The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-10
SCHOOL n TO- DAY.
Room for Not Quite All the AAB.o0o sehoo'
Children Of the city.

The boys and girls who have been having
n good time oil summer with no books 10 bother
them. will wake up to-day TO find their sum
mer dreams over. The schools in all 1.-THE greater
city open their doors to-day to accommodate
the army of almost half a million youngsters
who will appear to hIl them.
Fortunately the Board Of Education Il IN a
position TO take care Of more children thls
year than ever before, There will be- very lew
applicants In The Bronx and Manhattan VINO
will not find room. while in Queens and Rich
mond there viii be- none. In Brooklyn. ag-
Communications are lacking but the, nOrouGn
board Is. making preparations 10 house lhe
surplus in temporary structures. Those who
cannot he cared for In this way viii have 10 put
~ with the halt-day claSses. II Is estlma'fu
that this number will reach about ?O.OrO IN
The Bronx and Manhattan, S1pt. John LASER
estimates the number Of pupils IN the par'-tinln
will get attention. last september there were
5000 who were left out altogether.
This betterment OF conditions Il due 70 me
completion the new school buildings IN the
different parts Of tho city. Three new school@
have been completed and are ready for oc-
cupancy. They are ia, ~ Attorney and NV
ington streets, i72, on lOsth and iO9th streets
between First and Second avenues. ana lIf.
i5ad street and Bo'qmopi HyrnHr. add "a. IN
l56th street. near 81. Nicholas avenue 5. ia
llist street, near Edgecombe avenue; 81, an
uultN. III llINNu avenue, anu lHf 'iH n'N'
School annex. Elm and Grand streets. These
additions make room for 1900 pupils.
on Sept Is two new 4s-room schools 10 hirst
opened. On Oct. 25 the 4s-room school az lilth
street and Leno1 avenue will be ready and on
S MHY' i n .ss tS1ToS STen s.i'd Mn 81 g. lS Spmp istsc'
Still another will he completed In December, 40
that by the new year IL Il expected that there
pupils. In the two boroughs Of this county
there will be a total Of IT'S buildings ready Tor
use to-day Al The repairIns and cleaning 81
promptnesS and Supt. Jasper says every build
ing, Is ready for the scholars to come rlght IN
and sit down.
The total number Of pupils xpected 70 AZ
ply for enrolment in Manhattan and The
Bronx il about 2S5,O and there will be 6iOo
teachers to care for them. At the Scho9i
Boards next meeting 30 new teachers VIII
be- nominated and II is expected that They VII
be provided az once. As the salary mudaIe
assured that they will get their pay pronptIy
this year In the. whole city the estlmated
number Of pupils for this year IL set down az
t45, eco as against 426, $50, who were registered
last year.
Miles O'Bren, President NJ the Board OF Ed
ucatlon. declared with some oegree OF pride
last night that this season opened under more
favorable conditions than any for several
years.
4 don't think. 80 he said. that well have any
pupils un~accommodatel. The great trouble
has always been 10 get the children evenly
distributed Tomorrow morning we will have
our attendance officers AT each Of the schools
and as soon as a school is filed the scholars
who apply for admission will be taken by the
Officers 10 the nearest schools where there may
considerable number left over, 10 avoid
part-time classes | hope To- Ak them up by hav-
Ing two separate schools with separate sets
Of teachers In the Congestei quarters, BY
commencing a half hour earlier and holding
straight through until ! 80 o'clock in the after
noon and then starting Immediately with an
other bunch Of scholars and teachers and hold
ing until 40 or 5 o'clock I think we can get
along very well. This plan will probably be
adopted in cnse IL Is necessary"