Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-09
URGES PROMPT
SCHOOL REPORT
CONDITIONS MORE CROWDED
THAN EVER BEFORE
PROF. E. c. MOORE SENDS OPEN
LETTER TO PARENTS
Wants Every Child to Be on Hand at
Proper Building at 9 O'Clock
Monday Morning, Sep
tember 13

DR.. r. c. Moore, city superintendent
of schools, has issued an open letter to
the patrons of the public schools asking
that every endeavor be made by
parents to have the children at the
schools Monday September 13, the
opening day, at the usual hour. DR..
Moore's letter is as follows:
1.-THE public schools of the Los An
geles school district will open at a. m.
Monday, September 13. 1t is desirable
that all children be present on the first
day of school. Transfers will as usual
be granted whenever they are neces-
sary, provided there Is room In the
school to which a transfer is sought.
But in order to give principals and
superintendents time to pass upon each
individual application for a transfer,
and particularly to determine If there
is room in the school to which the
transfer is asked, no transfers will be
made during the first week of school,
Each child should report Monday
morning to the school to which he be-
longs. II a transfer is required appn-
cation for it must be made in writing
upon q blank which will be furnished
by the principal of the school to which
the child belongs. After this blank has
the principal who issued it, who will
send it to the superintendent office
with such recommendation as the
school cares to make upon 1t.
Parents Aid Requested
"The applicant will be notified as soon
as possible as to the action which can
be taken in the case. The cooperation
of parents is urged In this effort to
systematic q matter which has here
tofore been a source of great con-
fusion,
New pupils who seek advanced
standing in the high schools should
register Friday September 10. All old
pupils and all entering, or B9 pupils,
will register Monday, September 13, at
8 a. m. By putting two pupils where
one ought to be there will, 1t is thought,
be room for all who may come. Parents
are urged to send their children to the
Olive street high school rather than to
allow them to stand in line for days at
the other schools. The Olive Street
high school has 8 capacity of 450 stu
dents, and as it gives B9 work only en-
tering pupils fare somewhat better in
it's classes than they do in the large
and overcrowded schools. After re-
naming there six months the pupil is
sent on to the Polytechnic or to the
Los Angeles high school, according to
the COURSE that llG waits " behhOs LII
no case will he lose any time by at
tending the Olive Street high school.
More Crowded Than Ever
"In spite of the best egorts of the
board of education the schools of Los
Angeles will be more overcrowded this
year than ever before. This condition
will be relieved as soon as the money
which was voted for school purposes
some months ago is released. This de-
lay was unnecessary and the action
which prompted it was dictated by pure
malevolence. Those who should be pro-
tected, the helpless children, must now
suffer because of the acts Of certain
enemies of the people.
"The patrons Of the public schools
will not soon again, we believe, tolerate
such a wapton and costly interference
with the work of public education. This
whole lamentable incident will be of no
value unless it serves to strengthen and
solidify the school sentiment of the
community. For the present an un-
usual degree Of tolerance and co-opera-
ton on the part of parents, teachers
and school officers is necessary, If good
results are to be brought out of the
overcrowded conditions which are
forced upon us"