The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-23
A SCHOOL, SUMMARY
Sup't Jordan's Annual Report Sub
mitted to the Board. s
FEWER ADMISSIONS ARE SHOWN
This Is Due to q Change In Receiv-
i9s and ,s.4 WIN yas, Be Made 0p

The annual report of Superintendent @.
M. Jordan was submitted to the board OF
education this afternoon. 1t was the
shortest report that the superintendent OF
schools has ever presented, but 1t con-
tanned much that was cause OF congrat-
Lulation to the school board. q 81 ~
: ~ school Buildings. H.
During the past year the board OF educa-
ton has been enabled to make some needed
additions to the school accommodations. Inc
Prescott school has been Increased from an
eight-room to q sixteen-room building. -FOUR
rooms have been opened in the old Marcy,
which has been reftted., The Seward mas
been enlarged by eight rooms, and 1t Will
be possible to have four fine basement rooms
IN the building. The annex which has been
in, use in the Irving district was moved 70
the Adams grounds and used as a seatng-
room. Another room will be opened IN the
Bryant district and four-room building mas
| been erected near the Bremer school, .Schooi
accommodate are still Inadequate how
ever, and relief must be found soon If all
the pupils are expected to have a full Gay
| session. During the past year. a large num-
| ber of pupils have been on half session, ana
| this condition will prevail to a larger extent
! next year. The greatest need at present Is
| in Month Minneapolis, in the vicinity OF tne
| Bremen and Hawthorne schools. ~,
! capacity In the central district 1t has Deen
found necessary to move the offices OF the
! superintendent, the teachers library and
| printing Office, to secur more room. II Inc
| present rate of increase continues, DR.. Jor-
dan fears that the assembly hall will have
! to be cut into seating rooms. Heretofore
| eighth grade pupils have been accommodate ed
| in the North, South and East high schools:
| Next year the North and South schools will
| be devoted wholly to high school purposes,
4 as there is no room for eighth grade. z The
I same will be true of the East high school
at the beginning of the second semester. In
| the latter school, however. the expenditure
| of a few thousand dollars will provide addl-
| tional room.
| The following summary, prepared with ref
| erence to the grade buildings, shows the
| number of regular seating basement
i rooms, annexes and recitation rooms IN use
Number of seating rooms, 623; number o1
I basement rooms, So; number Of annexes, 22
number Of recitation rooms, g. ;'.. :
- Enrolment.
The total number Of pupils enrolled during
| the year was 80, ,430-an increase Of 928, the
smallest increase for several years. sTns
| reason for this Is apparent Last year the
board changed the rule for admission Of pu:
pills SO that those beginning were only ad
mtted twice year. This cut out the large
number which usually enters after the Eastel
vacation. These pupils will report at the fal
term and the increase next year will be 6
I large one., The increase in the attendance
i In the high schools has been 2SS-nearly one
third Of the total increase in enrolment
but the per cent Of attendance: Is gradnali,
increasing in all theshigher grades ~
The. following table shows the ages Of th
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