The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-18
President of Board of Edu-
cation Lays Out Work
for the Year.
Recommendations ARE MANY
New Committees Named and organiza-
tion of Board Is Thoroughly Non
Partisan One Board to Make an Eff
fort to Cut Expenses for a Year.


The board Of education met on
Tuesday evening and completed the
organization for the year. Walter M.
Burke, who was recently elected chair
man of the board, addressed the board
giving some idea of the plans for the
coming year and named his commit
tees In speaking to the board Mr..
Burke said:
at this, the first meeting u Tic
1912 board of education of the city
of Kcnosha, ] desire to again express
my sincere thanks to you for the hon
4 or you have conferred upon me in
electing me rs your president. as
sure you that / doubly appreciate the
honor owing to the fact that / was a
graduate of the Kenosha high school
in 1902 and have, therefore, naturally
had high regard and warm feeling
for our school system in all its
branches.
shall expect the earnest co-opera-
tion of the members of the board dur
ing the coming year, always with the
one object in sight, that of putting
forth our best efforts in the interests
Of our schools. 70 accomplish this
result we must have absolute unity
and harmony in every respect and 1
have no doubt but that such unity
and harmony will prevail There are
many things to I'd accomplished al
perfected and have here partial
list of some of the necessary require
nents which | will explain to you
in detail
/ will endeavor during the coming
year to administer the affairs of the
board of education to the very best
Of my ability in an absolutely impair
tial manner and in the selection of
my committees nhave let politics play
no part, firmly believing that the af-
fairs of our school system should be
administered in a non-partisan man
ner
Many people fail to realize the vast
Importance Of our city school system
nor do they seem to realize that more
money is expended in the furthering
Of our school during year than in
that of any other department of our
city. And it is absolutely necessary
that this be so. Statistics show the
rapid growth of our city and even
in the past year our school enroll
ment increased 293 l realize the
heavy Indebtedness of the city at the
present time, and feel that no in
creased burdens should be placed upon
our taxpayers, yet we must in no way
let our school system, which is ranked
with the very best in the state, de-
teriorate in the slightest.
| recommend the following:
|. The employment of qualified
Kenosha girls to FIJI any vacancies
That may occur in the teaching force.
?, The extension of manual train
ing to the Weiskopf and Frank schools
and the further development of same
in the high school.
5. The institution of domestic
science.
4. The institution of kindergar-
te4 at the Central school.
,, The adjustment of all basement
school rooms except for manual train
ing or domestic science purposes.
8. Complete schedule Of salaries
tor high school, principals and grade
teachers,
9 An appraiscment of school prop
critics.
8. A further development of the
science department in the high school.
8. The further development Of the
Industrial department.
TO- Complete investigation of the
open air school project.
IL The readjustment of school in
lurance on FIVE year basis, one-ffth
expiring each year.
IL. The revision and perfection of
financial statistics.
10. Revision Of rules and sEegula-
lions.
IA. An apportionment Of moneys of
various committees based upon com
nittee requirements.
-. The further identifying of our
school grounds and the opening Of
same to students for playground pur-
poses