The Washington herald., 1918-07-26
WILL REMEDY
CENTRAL HIGH
OVERCROWDING
Education Board Decides to
Assign Pupils to Other
Schools.

The serious overcrowding at Gen.
trail High School was the subject of
discussion by the Board Of Education
at its meeting in the Franklin School
yesterday.
All students, It was decided. who
have been promoted from the eighth
grade to the high school to take
Academic work. who live nearer
Western High School than Central
High school will be assigned to the
former school.
Assign Pupils Elsewhere.
Students entering high school
through the admission board shall be
assigned by that board to schools
other than Central High, except In
cases approved by the superintendent
where material hardships would re-
suit from such assignment.
In cases of necessity transfers from
Central High School to Western High
School may be made OF students en-
tering the Central High School who
can conveniently reach Western High
School. even IL geographically within
Central High School territory.
Superintendent Thurston suggested
that assistant superintendents be as
signed to special duties.
Advantage has been taken Of a
question as to the Interpretation of
the rule passed by the Board relative
to the existence of High School fra
ternities, 1t was charged.
A committee was appointed by the
chairman of the beard, Mrs. Margue-
rita Spalding Gerry, to redraft the
fraternity rule in such form as to
leave no doubt in the minds of any
one as to its intent.
Investigation. it was shown. has
proved that there Is a very marked
variation in the assignment OF teach
ers to control the many student ac-
tivitics. This has seemed to place un-
due burden on some teachers and
to leave others who are entirely cap-
able. free from any contact with the
students outside the regular class
room. Regulations were adopted gov
erning this matter.
1t was left to the judgment OF
Superintendent Thurston to decide in
individual cases where each school
should lay in an additional supply of
coal for the coming winter The sup
erintendent Of janitors wrote a letter
asking that this request be granted.
He proposed that the building that is
used for play space in bad weather be
used as storing place for coal. Sup
erintendent Thurston will decide upon
the case of each school with a view
to not cutting of the, play space any
more than necessary. The superin-
tendent OF janitors stated that as a
rule only twenty-five tons at a time
is stored In a school. He advised that
the whole seventy-five tons needed for
the season be stored Immediately.
Appointments.
The following appointments were
made:
J. A. Kupfer. temporarily clerk,
office of supervisor; NJ. j. Pierpont.
teacher. temporarily, Business
night; G. H. Walks. temporarily,
Business night; H. B. Jones, tenn
porarily. school gardens; H. z.
Queen, temporarily teacher Dunbar
coaching; z. E. Dyson. temporarily
teacher at Lovejoy coaching; Lolis
Tolliver. temporarily janitor at
Phillips summer; ]. H. Brown. tenn
porarily janitor at Loyejoy summer;
Hilliard Berry, temporarily. Birney
summer; D. A. Lowe, temporarily
janitor at Mott summer; S. A. Nc
SNOh
mer; A. G. Green. secretary. tenn
porarily, Garnet-Phelps community
center; Joseph Parsons. temporarily
Jaflitor at Eastern High community;
e. II. Taylor, temporarily secretary
at Toner; Luther Pope. temporarily
janitor at Magruder summer; H. H.
Hutchison, temporarily janitor at
Giddings summer; Joseph Betters,
temporarily labor at Dunbar sum-
mer: E. w. Crump. Janitor. tenn
porarily. at Dunbar summer; L. II.
Wayne. temporarily janitor at RAN
dali summer; James b. Parker, Ia
borer at Old NJ Street High: Robert
Lee. janitor at Blake; William Doug
lass, laborer at Business High.
designations.
The following have resigned: I.
A. Green, teacher at Corcoran; NJ
f. Bowen, playground director st
Monroe; James B. Green. labor at
Franklin.
The following are 10 be trans
ferred: c. F. Bowen, playground d.
rector. from Wallach to Monroe;
Herman Mozie. laborer. from Dunbar
to Franklin.
Leave of absence Is granted to the
following: G. NJ. Martin, teacher,
sixth grade at Thomson, i'll health;
NJ. c. Clifford, teacher, Glass ga at