The Washington herald., 1918-10-17
SCHOOLS OPEN
AGAIN NOV. 4
Decision Is Tentative and
Based Of Ravages
of Flu.

Schools will reopen November 4.
was the tentative decision the
Board of Education made at a
meeting held yesterday afternoon.
A confirma ton of this plan will
be made after a joint conference of
the Board of Education. the Com
missioners of the District and DR..
Fowler. of the Department of Pub
lie Health. which will be held this
morning.
The placing of a definite date
for the reopening of the schools is
desirable. E. L. Thurston. Superin-
tendent OF Schools, believes. IN or
der to relieve the teachers of the
District of the obligation of report
ing daily at their divisional school
headquarters, and enable them to
give longer hours of service in
caring for the sick of the city.
VIII Notify Teachers.
An ample notice will be given
to the teachers. Mr.. Thurston said.
of the resumption OF school activi-
ties.
This tentative date for the reopen
ing of the schools is the first definite
time that has been placed by any
of the civic. bodies for raising the
ban placed upon schools, theaters,
churches and public gatherings by
the Public Health Board at the be-
ginning of the prevalent epidemic.
Several regulations regarding the
community centers Of the District
were established by the Board of
Education yesterday. The Central
High School was appointed as the
general headquarters for the commu-
nifty centers of the District, and ITS
activities were placed under the su
pervision Of the general community
secretary.
The sixty employees of the local
community centers. who are paid by
the private community center funds,
were made subject to the approval of
the general community center and the
superintendent of schools.
The club dues of the community cen
ters will be restricted as much as pos
sible and will be made with the sane
ton of the board.
Permission was granted by the
board. at the request of the Director
OF Military Aeronautics. for classroom
space at the Central High School for
instruction on the subject.
The following changes in the per
sonnel of the school department were
announced yesterday at the Board
OF Education meeting. at which Mrs.
Margarita Spaulding Gerry served
as acting president They are:
Appointments
F. f. West. matron. Armstrong
g.E
New Central High; John Rozier.
laborer. Eastern High: Annie Simms.
caretaker. Tenley Annex; C. NJ.
Hulse, janitor. Morgan; Eleanor
Freeman. laborer. NJ Street High:
Henry Culbreth. laborer. Thomson:
Mildred Graham, clerk, Eastern
School Nurse. temporarily ap-
Public Schools; NJ. r. Taylor. teacher
GA. Mckinley High. temporarily ap-
pointed.
ResiEnations.
J. y. Reeder, laborer, Business
High; w. E. Douglas. laborer, Busi
ness High; r. H Coates, laborer.
NJ Street High; Rosy Furr. clerk,
Eastern High; Mrs. E. n. Disney.
teacher. Sd grade. waIlach School;
Dorothy Garges. clerk. class 4. FL
nancial Office, Franklin School.
Promotions.
Mrs. F. B. Fletcher. teacher CModen
Bannecker to assistant to assistant
director of primary instruction: Miss
n. p. Shippen, teacher. 1st grade to
class 4. Model Bannecker; Miss F.
pr,l da 70 9rI
grade, Briggs; Miss H. A. Martin,
teacher, 1st grade to 2nd grade, Briggs
School; !. c. Stockett, teacher. class
3 grade, to teacher GA, Central High
physical culture teacher temporarily;
Mrs. c. l. Ebaugh, teacher LIST grade
TO End grade, Towers; Mrs. E. 9. Bald
win, clerk, class to class 4, super
visor of manual training; Miss A. H.
Ulke, teacher. 4th grade, Brlghtwood
to 5th grade. Ross; L. G. Hart, pro-
bationsrY teacher, ga TO permanent,
Central High.
Transfer.
Miss f. A. Braxton. teacher Bird
grade. Briggs to lst Wilson School;
Miss Maude White. 3rd grade to 4th
grade. Fairbrother School.
Substitute Teachers for Graded
Schools.
Mrs. H. NJ. Lewis. Mrs. E. l. God
man, Miss Vera Roberts. Mrs. NJ.
NJ. Scharf. Mrs. Grace Casson, Mrs.
]. NJ. Clayton, Mrs. Blanche Com
mons, Mrs. NJ. D. Vail, Mrs. E. NJ.
Agnew. Mrs. E. c. Moses.
Substitute for Teachers for High
Schools.
Mrs. NJ. D. Vail. Mrs. NJ. W. Huff
stader. Miss Agnes Trowbridge.
Mrs. Carleton Brace, Miss Marie
Tunstall. Miss Sarah W. Howe, Miss
A c. Leavitt.
Reinstated.
Edythe Gilbert, teacher, End grade,
Wheatley School: A. L. Turner,
teacher, Kindergarten principal, Blair
School; Mrs. F. c. Baldwin, clerk.
class 3, supervisor OF manual train
ing.
Change of Name.
Miss NJ. r. Hickman to Miss NJ. r.
Hickman. class /, kindergarten as
sistant lexington School; Miss NJ.
L Kimball, teacher, class 8. drawing.
to Mrs NJ. K. Powell; Miss "A. L.
Hutchinson, LIST grade, Edmonds, to
Mics A L. Hutchison.
MiseeIlaneoas.
NJ. L. Albright, grant extension of
leave until January q. 1918; Mrs.
/. B. Clarke, teacher. End grade.
Towers. to lst grade, Towers; Mrs.
A /. Clarke, teacher, End grade, Eek