Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-01
CHILDREN
To START WORK IN
SCHOOLS sept. \.
Thirty-eight Classes Will Be
Forced to Hold Half
Sessions.

An army of $4,000 children is prepar-
ing to enter the public schools in this
city when they reopen for the fall and
winter term on Monday. September II.
This Is an increase of about 1000 pupils
over last term, 1t is probable that the
number of new pupils will be greatly
Increased before the opening day.
There is another army of about 1,5oo
principals and supervisors to take care
OF the children. 1t will be necessary
to conduct half-sesslons in thirty-eight
classes in eight of the schools. although
additional rooms have been provided.
Provision has been made for new
classes by the completion of the Web
ster Street School and the Ridge Street
School, of fifteen rooms each, and the
new Montgomery Street School, of
twenty-five rooms. There will also be
opened two ungraded schools for In
corrigible pupils, capable of accommo-
dating sixty pupils each. One of these
IA located in South Tenth street and the
other on the East Side. In addition
to these new buildings provision has
been made for new classes in ne
courts OF the Sussex Avenue School ara
a portable building with two class
rooms has been put up at the Fifteenth
Avenue School. Eighteen new classes
will also be organized in thirteen school
buildings.
Glass for Deaf Pupils.
As q result of the opening Of the
Ridge and Montgomery schools the
halliday sessions held In the Charlton
Street and Eighteenth Avenue schools
and the Elliott Street School will be
abolished.
Additional facilities for special
classes have been provided in the es-
tab1ishment of three extra classes for
deaf pupils at the Lafayette Street
School and three extra classes for de-
fective pupils in as many schools. The
blind pupils will be cared for in the
Washington Street School.
Since Industrial education has taken
such a hold on the system it has been
found wise to extend the course of in
struction at the Warren Street Indus
trial School. The course there now
embraces printing, elementary electric
lily. sheet metal work. forging, mold
ing n woodworking.
Special provision has been made for
tubercular children by the continuance
of the classes at the Elizabeth Avenue
and Chancellor Avenue schools. Open
air classes will also be established at
the Montgomery Street School for
Rnemic children and other classes Of
like nature will be established when.
needed.
Open New schools In February.
1t is anticipated that the East Side
Commercial and Manual Training High
School will have an increased enrol
ment of $50, which, added to the $50
who attended last session, will fill the
school. This increase, it is believed.
will enable the department to abolish
the annex to the Barringer High School,
which is now located in the Technical
School.
That the physical well-being Of the
pupils Is not being overlooked Is evil
denced by the fact that the additional
~gymnasiums will be opened in the Mad
ison School, Warren Street School,
Webster Street and Ridge Street
schools.
Three new schools are expected to be
completed in time for use in FEBRUARY,
1912. There are the Peshine Avenue,
West Side and the new Central Com
merclal and Manual Training High
schools.