Evening star., 1917-11-22
Board of Education Considers
Case of Suspended School
Principal.

days. meeting next Monday at $3.50 pm.
A committee of three has been ap-
pointed by the Southwest Washington
Citizens Association to investigate the
case of Mr.. Thompson.
On recommendation of Supt. of
Schools Ernest L. Thurston, a COM
munity center was authorized to be
tablished at the Franklin. Thompson
and Webster Schools. Mr. Thurston
recommended that he be authorized to
grant leave Of absence for war service
to teachers of the public schools OF
the District who are called to service
in the war camps as dietitians.
Permission was granted Rev. Earle
wilfey of the religious ministrations
committee of the District war service
commission to use the auditorium OF
Central High School for patriotic and
non-sectarian religious services sun
day, December .16.
Changes In the Schools.
Changes in the personnel in tho
schools follow:
Changes Approved.
| designations accepted were: Mar
garet Thompson. public school nurse:
school: A. r. Entwistle. teacher sec
ond grade. Brightwood Park; E. @.
Parker. clerk. class 3. office Of the
superintendent; A. e; oliphant teacher,
phreys, teacher third grade at Blair
School: NJ. L: Bridges. teacher third
| teacher fourth grade at Webster A l.
Wormley, teacher; second grade. % mar-
janitor at Fillmore; Robert Amman,
jr., janitor at Cranch; Menson Thomp-
son, laborer at Gales; r. H. Carroll,
laborer at New Central High; clarence
Miner, laborer at Emery; Z. G. Mar
shall, janitor at Force; Sarah Prim-
rose. caretaker at Bryan Portable; W
r. Moore. janitor at Adams
| The following appointments were
rarily. as teacher first grade at s. ].
Bowen; Mrs. E. NJ. White. temporarily,
teacher of second grade at Brightwood
Park; G. II. Walks, teacher at Busi-
ness Hight Night: D. E. Drummey, as
trade instructor, class FIVE; Mrs. +. B.
lSampseil. temporarily. teacher class
four at Hamilton; Helen Schwartz.
teacher first grade at Brightwood
Park; Mrs. E. G. Smith. temporarily.
teacher second grade at Amidon'
Lucinda English, teacher second grade
porarily. teacher first grade at Towers;
c. A. johnson. temporarily. principal at
Jefferson Night School; E. j. Riley. as
principal. temporarily. at Jefferson
School. Mrs. c. c. Williams, tenn
porarily. teacher class ave. Jefferson
I
Business High Night; Mrs. E. G. Smith.
temporarily. teacher class three. at
Kenilworth; A. !. Little. teacher at
Henry Night: J. E. Smith. teacher at
Mckinley Night. ~ F. Monahan'
Moulton, teacher at Madison Night;
Mrs. g. P. johnson, teacher at Busi-
ness Night; Mrs. r. B. B!anham. tenn
| porarily. teacher class six A at Central
High; Mrs. N. W. Vann. temporarily.
IS TA~ 6nva
Mrs. A. D. Knopf. temporarily. as
teacher second grade at jackson;
Mrs. E. N Disney. temporarily, teacher
| first grade at Threlkeld: Y. b Lusby.
teacher second grade. Amidon School,
B. 6. Mckenzie. teacher second grade
porarily, teacher third grade at Wal
ZACH; D. v. Green. teacher at Cardozo
Night; L. C. Willis, teacher at Dean
wood Night; E. C. Chandler, teacher
rarily: NJ. e. Coleman. public school
nurse. temporarily: !. NJ. Burke.
teacher. second grade, at Garnet
| Patterson Phelps School; j. W.
Conner. janitor at Fillmore; George
Kiessling. janitor at Tyler: Rus
sell Cannon, laborer at New Cen
trail High: James Fry. laborer at
Henry School; Robert Crump, laborer
| at Emery School; Cornelius Sullivan.
janitor at Morgan: Mrs. Beulah Bird.
laborer. at Western High; Albert
Browning. janitor at Takoma school;
Portable: Mrs. Gertrude Blush. laborer
at Congress Heights: James Jones.
| laborer at Eastern High:
Appointments Of substitutes an
k Leahy. Mrs. J. B: Gammell. Mrs.
l. E. DuvalI. NJ. e. Al. Evans. p. L.
Richardson. Mrs. n. G. Miller. Mrs. H.
G. England, Mrs 2. G. smith. MRS. VI L.
Maniey es. and d. Mrs. 4: $ /. $. Hunter In the
white high schools a. MacLaren
smith and Mrs. NJ w Manley. In the
colored high schools-Mrs F.. c. vii
Cobb L. I. Galloway. Z. Combs. s. L:
| Brooks, Miss N. c. B. Washington and
| Mrs. C. B. Johnson.
| Promotions announced were: l. r.
ONeal teacher class to trade IN
structor class o. Carl E. i. Gill, teach
| er two nights to teacher five nights.
| Business High Night; Anita ORLANDO.
second grade Kstshs to eerk eIass
| . TO clerk class in financial once;
! Elizabeth Graft. clerk class ! TO clerk
| class 2, Western High; II. Z. Cogsweli,
teacher two nights to teacher three
nights. wilson Normal School; F. c.
| Daniel. principal three nights to pr1ncl-
pal fve nights at Mckinley High; G.
W. Rippey. teacher tnrse hlghIS 70
| F. W. Richardson. from teacher three
nights TO teacher five nights at McKin-
/ lev High: H. v. Ellis, teacher three
| nights to teacher fye nights at Nc
Kinley; G. r. Walford teacher first
grade, Threlkeld, to third grade. E. Y.
Brown: J. F. N. Wilkinson. from teach
| er two nights at Garfield to teacher
| three nights at Garfield; Andrew Miller,
| from janitor at Tyler to janitor at
| Cranch, and j. r. Humphrey, from la
! borer at Congress Heights to janitor at
| Adams. Promote the following at Nc
| KinIey High from three to five nights;
1 T. j. Jones. engineer; Henry Butler,
fireman, and John Rest, ianitor.
| Transfers announced Were: H. X
! Snow. third grade Polk to fourth grade
| Webster: Mrs. II. w. Coffren, third
| grade, from Brookland to Polk; A. r.
| bowling. from third grade Wallach to
| third grade Brookland; Katherine Cow
Ling, from Henry Night School to
| Thomson Night School; e. L. Tegeler.
| from fourth grade kenilworth to third
| grade Blair; Dorothy L. Albaugh clerk
class 2. from financial office to office of
superintendent: NJ. l.. Lawson, from
I third grade Van Ruren to second grade
| Ketcham: H. K. Townsend, kindergar-
ten assistant. from Brightwood TO
Monroe: Margaret Reed. from second
/ grade Cranch to first grade Tyler; May
i Langley, from first grade Tyler to Sec
4 ond grade Cranch.
i An extension Of leave of absence was
4 granted to NJ. L. Hughes. The follow
| ing members Of the janitorial force