The Washington herald., 1917-04-19
RELIEF OF CONDITIONS
ASKED BY SCHOOLS
Reservoir and Conduit Road Teachers
Ask Chanze-Board Appointments.

The Improvement OF school facilities IN
the Reservoir and Conduit road schools
was taken up by the Board OF Education
yesterday following the reading OF a let
ter from the Conduit Citizens Association
stating at length the inconveniences to
which the teachers and pupils of these
schools are subjected.
The Conduit Road School, which was
built in 1874. IL a one-room frame build
ing, housing four grades, all Of which
are taught BY one teacher. The Reser-
Voir School is four-room, two-story
structure, built In 1897, accommodating
the nrst sIx grades.
The letter from the association states
the Inconvenience Of the location to
one Of the main reasons for their request
for more centrally located school with
larger aecomodationS for the several
grades. The expense to the nifty or more
students living In Georgetown, who at
tend the classes Is given as another rea-
son for the desired change. The board,
after . brief discussion, referred the Pc
ution to the ways and means committee.
request from the Geological Survey
asking that the Engineer Officers Re-
serve Corps be granted permission to
meet in the armory was granted by the
board
Representatives Of the Typographical
Union appeared before the board asking
that consideration be given a previous
recommendation of the union that a tenn
porary appointment be filled by a union
printer. Rev. John Van schaick, presi-
dent Of the board. postponed action on
the request pending an Investigation.
The following appointments, transfers.
and designations were acted upon:
Holden Montgomery. temporary la
horer, Central High; Edward Bailey,
1akr T1-g.
srt Lee. lsborer. school gardens; William
Jenkins, laborer, Peabody; d. A. Brooks. 1
laborer. from Peabody to Dunbar High.
The following as substitute teachers:
Miss NJ. N. Rebendorff, OF French, Ger
man and art in white high schools; Miss
r L. 4. Moody Of English and history
in white high schools: W. NJ McLoud
Of latin, English, zoology, civics and
history in the coloFed high and manual
training schools; Pauline de BrOdes,
teacher class .. Blair: Ruth L. Kemp,
teacher class ?. Bell School; II. A. Mar
TIN teacher class ., LangstOn; X. NJ.
Rich. teacher class p BennIuE; tempo
rarily, Mrs. l. p. Smith, X. A. Wal
laeh; Kathryn McCoach. teacher class
> Maury; NJ. B. Tennyson, teacher class
>. Hyde: N. Hy TTundle. teacher class ?,
Cranch; e. f. walther, teacher class ?,
Addison. l.. " Coates, teacher class .,
Pierce. Pror1otions-L. G. Hart, class ,.
Hilton, to ei As Ga. Wilson Normal, vice
H.. ID. Wise, Eva Baker, class 3, from
Edmonds to Hilton; Pauline Scott, from
class 3 Mat y, to class > Edmonds: z.
L. KeisheT, teacher class =, Blair, to
class 3. Mad IOn, Transfers.. V. Lacy,
teacher clas . from Hyde to school gar
dens; Olive Murray, teacher class ? from
Pierce to school gardens; Miss S. I. Ar
Tington, class ?, from Bell to school gar
dens; r. L. Murray, teacher class :,
from Cranch to school gardens
Approved for temporary service of 1.
VI. Minor. teacher class 2. temporarily,
Pierce. Resignation Of William Cart
wright. laborer, Dunbar High, accepted;
NJ. C. Schneider, class 3, Madison; Dor
othy Nevius, class :, Benning; NJ. l.
Smith. teacher. Wallach might. Termi-
nate temporary appointment of A. N.
seurlock. teacher Dunbar might. Ter
inmate services of H. f. CogswelL
teacher, Wilson Normal (nighD.