The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
TO AID BACKWARD CHILDREN
Question of Opening OPEN Air School is
Placed in Hands of Committee Tub
erculosis Committee Offers to Pay
Part of the Expense of Such School.

Continuation schools are to be pro-
vided in Kenosha for the men and
women who are now working under
permits in the various factories of the
city and at special meeting Of the
board Of education held on Friday
evening it was decided to use the au-
ditorium Of the Frank School for
these schools. The schools will be
conducted six days in the week and
provision will be made so that every
one Of the boys and girls now working
under permits will be given at least
five hours week. The work will be
in charge Of superintendent of Indus
trial Education Tarbell and he will
have one assistant. 1t is expected that
there will be several hundred entered
in the school and the two teachers will
be kept busy all the time. The sched-
ule of classes will be made to meet the
demand Of the students
It is expected that the work will be
started the first of October and it is
possible that both day and night SEES
sions of the school will be held, but if
possible arrangements will be made
with factory managers so that all Of
the boys and girls will find time to
attend the sessions of the school dur
ing the day. Member sof the board
are watching with considerable inter
est the attitude that the students
themselves will take to this form of
education. Under the state law it is
compulsory for people working under
q permit to attend these schools five
hours a week 1t is expected that some
of the students will be ready and will
ing to give longer time to the school
work. The city has been asked to ap-
propriate $4,000 to pay the expense of
these schools and before this appro-
pmation is available it will be neces-
sary for the school board to provide
funds for the continuance Of the work.
The question of an open air school
for Kenpsha was taken up and DR.. g.
Windesheim of the Kenosha commit
tee for the prevention of tuberculosis,
appeared before the board and an
nounced that the local committee would
contribute $3.50 toward the fund neces-
sary for the maintenance of the open
air school during the coming months,
if the remainder of the cost would be
provided by the board of education.
Plans for an open air school build
irg are now in TIE hands of the mem
bcrs of the board and the whole mat
ter was referred to a special commit
tee of which Commissioner Schmitz is
the chairman and report will be sent
to the board at the October meeting.
If the plan is carried out the new open
air school will probably be located on
the grounds about the Durkee school,
An important question of the taking
care OF backward pupils was taken up
at the meeting of the board and it is
proposed to open a new room at the
Durkee school for children who are
over age" This means children who
are older than the average age of
children in the various grades of the
school. There are seventy-fve of
these children in the Durkee school
alone and the opening of the new room
will be of great value to these back
ward students.
No other business of Importance was
taken up by the board.