The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-08
Creates Office of Supt. of Build
ings and Fills it.
Extensive Report Made by Supt Hat
field-Mr. Fred Hoyer Gets
New Office.
STENOG APHER BILL REFUSED

OF e0uCatl0n ht lts reRuhi hee'ih
last nie Int at the high school building
on West Broadway. Trustees Leake
Mammen, Bockmon, Sutherland, Win
stead, Lally, Weille, Maret and Jack
son were present The office of super
intendent of buildings was created anC
Mr.. Fred Hover elected to it.
Superintendent Hatfield's report il
as follows;
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers Of the Board of Education:
Gentlemen 1t is my pleasant duty
to present to you at this time my re-
port for the month of June, showing
the condition of affairs under my
supervision. At the next meeting in
August it will be my purpose, accord.
ing to the rules, to offer you a more
complete statement ss my annual re-
port. During the year there have
been enrolled sara pupils, which is
gain over last year Of 1863, or little
over per cent, of last years enroll.
ment. OF this number 2,374 were
white and S9s were colored. As there
10 practically no increase in the col
ored enrolment, have concluded that
the same number of colored teachers
can handle the colored schools next
year rs did during this year. But the
increase in the white enrolment is so
heavy that two extra teachers were
recommended to you for election. AS
it now stands you have fifty teachers
and one music director in your white
schools and fourteen teachers in the
colored schools, OF a total of sixty fiv e
teachers.
will not take your time now to
hear the number of promotions to each
grade at each building, as that will
appear in detail in the annual report.
On account of the crowded condi.
tion of the Jefferson, as was true Of
the Lee and franklin year before last,
it will be absolutely necessary to re-
move the eighth grade from that build
lug to the Washington and turn over
that entire building to the first seven
grades. 1t is much to be regretted
that there is not enough room at the
franklin school for an eighth grade,
for seventeen eighth pupils will have
to come from beyond Island creek to
the Longfellow or to the Washington. !
The two room building in Mechanics
burg is entirely insufficient to accom-
modate the pupils even of the first,
second and third grades, living beyond
the creek. This year sufficient mum.
Der of pupils were promoted to the
fourth grade to make separate room
1t that school, bat for lacs Of room
they will have to be crowded into the
franklin building. 1t behooves the
citizens OF Mechsnicsburg to demand
a larger building in their end of town.
Next year four rooms will be needed
there, and the rapid extension of the
population in that direction will soon
make an eight room building neces-
sary.
The Washington building is like
wise filing rapidly. At this building
we shall start in September with six
teen teachers. There will be two first
grade teachers, two third grade, two
fourth grade, two eighth and two
ninth grade teachers; one teacher in
each of the other grades.
At the Jefferson two first grade
teachers and at the Lee and Franklin
each two fourth grade teachers.
During my three years as superin-
tsndent your enrolment has increased
/. quite 500. II is wise therefore that
you have under consideration the ad
visibility Of relieving the superintend
emit of much of the mechanical mimi
tia, such a. the immediate oversigt
I of the various heating plants and tn
carrying out of many details that cal
be committed to other hands wit
economy and profit. With an indus
trious and competent mechanic to loo
after these things they would &c
closer attention and ct the same tim
\. your superintendent would have NOR
time to devote to the supervision G
the methods of teaching.
In accordance with previous notice
that have given you, it is my inter
tion to greatly improve the course
. study in the high school. ! cann'
| now elaborate this statement, but wi