The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-27
TEACHERS RETURN TO KEN0sHA
oficials Begin Work of Solving Old
Problem Of Securing Room for New
Army of School Children-C Children
in New Territory May Not Enroll.

The summer play time Of the chill
dren of the Kenosha schools is just
about over, officials of the schools are
now making preparation for the re
opening of the schools Of the city a
week from next Monday. Buildings are
being overhauled and given the final
cleaning in anticipation of the return
of the children for the year Is work.
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford, superintendent
of the schools, who has been school
girl herself at Columbia university, is
back in her office again and the hun
dreds of details in connection with the
reopening of the schools are being
taken up and disposed of.
Many necessary repairs have been
made at the buildings during the sum-
mer months Rooms in them have been
redecorated, plumbing and heating sys-
TENS improved and the equipment has
been thoroughly cleaned from one end
of the city to the other. There will
be no new buildings to open this year
with the exception of one or two port
able schools which were completed at
the end Of the last school year.
1t is probable that there will be a
lot of extra children to take care of
with the opening of the new year and
the school officials are facing the old
problem of finding room. There is one
pathetic fact in connection with the re-
g IL 4Io4 Lo
absence of a room for the use of the
open air school, 1t is probable that
some room will be rented as there are a
score Of little sickly children who
should be in this kind of school and
provision will undoubtedly be made for
them.
Principals of the various buildings
have nearly all returned from their
summer vacations and outings and they
are cooperating with the superintend-
ent in making the final arrangements
for the reopening of the schools. The
corps of teachers is almost complete.
A few late designations from the teach
ing force have left vacancies to be
filed, but there is food of applica
tions for all Of these places and the
full corps Of teachers will be on hand
before the day set for the opening of
the buildings to the children. The sn-
perintendent is now busy making the
annual assignment of teachers and the
changes in the location Of the teach
ers will be as few as possible. 1t is
not probable that any change in school
boundaries will be made until after
the opening of the schools has shown
an actual demand for such changes.
One of the big problems will be to
provide school facilities for the chill
dren in the territory which has been
annexed to the city since the close of
the school year. 1t is just possible
that these children will be forced to
continue in the same schools they at
tended, as all school taxes for the dis
tricts are still being paid to the towns
of Pleasant Prairie and Somers and the
board of education may take the same
attitude as the members of the coun-
Gil and hold that the children are not
entitled to school privileges until the
property owners have paid taxes into
the city treasury.
The opening of the schools this year
is the earliest ever known Gin the his
tory of the city, but the men and WON
en- in charge Of the schools declare that
the extra work of the schools will be
of great value to the children.