Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-07
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

enrolment of 1,068 in the white
school. There are about $50
children in the colored school.
The average attendance for the
second mouth is 913. Since the
opening Of the school 1O9 have
been dropped from the roll. This
does not mean that all of these
children have left school, but
whenever a child is absent five
consecutive days. he is dropped
from the roll. Some of these
children that have been dropped
have moved away and therefore
will not return this year. Some
have been kept home because Of
illness in the family and other
reasons which were excusable.
It is worthy of note that the un-
excusable absences are decreas-
inp each week. Only sixteen
children were reported to the
attendance officer for failure to
attend school last week without
having reasonable excuse, where
as the number before had been
from 80 to SO. There is no doubt
about the fact that the Compul-
sorry Attendance Law is function
ing in such a way as to make the
school more effective and the
people are coming to understand
better each week just what Is
expected Of them, The best
record for attendance for the
second month comes from the
elementary grades of the Central
School where the average attend
ance is 95.2 per cent of the act
i've enrolment. These are re-
cords not easily made by any
school and especially in an in
dustrial community.
This heavy enrolment and un-
usual average attendance have
completely over-taxed the CO.
pacity of the school building. but
more particularly has it over
taxed the teaching force. We
ought to have five or six addition
al teachers for an enrolment OF
this size. The superintendent
is trying to find one new teacher
now, but so far, he has been un-
successful in his effort. 1t re-
quires about 1900 teachers for
the schools of North Carolina,
and at this time, there is a short
age of from 1,5O0 to 1900 teach
ers in the state. In many
schools, one teacher is doing the
work of two teachers. and in one
school in an adjoining county, one
High School teacher 10 doing the
work of three teachers simply
because 1t Is impossible to secure
more teachers. We hope to &C.
cure a new teacher before many
days pass. Miss Blanchard who
taught the first grade in the
Rosemary School resigned last
week. After offering this work
to more than fifty teachers, Miss
Carrie Scott, of Raleigh was fin
ally secured for the position.
HONOR ROLL for October:
At a meeting Of the teachers
! q committee was appointed con-
sisting of the principals OF the
various schools to work out the re-
auirements for the Honor Roll.
This committee decided that any
child who is not absent each
month more than twice fol
unavoidable reasons, wh9se
department does not fall
below 80 in any subject. will bt
entitled to have his name placed
on the Honor Roll. The Honor
Roll for the second month fol
lows.
Central School
1B Grade, Margie Collier, Ha
eel Hutchison, Bette Gray Long
Mamie Mizell, Ollie Powell, An
ME Kennon Taylor, Lillian Wood
ruff, James Harrison.
IA Grade, George Downing
Sam Harris, Gertrude Rheu, Mar
Trevatban. John Draper, Rober
Tudor, Grace Wall.
2B Grade, Elsie Wyche White
} Annie Fits.
"a Grade, Lucille Gornto, Bel
, tina Hedgepeth, Virginia Hobbs
4A Grade, Flora Tunstall.