The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-14

semester class may enter the Central Hlgh school, while another entering class or more than 300 will occupy the hipj, school rooms in the Paul Hayne h,lildine 1T arrangements cannot be made at this tune 10 complete the Ensley High school, huui.ional class rooms should be made available, and basement rooms should he put in order for use in manual trainire and domestic science
 The J. B. Cunningham school at East Birmngham has been completed, but be- | lore IL can be used the school yard mus
 be graded and the adjacent streets mus be made passable. This building also re qulres adequate furniture, and I recon l mend that this furniture be. ordered at l once, so that there may be no delay ir i the opening of the school in September. The new white school at Pratt City is without proper sanitation, as is also the school at Fairview. Prompt action will be required to place these schools in prop- CT condition for the opening of the fall term.
 The new negro school at Pratt is com pleted and ready for opening In the fall. NO new furniture will be required for this school. as the furniture in the old build- 1ngs may be repaired so that 1t will serve the needs of the school The grading of the school yard, however, is absolutely necessary.
 Repairs are needed in many of the buildings during the summer months The Barrett school at East Lake, one of the largest in the city, requires immediate attention. The chief of the fire denart- ment, after an inspection of the building, has ordered immediate changes in the exit doors and has directed that the sys- tenn of heating and ventilation be changed before the reopening of the school.
 ''The opening of the Cunningham school at East Birmingham releases from use the Kingston school building, a four room building erected by the board upon lot leased for the purpose.
 Some Suspensions
 'The board has further decided to sus- pend the elementary vocational school heretofore conducted in the Paul Hayne school. A reduction will also be made in the number of teachers employed in the departments of vocal music, drawing and physical culture, but it was not deemed wise to reduce the number em- ployed in the departments of manual training and domestic science. The board has further decided to eliminate the institute week and the week of the holi- day recess from the term to be covered by the teachers salaries, thus reducing the salaries of the teachers by one-naif of 0 month. It was wisely decided. how ever, that in view of this reduction the regular schedule increase should be con tinued so far as it applies to elementary teachers.
 "No provision has been made for in- creased attendance during next year, ex- cept that suggested for the High school. It is not improbable that the increase in certain sections of the city may require a. revision of our estimates and readjust- ment of plans."
 The majority Of the foregoing sugges- tions have been carried out by the board. The decision of the commissioners to appropriate the necessary funds for the completion of the Ensley High school and for the suggested addition to the Fairview school is highly gratifying, and it is believed that these improvements will proceed without delay. With the suspension of the elementary vocational school and the use of part of the Paul Hayne building for the overflow from the Central High school, the congested condition of the latter will be temporarily relieved. 1t is believed that by making the changes and reductions indicated and by pOstponing the establishment of the schools for defective children, the open