The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-10-03
SCHOOLS CROWD
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SUPERINTENDENT BROWNS RE-
PORT TO THE GREAT
GAIN OVER LAST YEAR.-NEW
BUILDINGS ABSOLUTELY NEG
ESSARY.

The Wenatchee schools are crowd
ed to the limit. Notwithstanding
the fact that the school year has only
just begun, the rooms are already
ble
Arrangements are being made to
secure rooms in other places in town
to take care of the overflow.
At the present time there are in
the grades 420 boys and 80 girls,
making a total of 500 pupils.
In the high school there are 81
boys and so girls, or a total of 1O7.
This makes a grand total of 907 pu-
pills in the schools.
Following are extracts of the re-
port:
There is an exceptionally large en-
rollment in the First Grade-9S be-
ginners and 80 in the First CA
those who were beginners last spring.
This has crowded the primary rooms
to such an extent that good work
is impossible. The pressure was
temporarily relieved the first week
of school by starting a new room to
take the overflow in the First and
Second grades at the Stevens school,
placing Miss Bigelow in charge. But
still there remain 81 beginners in
Miss Palmquist's room and 80 in
Miss Whitehead's room, in addition
to another class Miss Whitehead has
in her room.
, 1t is apparent that there are too
many pupils in these two rooms.
/ Thirty beginners-with no others to
(! teach in other classes-is the limit
for primary rooms in good schools.
For the welfare of these children
Il would strongly urge the employ
ment of another primary teacher
and the renting of some suitable
room, centrally located, for the es-
tablishment of another schoolroom.
We have had to refuse admission to
number of beginners simply be-
cause there is no place to put them.
| have had to transfer a number
of pupils to the Whitman school,
where the enrolment in some rooms
is light, in order to relieve the pres
sure at the Stevens. In most in
stances the parents object strenuous
ly, and it does seem hard to ask one
who lives close to the Stevens school
to walk over to the Whitman; yet
these are better able to do so than
those living long way to the south
|of the Stevens. If our patrons
could see the crowded condition of
some of these rooms they would ask
transfers rather than refuse them.
A Comparison.
In order to determine the growth
of the school l refer to the data at
the end of the first month of school
two years ago. This is a little I'M
fair to the school now, as our en-
rollment is daily increasing and we
shall make a better showing by the
end of this month. But even this
comparison shows great gains.
Enrolment at close of fourth
week, fall 19O6-Boys, 331; girls,
|349; total, $50.
Enrolment at middle of third
week, fall 19OS-Boys, All; girls,
43O; total, 907.
Gain in enrolment, 33 lid per
cent.
The preceding is for both grades
and high school, In the grades
alone the growth is even greater.
Grade enrolment fall 1906-Boys,
271; girls, 500; total, $50.
Grade enrolment fall 190S-Boys,
400; girls, $40; total, 500.
Gain, IS per cent in two years.
In order to show that this is
regular gain, turn to my records
and find that one year ago at the
middle of the third week Of school
the enrolment was as follows in the
grade rooms:
Fall, 1907-Boys, $50; girls, 343;
total, 673.
Fall 19OS-Boys, 420; girls, $50;
total, 500.
A gain of 127 pupils or about 10
per cent each year.
New Buildings Needed.
1t must be evident to any observ-
err that. with the schools now over
flowing, and an increase of this kind
as an assured fact, that Wenatchee
must have more room and that it is
needed right now The proposed
building south of town would re-
lieve the congested condition at the
Stevens school. If the high school
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