The Washington herald., 1918-02-07
SCHOOL BOARD
CUTS HOLIDAY
DOWN SIX DAYS
Easter Vacation Shortened
to Make Up for Lost
Time.

A four-day vacation instead of q
ten day one will constitute the Easter
holiday season for children of the
Washington public schools, It was de-
cided at meeting of the Board OF
Education in the Franklin School
yesterday afternoon.
|. The shortage of coal has already
caused closing of the schools fol
two weeks. and officials feel that tc
catch up on the work it will be neces-
sary to cut short the holidays.
Night school Program.
Decision was made to keep night
schools open only three instead OF
five nights a week, beginning at d
date in the near future.
A communication from a teachers
association regarding increase In pay
was ordered filed.
The board ordered that the follow
ing grades be opened February 1;
Fourth grade at the Hyde School
sixth grade at e. v. Brown School
first grade at e. v. Brown School
sixth and fourth grades at the Den.
nison School, first grade at the Cor.
coran School: sixth grade at the
Monroe School, nth grade at Powell
School, fourth grade at Takoms
School. first and second grades al
Johnson School. first grade at Emery
School, and fifth grade at the wallact
School.
The board ordered the following
grades closed on and after January
q, 1913:
Fourth grade at Threlkeld School
fifth grade at e. v. Brown School
fifth grade at Dennison School, fourth
grade at Cleveland School, seventh
grade at Henry School. second grade
at Powell School. fourth grade al
Waialch School and second grade al
s. ]. Bowen School. The second
grade at the Corcoran School wal
ordered closed on February 10.
Changes I'm Personnel
The board approved the following
changes:
Appointments.
Mrs Hettie Miller. temporarily.
teacher first grade at Langdon; A. l..
Thomas. temporarily. teacher first
grade at Webb: Mrs. H. n. Lunce,
temporarily. teacher third grade al
Leno; NJ. C. Dent. teacher fourth
grade at Hyde; Mrs. n. B. Saunders,
temporarily. teacher third grade al
Tenley; Mrs. NJ. H. Matthews, teacher
first grade at Corcoran; Mrs. v. L.
Ebert, temporarily, teacher third
grade at Powell: Helen Bagby.
teacher third grade at Powell; Mrs.
E. C. Mccormick, teacher third grade
at Petworth; r. E. Harper. kinder
garten assistant at Takoma; Mrs. s.
B. Williams, teacher second grade al
Brightwood Pork; Mrs. c. 8. Waters,
teacher first grade at Madison: Mrs.
]. +. Hilder. teacher first grade at
Emery: DR.. Frank w. Duehring, tenn
porarily, medical Inspector; Mrs LIN.
Minor, teacher second grade at Lang
don: Mrs. A z. Flowers, temporarily,
teacher first grade at Twining: Mrs.
NJ. B. Mitchell. temporarily, teacher
second grade at Arthur; L. E. Glenn,
teacher second model at Ludlow; Mrs.
]. H. Cohen. teacher second grade at
Jefferson; Mrs. NJ. NJ. De Marco,
teacher third grade at Tyler; Eliza
beth Bache, permanent teacher clas
Ga at Central High; Gene Herbert,
kindergarten assistant at Polk; Gene
We've Turner Holman, assistant COM
munity secretary at Park View; Mrs.
]. ]. Maher. teacher fourth grade at
Morgan: c. W. Rippey. principal at
Mckinley Night, two nights per week
NJ. A. Milton, teacher class 2 at Dean
wood; o. r. Rogers, temporarily.
teacher class at Cardozo Vocational:
Mrs. Julia Brown, laborer at 800 at
Sumner; Robert Holland, laborer at
$500 at Sumner: Mrs. Mamie Hayhoe,
matron at Business High; E. S
Berkeley, janitorI at weightman
c. J. Kuhnert janitor at Blow
Resfgnations.
E. L. Crump, teacher, second grade
at Johnson: H. NJ. Schmidt, teacher
third grade at Brookland; K. N. Mum
son. teacher. second grade at Arthur
E. NJ. Van Dorep. teacher, fifth grade
at Carbery; Mrs. N. w. Vann, teacher
second grade at jefferson; Johanna
Gsantner, teacher. first grade at Var
Ness; Marjorie Emery, teacher. thirC
grade at Tyler: w. c. Myers, teacher
at Mckinley. night; Charles Allen
laborer. at Sumner: Robert Holland
laborer, at Sumner; R. ]. Boyle, jan
itor. at Weightman; w. e. Parker
laborer. at NJ Street High; Douglas
Simmons. Earnest Makel, laborers. al
Lovejoy: C. N. Thompson, principal
at Jefferson, night.
Transfers,
NJ. E. McGroarty, from fifth to sixth
grades, and from Corcoran to Fill.
more: Mrs. NJ. K. Burrows, teacher
fifth grade. from Eaton to Cocoran,
Viola Offutt. from fourth grade, Threl.
keld to fifth grade at Eaton; Loi.
Croswell. teacher. third grade, from