The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06
K|NDERGARTENS
ARE CUT OUT.
School Directors Decide Against
ANY in the Educational System
of North Yakima Next Year.
MUSIC MAY FOLLOW
AND STENOG2APHY, TOO
Efforts to Curtail Expenses VIII
Result in Reduction Of About
$1,000 in Salaries Paid to
Teachers.

Teachers.
Kindcrgartens will not be feature
of the public school system of North
Yakima next year. The school direc-
tors have decided to do away with
them. The two kindergartens here
have an enrolment of about So pupils
and an average attendance of about SO
but they have never been authorized
by the rate payers of the school dis
trict. No provision is made for
l5indergartens in the school law of
the state. That law requires that
they be authorized by the electors
who shall at the same time provide
for special fund for the purpose
IN the opinion of the school direc-
tors parents and rate payers do not
want such schools next year
Therefore it was decided not to sub
nit the question to a vote but sim
ply TO do away with the schools
Those in existence here have been
established two years. One is at the
Central school and one at the Co
lumbta school building
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One ungraded room of the tn rec
unPradod schools Of the city win also
be done away with. 1t may be that
n second will also be cut out, though
superintendent Reed. wants two. 1t
is proposed also to combine music and
drawing in the grades and the nigh
school and also to drop French and
to place the work of instructing the
pupils in debate and oratOry in charge
of the teachers Of English.
These changes, it is estimated, will
make a saving of $4,000 in the eX-
penses of the school district, even al
lowing for the increase in salaries
which nearly all the teachers will get
by reason of their services to the dis
trict.
No Special Music Teacher.
School Directors Fechter and Rob
ertson are opposed absolutely to a
special teacher of music in the schools
and Mr.. Fechter is opposed to the
teaching of stenography. Mr.. Rob
ertson is opposed to the teaching of
drawing and elementary manual
training. School Director Adams is
favorable to manual training and de-
clared it to be his belief that pupils
who will never reach the universities
are entitled to carry away something
from the public schools of the city
which will be of value to them in
their life work and that they are en-
titled to a portion of the public
money as much as are the fewer
pupils who will go father along in
their studies to the higher institu-
tons Other members of the board
did not express themselves on these
questions Action on them was de-
ferred until the next meeting at the
request of President Watt. who de-
clared himself DESTROYS of making a
closer study of the subject.
Cost of school Work.
Superintendent Reed has figured
out that with the few changes sug-
gested and allowing for increased
salaries the board can reduce the
teachers salary list for next year
from the $1,000 paid this current
year to $6S,9OO. Some of the direc-
tors believe they can cut out another
two or three thousand dollars and
will try to do it before contracts are
offered for the next year.
Secretary Kumler thinks that $40
600, outside of salaries. as given
above will carry the schools next
year. There is an overdraft of So
GOO and an interest item of $4,000
which he included in his figures.
Miss Grace shannon has been en-
Gaged as principal of the Colum hia
school for the balance of the year at
$1,000 per year
A school census which is provided
for by law will be taken by Secretary
kumler of the board, who estimated
the expense at about S125.
city Engineer Doolittle was author
lied to use the hole back of the high
school as dumping ground for ma
tcrial taken up in street grading.
Gymnasium apparatus for the Co.
lumbia school to be constructed by
the manual training department of
the public schools, was authorized
and there was also authorized the
purchase of music for the music
teacher.
FruitvaIc Wants Money.
Demand was made on the school
district by the FruitVale school dis
trict. 1t appears from this demand
from the state for Fruitvale pupils
who are attending schools of this dis
trict. 1t appears fro mthis demand
that there has been trouble in the
Fruitvale schools with one of the
teachers and that parents, rather than
send their children to that teacher
have sent them to the schools OF
North Yakima and small tuition fee
has been charged. Secretary Kumler
was authorized to make a settlement
Superintendent Reed reported a
total enrolment of pupils for the
month of 1929, which is 1O9 greater
than for the corresponding month of
last year. The average daily attend
ance is 2157 Summit View, with five
rooms reporting a perfect punctuality
leads all others in that respect.
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