The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-15
Prof, Carnagey Suggests a
Plan of Sessions to the
School Board
WILL RELIEVE THE CONGESTION
Eighth Grade Distributed Between
Washington and Longfeliow
Buildings.
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL,

While the proposition to shorten
1.-The hours of the school day has been
laid before the public by the school
board for expression of opinion, as
far as a majority OF the members of
1.-THE board are concerned, no material
lchange will be made in the present
schedule. 1t is known by the board
also. what Prof J. A. Carnagey's
ideas along this line are, and as pub
lie opinion seems to be dormant on
the question, with the exception OF
the Alumni association and perhaps
one or two other clubs. the action of
the board in this instance practically
lis settled.
AS suggested by Professor Carna-
Igey, the Observation-Disclosures I'm con
vsrsation with some of the members
of the board, the schools will open
fifteen minutes later in the morning.
at S:45 o'clock. A recess OF fifteen
minutes wiz be given in both morn
ing aud afternoon sessions. At noon
the schools will dismiss at 1f:45
O'clock as at present. On the ques-
tion Of resuming after dinner, the
ideas of the members of the board
wary with Professor Carnagey's sug-
gestious only a few minutes. He
prefers that the schools resume at
I1:15 o'clock. as at present, while
some of the members prefer to ex-
tend the noon recess TO 1880 o'clock.
Igiving the children an hour and As
minutes. Prof. carnagey would dis
miss the schools at $3.50 o'clock
while the members who would make
the noon recess longer, would dis
miss at o'clock. In any event the
difference in the schedule is only five
minutes, and the board will not have
a hitch in settling this point. A truss
tee discussing the shorter hour prop
osition this morning said;
after canvassing the members ot
the board and summing up public
opinion in the mass, as best as I
could. l can say confidently that no
change to the one session school day
will be made In the schedule / have
outlined. ample allowance has been
made for the children not becoming
wearied by the long hours in schools.
as suggested by the advocates of one
session. It is a matter of fact that
many of the school children With
duties around the home find it rushes
them TO get to school at $3.50 o'clock
in the morning, and the fifteen min
ute reduction in the hours there will
be beneficial At noon an extension
of the recess fifteen minutes is con-
sidered advisable by some of the trus-
tees to prevent these children who
have to walk long distances enter
ling the afternoon session breathiess
and hot from the hurried walk back
ward and forward. With the recesses
allowed and the reductions In the
hours, it seems the best arrangement
that can be made for the accommoda-
ton of all concerned, and in this
1--WE have the approval OF Prof. Car
nagey. and Of superintendent Lieb."
Eighth Grade Change.
While Prof. Carnagey was here on
hi slast visit the trustees held long
eonsultation with him on the ques-
lions before them for settlement His
Ideas along every line the board ex-
poets to act in the April session are
known and they coincide in all es-
sential respects with the ideas OF the
trustees. AS announced in THE
SUN. the. present arrangement OF
having all the eighth grade pupils In
the city attend the Washington build
ing. Will be modified. Professor
Carnagey and the majority of the.
trustees favor placing an eighth
grade in the Longfellow building.
Fifth street and Kentucky avenue.
and one in the Franklin building on
South Sixth street. An the pupils
from the south side of the city and
from the northeast section OF the city
VIII be taken away from the WASH
lington building and distributed in
these two new grades. The eighth
grade at the washington building will
be retained. and under the new ar
arrangement will be a normal grade.