature OF the AdVisory
BOARD lies in the fact that It is 10 be composed
OF experts in educational matters, each super
| intendent to be selected as an expert III soH'
particular branch Of education.
The reei ~ more superintendent in the scnoo'
svsten, has long been felt. At present there arc
| only eignt - them Raising the total NUMBER
| - ,wentv-one is a step which will answer 'hs
| mood Alternately The present Board OF IN
spec;ors according TO the new bill. Will be dohs
! away with altogether the trustees and supe''h'
,endents taking their places
DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEES.
The present school trustees OF each Naru a''o
will have SO much Of their power and functions
taken from them that they Will be reduced "
more visiting committees As has been SAID the
city Is 10 be- redistricied into twenty Wv
but each Of these divisions is 10 be supdlVi''1
into school districts SO that each scho'' u.s.,
e tn contain as nearly as possible three schoo'9.
In each school district there is 10 be boa'u -
Trustees consisting OF three members lhs'e"'
of five the present number. These trustees a''
?, he elected hv the Board OF Education ana are
- sarve only three years instead OF hVe' ''e
rrasent term Of office The duties OF these "u'-
,oes cyh, serve without pay) are 10 WISH ny
schools in their district and report anyth's""
may seen, al all out Of the way. They arc as
- act "a sort Of tribune for the people 50 0 ,ss
all complaints may be formally forWarue" ~
proper authorities. 1t is PROPOSED 'n 10 trustees
the three members of the bca'o "a Us in that
will have some one OF the three sV"0N
district chosen for his personal carr districts
Under the present system the semi oo',io,ion has
follow the old ward lines but the Land 30
shifted toward the northern eno ol o oro only q
Cav, schools while in the upper warus' ~, as
Nineteenth and Twelfth. there are a. a. BOARD
twenty five schools. fet eacn ,,hers the boards
Of Trustees composed Of ilVe ueI,'oeiS Thing 10
Va ,bo lowar wards having little OF no.. r,rca
do while those in the upper ""''
more than they can attenu TO-
IT'S INCREASED POWER
The most important change S"ss o., ~
bill. however. is that in reference - 49, IN, nav.
Education Itself which. under the p'i'' -
vastly increased power and respohs'u'"''' ,,
A. ,rosar, nlan the trustees have the po"e'
.,o,,,,,a,i,y all teachers below the rank OF prime
90, o,so tonitors: but by the new Dill inns p"
:, ro,,rstion IA delegated to the foa'" "
Sunerin,endents subject to the comm
the BOARD OF Education. The Boaru ., a,ive In
ton also has the power o, and erecting new
nc, buildings BY the new OIL naJoessscy,
the votes in the Board OF Educauorn l. vrdsr the
Ia dismiss n teacher on iilai' 49, ,wenty-ons
present system siAtee" WV
are required. H., tho comnenda-
The bill has already received tne Cmaries n.
ton Of many well-known educators. Taucatiou
,t tho nresident OF the Board or Ea.Si III;
'J T., a Tribune reporter yesterday i' raaiiv
"a n step In the right direction. va one mora
in need of better school system a ,rnwth OF
,horourhlv adapted to the enormous sso ,ha hi