The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-18
nltlebor0 Local
.,sH SCHOOL CROWDED.
- saith Would Abolish Ninth
y nr,ds Altogether.

u!Adf AAfsaNfssss
%, 5Wa.el condition Of the
- M bDol this term has
as's,F ,mIt4,. 10 the neei oi more
80. aAth need Was pain
rA's,,.t r,fu under normal eondl,
b r,i .gui that the problem
- ',,,ilr .uI the pupils Ia way
m bfsI Icsulls will not be-
g. a Hea rehool building Is
iiN uoll system teadlusted,
~ asltW now being main
~ "a his4 piane, Those who are
80 sliA school matters cannot
H. ur.gug 81 the need Of more
~ ilsh -rh0ol work or appe,
y gr, Aiil which the question
~ aahtie- appeals 10 the mem.
~ AZ teaching force, With the
WhA t4st 0t getting along as
H., t4H under disadvantages.
niR, 90 that that recitation
i,rf 10 b. gwen up Tor purposes OF
"a notation, have 10 be carried
~ mann ,tluDl room where rs or
sBlrnls alr Tying 10 apply them
n Al tkf.i Studies, one can readily |
N usIr faHu Is imperative. This |
Y raltion that prevails IN the Brat
h. h.b .,hOul building and has pre-.
20 .,me time, aud II became more |
..,.,l lAr week, when instead OF
-. !, Agta,cI, more than 70 pu
fg.,.,ar,i ior enrolment IN the PR
= n, Ion some VI whom there were
y. 80. nor hooks. IL is also dis.
- 10 have two separate systems
'-,ni,ion 10 The same building, one
~ MI ,rhoo. and one for the grades.
$3.50 Elgir Burr Smith has de-
Y considerable thought TO the prob.
.,ifh tJniiunt the district, and IL is
NJ a. expressed 20 the local CORE.
.Srt Il tic Springfield Republican,
Ia cannot be solved correctly ex.
III he erection OF a new building OF
J ale. The present school system
4. a pupil TO spend nine years in
rades and four years in the high
\ making o total of 10 years. Mr..
thinks that y years is enough, and
ma abolish the 9th grade altogether.
lslleyes that students ought to be
alei al one year younger than they
gF lie would remove all the grades
No from the high school building,
would not leave any more room
would be needed for properly carry
! the work there, and these two re-
u grades he would have under high
management. This would give the /
SIX years OF schooling under grade
ement outside the high school build
shieh would not leave any more
than would be needed for properly
n on the work there, and these
grades he would have un.
Ii school management. This would
e pupils six years OF schooling un-
lde management outside the high
building aud six years within the
, under high school management.
nth says that at present the 9th y
natural stopping place for many u
whereas if that grade could be !
led and the 9TH and Sth grades be .
under the management of the high ,
many more pupils than at present 4
90 on through the high school d
which is entirely probable. "
lch grades as would thus be taken =
E high school building and for the =
now accommodated in the small =
structures, Mr.. Smith would have if
building erected out of brick or u
mihr to the Canal street school "
The bonded Indebtedness of the ?,
Is comparatively small, amounting ~
0. The bonds for a new building "
so marketed that the cost would n
heavily upon the voters in any W
BIattleboro is a growing town, OF
e are abundant reasons for be on
hat the growth in the future will al
more rapid than has been that -
st. This growth will chiefly con- ~
village, which is practically iden- sl'
h the Incorporated school dis tr'
it is apparent that before long ia
vement must actually be started Or
definite step be taken to relieve an
mt congestion and provide for re-
e increase in the enrolment OF ~,
us of the district. The gener- w
he district in the past with re- pa
is schools has been proverbial. In