The San Francisco call., 1908-08-04
SCHOOLSOPFN WITH
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Nearly Forty. Thousand Chill
dren End Vacations and
Apply for Enrolment
Initial Sessions Are Held in
Several Buildings Recently
Completed

Nchool days began for nearly 10000
ness and girls in the city schools yes
teroaE and the new and old schools
sle oFercrowded with applicants for
Viloi oiimenL After six weeks OF vaca-
ZION the youth Of San Francisco agvoke
20 realization that play days were
tNeE ana that work days had come.
Henooi books We're taken down from
tHelr hiding places and amid great
DAStllng the little ones were marched
% the district schoolhouse- To many
u opened the way from bsbyhood TO
tle classification OF big brother and
Dig sister. Others returned 10 com
pete the training that viii insure them
eollly 70 combat for distinction and
position II the worId.
superintendent Roncovieri received
teiepnonic communications from most
OF the schools and the information re-
oeiFeQ pointed 10 an unusually large
enrolment In many Of the schools
me Increase has been so great that
provision wiz have TO be made for the
pupils either by additional wings or
c-assrooms or by the transference Of
The children TO other schools.
An order issued by the board OF edu-
cation 10 transfer the pupils in pri-
mary grades IN grammar schools 70 the
nearest primary school and the gram
mar grade pupils in primary schools to
q
Misunderstanding and inconvenience
yesterday. In some cases the district
grammar school was overcrowded by
reason OF the order, and in other in
stances elassrOoms IN the primary
schools were left vacant The board
VIII very likely modify the general
ruling IN the next few days. making
specific Instructions for each district
AEhg BUILDINGS OPENED
Several new buildings. were opened
yesterday. The Bay View school,
erected at a cost OF 100000 under the
o-o bond issue, OF steel frame and
brick, received 500 new pupils. Phil
-p Prior. q veteran principal in the de-
partment was in charge. The new
temporary girls high school on the
corner OF Geary and Scott streets was
also initiated as q teaching institution.
= VIII be conducted exclusively for
girls. the pupils who last year at
lel1eo the Lowell high school being
transferred 10 it, At Brazil avenue and
Moscow street a new school. called the
CleF Gland school with eight rooms. for
TIE rrst time received pupils Initial
sessions were also held in the Bergerot
school AZ IEFsDty-ifCh avenue and Lake
street, and the Oceauside school Of
eight rooms at Forty-second avenue
end J street
The Gen park pupils opened q new
building AT Lippard avenue and Berk-
shire street with y rooms IN the
next few months the Golden Gate
school with 10 rooms on Golden Gate
avenue near Pierce street. the Wing
1eld Scott at Lombard and Vallejo
streets and the Yerba Buena school al
Greenwich street near Franklin, which
is being constructed from money re-
ceived from school children all over
the country after the earthquake Of
1895. wil be opened for pupils
ENROLMENT THIS YEAR LARGER
The complete enrolment Of pupils
last year was 4G,045. Superintendent
honcovieri yesterday stated that this
years enrolment would be much
heavier before many weeks OF the new
term are consumed The evening
schools in the last two years have
shown z marked Increase in enrolment
IN fact, there was no appreciabIe de-
probation in attendance in these
schools At the end OF 1907 considered
with the complete figures Of the spring
Of 1906.
There were 7.18s pupils IN the even
ing classes on June 80 Of this year
ard while the school directors are at
tempting 10 insure the attendance Of
IS large a number as possible at the
day schools the beginning Of the new
term promises 10 see an increase IN the
night school enrolment