Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-14
5I,AN NEW HIGH SCHOOL
'f0IIRSE ylll OF 3 YEARS FOR
MINORS AND SENIORS
sa,,eation Board Considers
rqS pronosition to Regrade Ele-
nentary Institutions and
Avoid Increase in
Tax Rate
sAvrNG OF $4,000 A YEAR
.,,..h,v Good Idea," Says Alexander
simpson, Jr.-David Lanes
Support Expected

f., The nublic school system in
-one"s .coc, a saving Of $4,000 year
1enue' -, ,pcrease in the school tax
-. have been proposed to the eoaro Oh
..sn.atlon by Superintendent CAREER ana
sls department ..,. -,
rhe plan devised by the Depai ,,',,,,
Ing lhl,s,donce p,ad after a years work with
l panhIIcity. calls for the complete reBrau-
g.s ~ The elementary schools ana .ne apoll- ''
.,on of the public high schools as '.sS .,os, uom
uoh " The ultimate result OF the adoptlon
exis. -, scbeme would be the establish
o. .ne I,,nior and senior high schools, each
men. he,i.b would have a course Oh three
years , to,,r
tn9 .,,-se A complete public education
s.arld cover a period of IL years, as az
wou, put ak of these years would De
I,snt in the elementary grades Whhe elsnt
ssrs are now devoted to these classes'
lssr completing the elementary course; .ne
n.,sI would be enrolled in the junior hlgh
schools and then In the senior nsn S'''''
UTILIZE OLD BUILDINGS.
Tho iunlor high schools would be located
N buildings now occupied py eleiiieh,aiy
.,.,sss while the city's 10 high school
s,.,,sinss would house the senior students
ea.ua, buildings now abandoned because
~. are in neighborhoods where residences
nv. w. gtyen way to factories would be re-
noc,nied by the Junior boys and girls
nv utilizing all available school space.
regardless of its locality the pan "oulu
.sehlo the Board of Education to reduce
~ number of school buildings which 1t
otherwise would be forced to erect. use
IN the space all the time" is the way the
s,.r was described at the headquarters of
he Board of Education
The plan was read yesterday at meet
Inc Of the board and action was deferred
I until Il has been given thorough discussion.
Z noetor CARRIER and his assistants have been
eonsderlne the project for many months,
hut absolute silence on II has been main
tsined throughout No hint that the new
man was to be presented to the board yes
tcrday was heard anywhere. 1t is said
that Doctor CARRIER Is not personally an
ardent advocate of the reorganization, but
that his associates and members of the
Board Of Education have urged him to the
stand he has taken.
TRY TO SOLVE PROBLEM.
with $4,000 boys and girls attending
part-time sessions and parents in all parts
Of the city complaining of conditions in
the school buildings, threatened increase
in the tax rate to meet an impending de-
hciency and the school population constant
y growing, the Department of Supepin-
tendence was forced to take some step
toward the solution of the problem.
The new plan was characterized by Alex
ander Simpson. Jr,, law partner of Attor-
ney General Brown and influential member
Of the Board of Education, as a mighty
good idea" David H. Lane is also ex-
pected to vote for the proposition because
of his loyalty to Superintendent CARRIER in
all issues.
1t is feared that several legal problems
may arise before the plan is carried out in
all OF its detail. The provisions of the State
school code may interfere with the en-
forcement of certain features and a legal
opinion from John G. Johnson as school
rlicitor may be obtained to avoid entangle-
nsnt