New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-04
PART TINE IN SCHOOLS.
MORE SEATS NEEDED.
prosnects Not Much Better This
Year the Last.

MIA, school opens this fall 75.oss children VIII
es themselves IN part time classes II the ifc'
=, che attendance does not exceed that Oh Ias'
- - According 10 the monthly reports OF City
ee.-4,+endeut Maxwell the increase between
80 h..ore the children start for the country. ano
ne.o,e- when the confusion OF Encouragement Is
~ was last year +o,4s4- This increase "ouio
ia the number Of children in the schools 'iiis
ontb to be 5s5.s15 as against hesel OF iss1 SeA-,
an increase Tor the Seat "a -N'''1
.-,ual Increase
,Loreh Superintendent c. B. J. Snyder OF the
- bureau Of the Department Of Educanon
o-,,ses 10 provide 4oeoo new sittings m me ere
P'o--.- - schools Of the city September II. they
- ~ so distributed in the boroushs tha' me
WI IN have bout 5000 more seats than II VIII
- the other boroUghs will be conpeheo 20
- ~ mart time classes. The entre a'aIlS o,e
-. IN the elementary schools viii nnn1per o"o'0s"
,-ba number Of part time puplis ~
-,se less than last falI -. .,
& re, ne took Office. but when he comes up
(-.election this fall there will be only 40"
.t15-er on part time than wnen ne LIN 'n % -.
- o-7ce With an increase no greater lHii 80
last year. the part time puplls VII q 40.
.r,ong the boroughs as follows: Mafnal'S-' 1os
ANS 80 none: Brooklyn. 4-Ss6; Queens SlVS'
and Richmond 90 .,, -.,o-+ m
-f-v Superintendent Maxwels non'hIs ieP0--
80 Poard Of Education for last SEPTEMBER sno" -
The number Of pupils in the schools was 2+oool
.,6 the number on part time was s"[-o' -
80 oe4 go pupils IN Manhattan. with 4I'-o4 Oh pa
80. IL ss5 in The Bronx. with 1888 on part .-e.
1ss ss5 in Brooklyn with 5l5n on par nm 60,
n Queens with 5s13 on part time ll-Slo III f'i0ii
rnond, with 255 part time ..- -.
The entire number OF pupils in ire CITY iao
increased since the year before by 26.2E' ana me
-r-nber on part time had decreased oy s''Us inns
means that seats had been provided between I Sp-
ten7hAr 1903 and September, 1904. for '1Vpo C. 1-
before promotion for FEBRUARY, Hnen t 80
children left the schools the January report
+Ls+ there were 523 $40 children in the scLioos
n0osed 70 500 45e IN January 1904; there 20
81 IS children on part time. as Opposed 70 49,
for the wear before. After the proHlotion ~, Stie
March report shows that there were 5ZeoSo ChlliSh
n the schools and 6, ds4 on part time. A., 49,.
INST before the close of school the May rsPoTt
shows that there were 5254Sl pupils in the schools
and Sc 3e4 or part time. The pupils were as
+-ib1ted as follows: 252602 in Manhattan; 4ioit IN
The Bronx: I83031 in Brooklyn; 1895 IN queens,
ana II 25S in Richmond. Since OCTOBER, ls-ti the
number OF children had decreased from 556ZA 70
595.3 and the number OF pupils on part time mad
decreased from 72lS7 10 1854
This shows that absolutely no advance mad been
made In the provisions for accommodating the
children The decrease Of 1910 in the number of
children should theoretically have decreased the
nun Der on part time by 1850 At least theoreti
cally the schools had fallen behind Is 1877 seats
since the previous October.
With increase this fall equal TO that between
MAY and October Of last year. the additional de-
mands on the schools by boroughs will be: