New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-12
THE BRONX SCHOOL PUZZLE
Part Time Problem Vexes Par
ents. and Likewise Authorities.
HARD TO MEET INCREASE
One Thousand Children a Month
Coming In, Wiley Says, De-
scribing New Buildings.

Part time for pupils of the public schools
is one of the most difficult subjects the
school board has had to deal with All
over the city the question of how TO solve
this problem comes up. Now 1t Is on the
East Side. tomorrow in Brooklyn. and the
next day i'll Chelsea At present the puzzle
is Worrying the hundreds of parents III
The Bronx.
A petition sent to tie Board of Estimate
and Apportionment by many citizens OF
| The Bronx stated that conditions were bad
at Public Schools .. AZ and f. In Public
School . corner Third avenue and l69th
street. there were only 554 seats, and 1S2
PUPILS were on part time: in Public School
A. corner Washington and Wendover ave
nues. there were 324 seats and 692 pupils
eli part time. and in Public School there
were 200 seats and 33s pupils on part time.
The petition which related these facts
said that while the Board Of Education was
considering sites at 18th street and Col
1eee avenue and 16Sth street and Bryant
avenue building on these sites would not
help matters, because the neighborhood
surrounding these schools, from 169th
street and Fulton avenue west to Web
ster avenue and north to fremont avenue,
Was mostly composed of large tenement
houses SIX large houses Just completed
in ST Paul's Place will be occupied by $50
families
Another paper on the subject of schools
is found in resolution of the Patrick
Keenan, Association. of No. $50 Westches-
ter avenue. This resolution called condt-
tions in Public School 80. Longwood ave
nue.. between Kelly and Beck streets,
vicious and shameful and laid the blame
to the lax aud dormant conditions of af-
fairs in the Board of Education" The
statement was made that 1900 children are
on part time.
The attention of Frank n. Wiley. chair
man of the building committee of the
school board. was called to these appeals
yesterday. and Mr.. Wiley said the board
was doing all in its power to urge the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment TO
give more sites. and 20 authorize corporate
stock for new buildings all the time
There is d tremendous growth i'll TIL"
Bronx" said Mr.. Wiley, and conditions
on the lower East Side almost dup
Heated. Children are coming into the sec
ton affected at the rate Of one thousand
4 month. and, as it takes some time to
build a school. ii is Lard to keep up with
the increase.
Conditions will be relieved" he con
tinued, .'by the new school at the corner
of l16th street and Prospect avenue. which
Will he ready about February /. This
school Will accommodate 2,i00 pupils, and
is near the district spoken of. scnool
at the corner of cambridge avenue and
196th street will be ready for the next
school year. As far as Public School 80 is
concerned, the school board has reported
to the Board of Estimate that this is an
emergency matter, and has reason to be-
live that corporate stock has been issued
for the building of two wings with thirty
two claSsroonlS.
sixteen clasrooms will be added to the
Fox street school, and a like number of
rooms for Public School IS. at the corner
Of 143d street and Brown avenue, will re
lieve all part time in the 25d District. The
contract has been let for twelve to fifteen
new classroOmS at Public School 40 cor
ner Jennings street and Prospect avenue"