New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-23
HOUSING THE PUPILS.
ONLY TWO SCHOOLS WILL REMAIN
CLOSED NEXT WEEK.

| CLOSED NEXT WEEK.
| THE BOARD OF sUPERINTENDENTs MAKING A
! THOROUGH INvEsTIGATIoN-THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT TRYING TO SECURE NEW
SITES AND EXTRA BUILDINGS.
Nearly six of the thirteen thousand children shut
out OF the public schools because certain buildings
were still closed for repairs when the schools
| opened for the year. nine days ago. have been
taken in by the opening of five Of the buildings In
which the repairs have just been completed. These
schools Grammar School No. II. at No. SS'
West Forty-scventh-st.: Grammar School No. 30. at
| No. 357 West Thirtv-hfth-st.; Grammar School No.
49, at No. 237 East Thrty-seventh-st.; Primary
School No IL. at No. 60 Pear-st., and Primary
| School No 80. in Pelham-ave.
| The work OF repairing the following old buildings
| and improving their sanitary condition is still In
progress Grammar School No i6, at No. 2oS West
| Thirteenth-st. Grammar School No. g. at NO liz
East Eightyseventh-st.; male department of No.
| 81 Primary School No. .. at No. 1870 Wooster-st.;
| Primary School No g. at No 500 East One-hun-
| dred-and- forteth-st.
| Superintendent Jasper said TO Tribune reporter
yesterday that these schools. too would be opened
| by the last of the present week. with the exception
of Grammar School No n and Primary School No.
| 49, In one of these cases the superintendent OF
| Buildings IS having trouble with the contractor.
| and It H. not known how soon either of them will
| be opened but every effort Will he made 10 have
! the work completed ard the children cared for AT
| the earliest possible moment. At the end OF this
week. then all the old school buildings in the city
except the two last named will be filed with school
| children and only 1900 pupils Ohe number en-
rolled I'm these schools last year, OF the l3.VD
| enrolled children who were shut out when the
schools began the year on September u will be
unprovlded for.
| This state Of affairs. while a vast Improvement
on that which the Board Of Education was obliged
to make public when the schools opened. is FAR
from being acceptable to the parents Of the chill
dren who still excluded from the schools they
attended last year. and many complaints have been
heard every side.
School Superintendent Jasper and the Board or
Superin endents have determined that the only way
solve the question of educating the greatest num-
Der of children possible with the present accom-
modations. and at the same time to place IN the
schools all those who within the age limits
of the Compulsory Education law. is TO begin al
once a personal inspection of the schools For this
purpose the city has been divided into twelve
groups according the territorial. distribution OF
the schools To each one of these groups an as
sstant supcrintendent has been assigned. and
within eight nine days 1t is expected that their
Investigate ons will bring together an array Of
statistics whereby the City Superintendent will
know exactly the conditions in every school in the
city and what additions must be made first OF all
In order 10 supplement the reports OF the super
intendents blanks containing the following ques-
lions being sent out 10 every school principa!
In the city to which answers must be returned TO
the Superintendont's office before next Satur-
day:
Average attendance for week ending July 81 -;
attendance July 3. -; attendance SePer E' H.
her Is -. number admitted September "A. --;
total admitted for week ending September 49,
number refused admission for lack OF accommodh-
lion ON September H. --; total refused admission
for lack Of accommodation during week ending
,toI raftiG .I al M sic ~
compliance with Paragraph 81, Bylaws of the Board
of Education. during week ending September
When these reports with the results Of the super
Intendens' Investigate ons are all in Mr.. Jasper and
his assistants will Immediately take steps to nave
every child between the ages OF eight ana tweiVe
during which time they are required by law to at
tend school enrolled and in actual attendance IN
his or her respective dstrc.. This will be done no
matter how crowded the schools are. and If neces-
sarv children under eight years old will be crowded
out OF the schools temporarily or halliday classes
provided for them. $500 ,.,, -
There in the city 500 or 500 children uil-
der eight years enrolled IN the hali-day classes
Mr. Jasper intends to increase this number IN
definitely until all the children IN Inc CITY NY ecboots
The halliday classes for the Iittie tots VIII ne III
classes and from 1880 to o'clock for the afternoon
classes This plan is to continue until the NUMBER 9
OF sttings be provided By the erection OF new
buildings is sufficiently increased TO accommodate
the entire school population -. u,,,,a,,, No
Is j
partment and his assistants arc also working nara
10 hasten the completion OF buildings now under
construction and to secure new sites for buildings.
The oyercrowding the schools Is by far the great
est on the East Side below fOurteenth-st. Superin-
tendent SNYDER has area ~ prepared list of places
where schools are absolutely needed at once. The
list includes the foil )wing proposed sites Tor sixteen
schools on the East Side 40 y Monroc-st., Market
and Monroe SITS. No ~ TO III Madison-st No. III
Uenry-st East Broadway SCANNED and Gouyer-
neur SITS Clinton and Madison SITS, RlvlnSton, ror
syth and Eldrdge SITS. Hester. orchard and Ludlow
sts Eldridge and BroOme stS Nos. Z13 and 20 East
FolIrth-st No 9S SecOnd-st, East houston ana
Attorney SITS. Avenue - and SiNth-st., Broome ana
Sheriff ats Houston and Essex SITS. and stanton
and Allen SITS. nj,
Mr. Jasper said yesterday that the pressure Owing
IN lack of accommodations now the greatest
in the following wards The seventh Tenth. Elev-
onth Thirteenth, Nineteenth northern parD.
twelfth eastern parO. Twenty-third southern
part, and the Tween y-second northern and western
n9rts, There were several thousand children shut
ON OF the schools in these wards on the opening
day Efforts are being made to rent outside build
inps for schools these sections but owing 10 the
law recurring buildings used for school purposes TO
he not over 3 feet high. unless hreproof the task
* an extremely difficult one.