New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01
RELIEF FOR CROWDED SCHOOLS.
SUPERINTENDENT JASPER RECOMMENDS ~
COMMISSIONER LITTLE THE EREc-
TON OF EIGHTEEN NEW
pI-IT.DINGS

There appears to he an cxcellcn; prospect OF
prompt action being taken by the Board OF fd"c'-
ton to secure new school buildings In the over
crowded districts OF the city. Yesterday Snperin-
tendent Jasper sent TO Commissioner Joseph y.
Little chairman Of the Committee OH Buildings, a
letter recommending that eighteen new SCHOOLS ne
established, several OF them In the lower wards Oh
the city on the East Side.
The schools and their locations as recommend
ed in Mr.. Jaspers communication are ~ follows III
the Seventh Ward. one; Tenth Ward, three; f'e'-
cnth Ward one: Twelfth Ward. four OH the East
Side and one on the West Side Thirteenth WARD,
two; Seventeenth Ward, one; Nineteenth Ward,
two; Twenty-iirst Ward one Twentythird Ward.
two.
Superintendent Jasper told Tribune reporter
yesterday that II schools were established in these
wards and sttings provided In them for about
twenty thousand pupils. he felt sure that all the
children OF school age In the city could be accom-
modated. Mr.. Jasper. with the aid OF tho assistant
school superintendenls. has made careful es'i-
mate OF the accommodations now available In the
public schools and the foregoing is result OF this
work
All of the new schools which Mr.. Jasper recon-
mendS 10 be occupied by primary departments.
Mr.. Jasper seat with his report to Mr.. Little the
exact location in the various wards where he con-
sidered each OF the nineteen schools would afford
the greatest relief to those now shut out Of the
schools. lie refused. however. 10 give 10 the re-
porter these locations. preferring TO wait until the
communication had come before the Committee on
Buildings officially. This committee will meet at
the hall of the Board of Education No li6 Grand
ST., tomorrow afternoon. to take action the
matter and Mr.. Jasper's recommendations will I'M
doubtedly receive unqualified Endorsement The
committee also has under consideration another re-
port in which named the schools in va.ious sec
lions OF the city whore admission has been refused
the children.
Mr.. Snyder. the Superintendent Of 6choo! Build
i M said to Tribune reI 20, yfsterd ,
Jasper TO Commissioner Little to-day and there-
fore cannot say anything definitely in regard 10
Buildings Department. and are ready to 20 ahead
with me work OF selecting sites and putting up
and the authority to do so. There are number Of
sites on which condemnation proceedings wcrc he
gun fully year ago, to which we are just ac-
rapidly possible in every where contracts
have been given on. Since January last. the
Buildings Department has been giving out contracts
for new school buildings at the rate OF reafly
In three weeks. and by January ! neXt at least
fifteen buildings will be In course OF construction.
mate this week will be devoted almost entirely 10
paying for new building sites"
There are now about twenty vacancies in the
princpalships of the schools. and In three
weeks time. owing TO resigna ons and probable dis
missals, this number VIII be increased to nearly
thirty Yesterday more than eighty teachers were
the Board OF Education hall taking the ex-
animation which candidates for appointment TO
princpalships required to pass Sixty-two Of
them were teachers who have given instruction In
this city for al least fifteen years. The others
were from outside schools. The subjects which
school management the science and ART of teach
ing and English literature To-day the subjects
will be rhetoric logic. civcs and the history of
education. This will close the examination The
appointments viii be made from an eligible list
consisting of all those who pass the examination
satisfactorily The vacancies will be filled within
weeks.