The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
DISCUSS new PLANS OF WORK
Short Session for the High School and
Semi-annual Promotion for the
Grades Recommended to the Board
by the superintendent

The Board of Education is planning
to take the fight against the Common
Council into court if necessary and the
finance committee Of the board was in
structed at the meeting held on Tues
day evening to secure legal advice as
to the steps necessary to force the
council to give the board money for
the enlargement of the Frank school.
The committee mas been given fuli
power to act in the matter and If the
city council declines to provide tha,
money demanded the case will be TAX
en- into court and the board will seek
writ of mandamus to force the coun-
Gil to act. On account of the money
not being ready for the proposed adj
lition to the school the board took no
steps to enter into contract with the
architect but this will be done just az
soon as the money has been secured
from the city.
Two very interesting problems of
school policy we're taken up by the
board at the meeting on Tuesday even
ing, one of them being a scheme for
semi-annual promotion of the children
in the grade schools and the other
plan for holding single sessions at the
high school Both of these changes
have the support of Superintendent
Bradford. The first plan it is held
would aid the hard working students
in the grades to complete the courses
of the city schools in shorter time
while the second plan would give the
teachers in the high school a better
chance to supervise the study hour Of
the students in that department. This
is one Of the hardest problems for the
teachers to meet under the present
circumstances. There are number of
the students who fail to study at home
and it is impossible for the school Of
fcials to force them to attend to this
important side of their school work.
Under the proposed plan the backward
students could be kept at the school I'M
til four O clock in the afternoon and
forced to give this time to the prepar-
alton of work for the succeeding day.
With single session <the high school
would open at $3.50 a. IN. and continue
until 200 p. M. with forty minute
recess for lunch. The teachers would
then be able to give the remainder OF
their time to aiding the backward pu-
pills and to attending to the routine
work of their positions which must be
taken care of outside the class room.
Mrs. Bradford is planning in the
near future to submit these proposed
changes to the people of the city in
order that some idea of the desires of
the school patrons may be discovered.
The question of enforced fumigation
Of homes where children had been i'll
with whooping cough and measles came
before the board when it took up the
question as brought up by Health OIL
Ger spaulding some time ago and the
communication of the health officer
was laid on the table and it is possible
that at some future time the board of
it's own initiative will make some rul-
ing in regard to the treatment of these
problems.
The bills of various nature now be-
fore the board were not ordered paid on
account of the present financial en-
barrassment. The board, however, has
secured money enough to take care of
the teachers salaries and the other bills
will be paid just as soon as the money
for the annual budget is received from
the city treasurer.