Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-11
Superintendent Report Shows
that Buildings Cannot Properly
Accommodate Pupils,
WORST CONDITIONS IN EAST END
Twcntythrcc Rooms are ovororowdcd
Board Has No Money With Which
TO Provide Additional Quarters
Regular Meeting of the Trustee
Miss Lewis Resigns.

That some of the city public school
buildings are In deplorably crowded
condition was shown last night by
me monthly report of Superintendent
of Schools w. &. Morton to the hoard
of school trustees. According to this
report there are more than forty puplis
seated in each of twenty-thrce rooms
IN the school buildings In East End,
several of these rooms containing MS
many as forty-siX and forty-eight pu-
pills.
Tho ventilation of all the rooms or
the buildings WINS designed for the nc.
commodation of forty pupils as n nnX-
imum and it is generally recognized
that the crOwdlng of the rooms Is
not conducive to the good health Of
the pupils or the teachers, Tho school
board recognizes ills fact. but II has
no funds with which to erect new
building to accommodate all OF tho
school children of the city.
The board met In regular session
last night with President Pickett in
the chair and the following members
nresrnt. Messrs. Harrison, Huffman,
Phillips and Sibly.
Money Needed.
The finance committee reported that
II had balance of $l.l11.O4 on hand
but that between this time and Dec.
embor |. when tho State school fund
becomes available. the expenditures
of the board would amount to about
$4,000. After some discussion OF thcl
money question. the chairman of the
committee was instructed to make ar.
rangements with the banks for bor-
rowing sufficient funds to conduct the
schools until the State fund Ia avail.
able.
Superintendent Morton reported that
at present there Ia total of 2,i33
pupils on the roll OF the schools. i36
more than we're on the rolls this time
last session or this number there
arc i,7S6 white pupils and CAT negro
pupils The average daily attendance
for September was 2,1a7 or 1877 more
tina stthe daily average Attendance
in September of last session.
Al the request of tho owner of the
building occupied by Jefferson Avenue
school No. G. the board directed the
buildings and grounds committee tol
secure another vacant room In the vi
entity of the present school and to|
move the equipment and pupil TOT
that room as soon rs practicable.
Miss evils Resigns.
Mics Lola Fay Lewis, teacher In
the Twenty.eighth street school ten
,ored her RESIGNATION to the board and
Miss Minnie Enos. n graduate OF thel
local High school In the class of 1908,
was elected to succeed her. Mary
Fultz was elected teacher In the col
orcd schools and Martha Freeman was
appointed n substitute teacher Tor
those schools.
resolution offered by Mr. Phillips
was adopted amending the school law
30 that no nonresident pupil may pei
given permanent seat In the city
schools until the second Monday AFTER
the opening of the school session. Thisl
change wns made because hummer OF
NONRESIDENT pupils apply for enroll
ment In tho schools before some OF
the city children and the latter are
thereby deprived TO n seat.
Superintcndent's Annual Report.
Superintendent Morton made very
interesting annual report TO the board
far tho session of l9o6.O7. This re
mort shows that during the past SEES
scion, GO per cent of the white school
population was enrolled in the city
schools. The total school population
IL. 4,t72 ard the total enrolment for
a., sS,ss,, .
tuition per pupil in the High school
was 1884. In the white graded schools
1t was s1o2 and in the colored schools
1t was 6S cents
Monthly Report.
The superintendent made The DOL
lowing report on the enrolment and
average daily attendance of pupils Tor
September:
On roll Av. ID. AZ.
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