The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-13
NEW SYSTEM I |: !
IN SCHOOLS J ! |, )
The Plan Clearly Explained. pl,i1l led.
BY Mr. J. P. Thomas.
OPENTHE KlNDERGARTENS:
Three Are to 30 Conducted This Ses-r
sion-Where They viii Be Located.
An Important Meeting Next
Monday Night.

ono OF the most important new features ''t' '.
of the coming session OF the city schooiss
Viii be the kindergartens' which WI es' %
opened for the hrst time.
Three are to be conducted this ses-
sion and this number will, dououess. :
he Increased In succeeding sessions as Is
!, 40 ara needed. A school 10 located
q ..cb district. That Of the First Dis
t,tct will be located at No, 2so7 1s''L East
broad street. This will open TO chiloren !
east east Of Seventeenth Street The he seeono
District school will be located h at NO. O..
s1o North Eighth Street and Will be open
to pupilp living betwefs yseNen.ee,..h aart :
and Foushee Streets. The KINDER
rarten of the Third District VIII Dc , 20
Gated al the West End School ana WIN %
oman 10 children west of Foushee slreet"
The little Juveniles will be reglsterea y. -
Tuesday. The new and ola puplls -
the High School will be registered on
tuesday. In tho district schoo!s 1of!ues
pupils will be registered on Iuosoay anu '1
new pupils on Wednesday,. @
6'1 3'5} RULES LAID DOWN. W.
THAT the School Board has done away
WITH examinations in the High School
and the Normal School IN certain IN
stances is a matter OF great interest to
nlpils and patrons alike. The appendeo Q
letter from Mr.. Julian 2. Thomas, pr1ncl-
nal OF the High School, to Major James
ii. Capers. chairman OF the CITY echoGl
Board. outlines precisely the rules Wnlcn
will govern this innovation, which Is likely
to become so popular ~. v
Richmond, Va, July 81, lsoS' \.
James II. Capers, chairman Clty schooa
Board, ~
Dear slr,-1n compliance with your re-
quest, make the following suggestions
in reference to promotions IN the H1sn
school;
j, THAT the intermediate and hnal ex-
aminations, except In the graduating
classes, be discontinued, except az Aeto-
inafter provided. .l
q That In all grades below the gradual
Ing classes, promotions be made on '' c1ass
standing,
8. That pupils in all the Glasses, except
tho graduating classes. In order to DO pro-
NOTED shall obtain eighty per cent. ~
general class standing, and not less than
Axty-f1ye on any subject; but pupils
standing sixty-ive per cent or more and
below eighty per cent. on class standing
shall have the privilege OF taking a writ
ten examination, In which they mWst
make not less than seyenty-fye per cent,
examination, and not less than sixty per
cent, on any study, A pupil who makes
eighty per cent on geenral standing and
falls below s!xty-fye per cent on only
one study. shall have the privilege Of tak-
Ing a written examination on that SUBJ
ject on which he must stand not less
than sixty-tye per cent. 4
/ That In pupils monthly reports, class
standing shall be given on each sepa-
rate study, as Well as OF, all the subjects
combined, as at present,
S, That pupils who are absent as much
as twenty school days during the half
session, ,,hall remain III the grade, or.
II they desire IT. take the written ex-
,aminatIons es provided in section three.