Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-26
MORE PUPILS ON ROLL
NOW THAN EVER BEFORE
Over Two Thousand Three Hun.
drsd children Ii City Pub
lie Schools.
EVERY BUILDING IS CROWDED.
In aEet End Conditions are Especially
Bad. and the Trustees viii be Com
PEELED to Rent Additional Quarters
Col. Huffman Advocates New
High School.

There are more pupils enrolled in
the public schools nj the present
time than ever before In the city's
history, and every one OF the nine
school buildings Is In doplOrably
crowded condition. In order to ac-
comodatc the new pupils that Will
IL enrolled when the second half OF
the present session begins in Fob
ruary. The school board WILL in all
probability, have to rent one or two
additional buildings. as II Will he
practically impossible TO accommo-
date any more pupils in the present
schools.
When the schools opened on Sep
TENDER with an enrolment OF abour
2 900 children, there was consider
able congestion In one or two OF the
grades in East End schools Nos. :
ana A. but this was relieved by the
estal iishment OF additional grades.
The enrolment increased steadily.
however. and In order to relieve tho
congestion II series OF transfers had
to be made from school to school.
BY this arrangement number OF
the lower pupils living In East End
were sent to tho Central and North
End schools over week ago. Ma
tnrally the parents OF the children OBJ
jccted TO tho transfers. but they
were Informed by the school an.
thoritios that this system was ncces-
snry In order TO accommodate the
children
Over 2,3co on Roll Now.
More than 1900 pupils are now on
the school rolls and In ordc 10 nc.
commodatc them, the authorities
have found 1t necessary 10 put nearly
fifty pupils In each OF the rooms or
the building. The rooms were de-
sIgncd TO accommodate not moro
tlnh 40 pupils, ana naturally the chill.
drcn viii suffer this wlntcr from tho
over crowding MS the rooms canno;
be properly ventilated for that mum
her of pupils.
Tho East End schools are more
crowded than the Central and North
End buildings. for the reason that
thore arc more school children In
East End than there are on the west
side of the Chesapeake ana Ohio rail.
way tracks, However. the Central
and Moth End schools are will filled
anu some of the rooms are badly
crowded
Negro Schools Crowded Too.
Tho negro schools are more crowd
cd than are the white schools. There
was an unusually large enrolment In
those schools this session and cyc.y
room In the three buildings arc
packed with children, and n number
OF pupils were turned away during
the past week.
Several months ago the school
hoard asked the city council for nj,
appropriation of 81 900 to enla' &c
East End school No. 4 for the pres
ent session, but the council has never
acted
Had tho boards request been grant
ed at that time, the addition to the
school would have been completed by
this time and the present crowded
condition of the schools would have
been eliminated and the board would
not have been compelled TO rent
school building No. & this session.
New High School Wanted.
Col, p. w. Huffman. who was re
Gently elected membe. of the schoo
board by the city council. stated yes
tcrday that the city should have Il
new High school building nnd that
he intended to work for such n build
Ing,
Such Il building would be II great
benefit to the school system and
would relieve the present congested
conditions. MS the portion OF the Cen
trail school now occupied Ivy 1t, could
he turned over to the grammar
g.ades.