The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-08-26
PLANS FOR SCHOOL
YEAR ANNOUNCED
Public Schools Will Open Mon
day Morning, Sept. is
SUPERINTENDENT 0. NJ. ELLIOTT
OUTLINES WORK FOR YEAR.
Pupils Will Assemble in the Same
Rooms They Were in at the Close of
School.

PupIlS VIII Assemble in the Same
Rooms They We're in at the Close of
School.
The Twin Falls schools will open
Monday morning, SEPTEMBER Is. All
pupils will assemble in the same
rooms that they were in at the close of
school in June, except that those pu-
pills who were promoted to the Fifth
B grade in the high school will go
directly to the Bickel or Lincoln
buildings according to the district in
which they live. Beginning pupils
will go to rooms one in all of the
buildings. Beginning pupils may en-
ter school at any time during Septem-
ber and until October 90 No pupils
will be received into the beginning
1 classes after October 20. The school
age in Idaho is six years, ordinarily
pupils cannot be admitted to the pub
lie schools of the state until they are
six years of age. This concession,
however, is made to the patrons of the
Twin Falls schools: all pupils who are
six years of age and those who will be
six years of age before October 20,
will be admitted at the opening of
school in September. Principals may
require birth certificates to establish
the age of any child The crowded
condition of the schools makes it alb
solutely impossible to vary from this
rule. 1t will be useless for parents
to request admission under any other
condition
| The principals of each ward school
and the high school will be at their
offices on Friday and Saturday, Sep
! tember 12 and 13 for examining, class
flying and assigning new pupils, other
than beginning pupils in the first
grade. 1t is important that all pupils
desiring to enter school present
themselves at that time for classified
ton and assignment, if they are not
present at that time it will be impos-
sible for them to be assigned to rooms
before Wednesday the 18th of Septem-
Der. The principals must give their
time to organizing their schools on
Monday and Tuesday Much time will
therefore be saved if pupils will pre-
sent themselves on Friday and Satur-
day. All high school students should
present themselves for classification
and selection of subjects and courses
on Friday or Saturday, September 12
and 13.
The schools this year will be or
ganiZed on different basis than here
tofore. The minimum number for
each room will be thirty-five, the max
imum for the opening of school will be
forty, this of course will mean rooms
with forty-five or fifty pupils in them
before the middle of the first semes-
ter. This basis of organization has
been decided upon because it is neces-
sary to conserve the funds Of the dis
trict. While it will be impossible to
do as thorough work as with smaller
rooms, yet it is believed excellent
work can still be done.
! The text books will no longer be
on sale at the school building. The
Clos book store has been appointed a
state depository and all text books
will be purchased there by the pupils.
Note books of approved quality and
supplies may as heretofore be pur-
chased at any store The text books
in geography have been changed, the
new books will have special Idaho
supplement and are in many ways
superior to those displacedt They
will be introduced on what Is known
as the Gradual Introduction plan.
Only those pupils that are required to
buy new books in the Fourth B and
Sixth B will be asked to purchase the
new books In this way the patrons
will feel no burden for the reason
that pupils purchasing the new books
would have to buy new books of the
old series.
New English books have been adopt
ed for the high school, and the geome-
tries have been changed. The same
gradual introduction plan will apply
to the high school books, only those
classes will be required to use new
books who would have to buy old
books because Of their advancement.
The boundary lines between the
sections will be same as last year.
The Bickel section shall include that
part Of the city south and east of a
line beginning at the south corner of
the townsite extending up Shoshone
street to Fourth avenue South, thence
to Second street South. thence to
Third street south, thence to Third
avenue East. thence to Fourth street
east, thence to sixth avenue east,
thence to Blue Lakes Boulevard along
Sixth avenue EAst across the boule-
}vard. thence to seventh avenue East
to the city limits. The lincoln Sec
ton shall include that part Of the city
to the west and north Of line begin
Ging at the south corner Of the town
site along Shoehone street to Fourth
avenue West, thence to Second street