Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
MORE PUPILS IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
This Years Registration Shows
a Net Increase of
1908.

The first weeks registration in the
Newark public schools totaled 60,256
This is a net increase of zoos pupils
over the first weeks registration last
year. The total enrolment for the
first week of 1918 was 57,34S The
student population is divided into four
high schools and seventy-sx graded
schools.
These figures are taken from the
official report compiled late yesterday
by Isaac Lowenstein, secretary 10
City superintendent Addison Z. Ro-
land.
The schools with the exception OF
twenty two showed an increased at
tendance aggregating S.541. The
twenty-five schools showed a decrease
in attendance of 633 children. This
left a net total gain in the registra
ton of 2,90S.
The West Side School showed the
| largest increase in attendance. 4
total of 1,431 pupils were enrolled
| there, a gain of 449. Provision has
been made to handle this increase by
an addition to the school, which will
probably be ready for occupancy next
week. AT present some of the classea
are on halliday schedule.
The largest enrolment this week
was in the Belmont Avenue School.
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in this particular school, showing an
increase of 223 pupils. Other schools
where the enrolment was high are
| the Cleveland School, where i,Ibl
! pupils were enrolled; Morton Street.
| 1886; Newton Street. 1852, and Frank
| lin School, where the first weeks en-
rollment was 1,622 pupils.
Sixteen schools are compelled to
| have halliday classes due to the in
crease In the enrolment. and there
| are 1873 of them, an increase OF
eighty-two over the number of these
| classes last year. The increase in the
| number of halliday classes is due to
| alterations being made at five schools,
namely Lafayette Street Garfield
| School, Hawthorne Avenue, Oliver
| Street and West Side Schools. When
these additions are completed ninety
| four of the halliday classes will be
| discontinued. This will make the
| total number of halliday classes
| thirty-four considerably less than the
number of last year.
The schools in which there are
| half day classes and the enrolment
| in these classes are as followsi
Abingdon Avenue, two classes. 81;
Alexander Street, four classes, III:
| Ann Street. eight classes, 32S.
! Charlton Street, two classes, SO;.
| Fifteenth Avenue, four classes, It's,
| Franklin, four classes, 182; Garfield,s
sixteen classes, 63l; Hawthorne Ave
nue.. eight classes, 309; Lafayette
Street, thirty-two classes. 1.375.
Madison, six classes, 26S; Monmoutls
Street two classes, ~; Oliver Street
| four classes, 172; Seventh Avenue
six classes, 226; South Tenth Street.
four classes. 166; Walnut Street, tive
classes, 90, and West Side, twenty
! four classes, 1882 Total, $500 chill
dren.
The largest enrolment in the half
day classes occur in the schools where
additions are being erected. The
West Side addition will be completed
by October /. and with the exceptions
OF the addition at the Lafayette Street
| school. the improvements at thz
Oliver Street, Garfield and Hawthorne
Street Schools will likely be finished
by the beginning of the February
term OF school.
The enrolment in the varipat
schools, showing the increase In each
institution, follows: