The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-01
SCHOOLSOPENT
FINAL PRELIMINARY WORK COM
PLETED YESTERDAY MORNING.
ALL TEACHERS ASSIGNED
TO THEIR GRADES AND WORK FOR
THE YEAR OUTLINED.

at Schools in Their own Districts.
Work Will BE Simply That of Or
ganizatfOn-Jewish Children Must
Report Supplied with Books To-
morrow MOrning-AH Teachers,
Both Country and City, Met SUI
perintendent AshmOre and Re-
ceixed instructions Regarding the
work for the Year.
Everything is in readiness for the
reopening of the public schools this
morning and the school rooms will be
filled at the opening hour The final
work preliminary to the opening day
was completed yesterday. The school
buildings were again inspected by
supt. Ashmore and every detail ar
ranged.
All of the school rooms are in order
and neatness prevails in all of them.
The janitors have completed their
work and the teachers desks have
been furnished with all the necessary
materials and the desks for the pu-
pills have been fitted with all they will
need on the opening day. There will
be a rush of children, but the most of
them can be accommodated. One hun
bred and sixtv-one have been placed
on the waiting list. but after the
schools have adjusted themselves and
the superintendent has the opportunity
to put the transfer system into use
the majority of these waiting list"
children can be accommodated. 1t is
expected that within two weeks all
will have been given seats, with the
possible exception of the first grade
pupils.
1t is in the first grade, in the south
ern part of the city, that there will be
the greatest crowding, and it will be
necessary to establish an additional
grade if all are to be accommodated.
This can not be done at present, but
the school authorities are hoping that
some way of solving the difficulty will
present itself.
Will Be Organized To-day.
The children will be kept at the
buildings this morning for only an
hour or so and then allowed to re-
turn to their homes. The work to-
day will consist principally of assigning
the text books and forming the children
into classes. The first real work of
the school year will be taken up on
Friday.
There will be rush for text books
at the dealers where they are on sale
though 1t will not be as great as in
former years, many of the children
having secured their books yesterday.
1t was hoped that by placing the list
of books to be used in the various
grades with the dealers, the customary
first day rush could be entirely avoid
-. e
however, availed themselves the OPP
portunity of securing their books be-
fore they had been formally assigned
by the teachers in the different grades
The majority of children who secur-
ed their books yesterday were the
Jewish children AS they will not be
in school on the opening day their
books cannot be formally assigned them
by the teachers. and tomorrow morn
ing they are expected to report prompt
ly at the opening hour. supplied with
BOOKS. Those who Go not do so viii
not be allowed to go out for them un-
til after the elsinS hour of the school.
Supt. Ashmore again calls attention
to the fact that though the Jewish
children are excused from reporting for
work this morning, yet if they wish
TO keep the seats assigned them, they
must be in their places tomorrow
morning. After that they will have TO
dren who are on the waiting list No
seats will be reserved after this morn
ing however. for any but the lew
ish children.
Children Go to Their own ScbooI.
Attention is again called to the fact
that the children are to report to the
schools in their own districts This an
plies to all the children of the CITY
Those who were out of their districts
last year have been transferred to the
school in their own district and trans
fer cards sent to the teachers there so
that seats are being held for them at
their own district schools.
Those children who have moved
since the close of school in June will
go to the schools in the district in
which they. now live. Supt Ashmore
has sent their transfer cards to the
teachers of their grades in the schools
in their own district, and they must
report there this morning. In case they
go to any of the other schools they will
be sent back to their own school by the
teachers.
A complete list of the children who
are to go in the different grades in the
various schools has been made out and
everything is in readiness to receive
them. No time will be lost in arranging
the work this morning, and with the
opening of school tomorrow morning
the duties of the year will begin in
earnest. The outlook for a most sue
cessful year is very bright and the
teachers, who have all returned from
their summer vacations, are enthusiast
tic for taking up the work
Teachers Meetings.
The programme for the meetings of
the various teachers with Supt. Ash
more yesterday was carried out and
final instructions were given in all the
departments. At 10 O'Clock the white
teachers of the city schools assembled
at Chatham Academy with the super
intendent The formal assigning to
their grades was then made and a
short talk given them on the work
that is expected to be done this year
Each teacher was also given a list of
the pupils who will be in her charge
this year. An outline of the work was
also given and any points concerning
which the teachers were in doubt ex-
planned. These meetings were the con-
clusion of the preliminary work of the
year.
At 1I.o'clock the white country teach
ers met at the academy and the
same work was gone over with them
varied only to suit the different ma
lures of the positions. Work in the
country schools is as well prepared for
opening as is that of the city schools
and there will be no delay in promptly
beginning work.