New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-26
WILL UNITE SCHOOLS.
PROMISE A BIG SAYING.
O6sciGIs' Plans Opposed By ID. b.
Hill and Other Politicians.

r. rita 20 IN. noitsiaal inGuence which It is said
several school principals are bringing 10 pear on
she officials OF the Department Of Education ana
On the commissioners Of the Board. the movements
howard the consolidation OF schools and the estab-
slshunent OF intermediate schools growing SAID
an associate city superintendent 10 a Tribune re-
porter:
The elimination of the two or three department
he city at least $4,000 a year. There are about
forty q these school houses with TWO ana th[e zee
gTeG :. Eaeh Of these sgpsrT9ns an5 81 6 ans
hually. If a man
Said superintendent Maxwell:
The continuity of school work requires that, as
far possible. the same principal should super
Use teachsrs ana cnlldren Nork ron m tne
where two and three distinct school organizations
hinder the same roof II is found that children after
passing through the primary school are REQUIRED
they had been taught. One principal in a building
h neeeS o ets aIG wo ba 3 6ne in the
fEo or three department schools ,rs,r,
Il Is often found that many sittings and some
rooms are left vacant When such school organiza-
Immediately n filed To preserve the safety Of the
children in case Of fire or panic, i IS absolutely
control all the exits and all the movements , Of
Of a1 PhSa e PPecomend1g to the
Board Of Education the consolidation OF three OF
these independent school organizations INTO Two
pr two of them into one.
Said another official:
There have been several cases where the Board
Of Education has been subjected TO such pressure
from without through the efforts of the prlncl-
pals that Il has refused to sanction the conso!-
Hation of these Two and three department schools.
The principals would not lose their standing or
their salaries If their schools were consolidated
s1nder other principals. They would simply be
transferred. But they know SNAP" when the We
Fof IL Some of the principals just anxious
fhe intermediates school would take the small upper
GRADES from all the surrounding schools THESE
Upper grades frequently do not half NIL their
Nassrooms, so great gain could be had from con-
so.idating them in central schools, where the va
4aslcies in their ranks could be filed in Some OF
4heee principals anxious to retain their PRIV
fIege of strutting before the parents or their
oups at commandment. While was IN court
The other day. I was approached by one or the
chief Democratic politicians Of this city, VINO
asked me- on behalf of principal in The BRONX
to use my influence against the plan. stepped
but in the lobby, and there David B. Hill came up
and buttonholed me with the same proposluoh
/ Associate City Superintendent o'Brien, OF The
Bronx has almost eliminated part time classes in
his part Of the city by following out the inter
knsdate school idea The Board of superintendent
has recommended that the first real intermediate
kchools be opened IN Nos "a and 60. Manhattan
The intermediate school Is considered 70 be the
beginning of the pre-acadeIlic school which Gr.
Maxwell first explained TO the public a few weeks
sxo tu his speech before the National Education
Association on the grounds of the st Louis Elk
portion.