The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
NEED PORTABLE SCHOOLS S FOR
DISTRICT, SAYS SCHOOL BOARD
Section Where 400 Children Can't Get
Instruction Due to Lack of Facilities.

Board Of Education yesterday after
noon by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president of the National Congress
of Mothers, and Mrs. G. +. Graham.
The petition showed that 400 children,
mostly small, are being forced to
walk the long distance to the Powell
johnson School across the car line
and streets laden with heavy traffic.
The request of the petition Is that
a portable school building be erect
ed immediately to give temporary
relief and that t be followed. as soon
as possible, by a permanent school,
house. The Board of Education prom
ised the matter should receive imme-
diate attention.
Grant Leave without Pay.
Leave with loss OF pay to the mem
bers of the educational force who
can be spared to attend the Ma
tional Superintendent meeting OF
the National Educational Association
in Chicago was granted by the board.
Sick leave, with pay, where service
conditions will permit, was granted
engineers and janitors at the discre-
ton of Superintendent Ernest l.,
Thurston. Leave with pay. 1t is
felt cannot be granted in cases where
the regular force is unable to at
tend to the work and substitutes
must be paid.
II was decided that a committee of
expert music teachers OF the high
schools be appointed to consult with
prominent private music teachers Of
the city to standardiZe musical re-
uuirements, for which credit toward
graduation is given in the schools.
It was emphasized. however. that all
testing Of the pupils knowledge
should come from within the schools.
Praised for FLU Aid.
The splendid service rendered by
the school teachers during the infiu-
enza epidemic should be given recog-
milton. according to the feelml of the
board 1t was decided not to publish
a list Of those who worked with or
ganiZat ations, because so many teachers
did splendid work in a private ca
paCiJy.
Recent changes i'm the personnel or
the schools were announced as fol-
lows:
GRADED SCHOOLS.
Appointments.
Mrs. Z. r. Gardner, fifth grade,
Force, temporarily; Mrs. NJ. Z. Green,
fourth grade. Taylor. temporarily;
Mrs. r. NJ. Humphrey. second grade.
Hayes. temporarily; Mrs. NJ. S. Lamb.
first grade, AmidOn, temporarily; Mrs.
V. f. Scrivener. X. A. TakOma Park,
temporarily: Antoinette Suit. third
grade. Naury. temporarily; Irene Sic
bert. first grade. CranCh. temporarily;
Elva Town, third grade, Greenleaf; Del
la Lawing, second grade, lexington,
ter0nOrar "; Miss r. b. Fleagle, third
grade, Arthur; Mrs. n. V. TrainOr,
inst grade Bowen, temporarily; Dun
can McLaren, instructor in printing,
SmallwOOd. temporarily Mrs. n. d.
Vail, eighth grade, Pierce. temporari-
ly; NJ. p. Harrington, third grade.
WoOdburn; Myra Hendlsy. fourth
grade. Pierce. temporarily; Elsie Rup-
precht. fourth grade, Morgan; Mrs.
NJ. J. Fischer. second grade, Tyler; Miss
l. NJ. Baker. second grade. Maury;
Mrs. =. NJ Helman, third grade, Alb
bot. Mrs. e. e. hammond. third grade,
John Eaton, temporarily; Mrs. II. B.
Hill. X. A. COrCoran; Mrs. G. c. Ell
liot, X. A. Wallach, temporarily; Mrs.
Z. NJ. Bacon, first grade, Park View,
temporarily; Z. \. StOckwell, first
grade. Force; Mrs. j. C. Potter, third
grade, John Eaton; VI. ]. Calvin. third
grade. PetWorth, temporarily; Mrs. A.
r. larnell, second grade, Brightwood
Park: Irene Seibert, fourth grade,
Bryan. temporarily; L. L. Moss, tenn
pOrarily. teacher class three, Douglass
Simmons; f. \. Palmer, probationary
tenure. teacher class two. Bruce; f.
l. Webster, temporarily, military in
structor
Transfers.
Estelle Morrison, first grade
Bowen to second grade Bowen;
Alice Hanley, seventh grade Pierce,
designated as principal, tempor-
arily; VI. II. Bray, fourth grade
Pierce to second grade Pierce; l. F.
wilkins, X. A. Corcoran to K. P.
ThrelkeId; r. G. Smith, first grade
Park View to first grade Bright
wood Park; Miss D. A. Bundy, fourth
grade Mott to second grade Slater;
Miss K. G.. Savoy, second grade
Slater to fourth grade Mott: Mrs. L.
c. Mccormick, third grade Petworth
to first grade Park View; Margaret
Gessford, fourth grade Ketchem to
fifth grade Buchanan; Mrs. NJ. A.
Rick, fourth grade Bryan to fourth
grade Ketcham: Mrs. +. L. West,
matron, Armstrong to laborer, Dun
bar; NJ. L. Mason, fourth grade to
fifth grade Wormley; ]. B. Parks.
first grade Bruce to fourth grade
Wormley; N. B. Staley, o Street Vo-
cational to Jones.
Leave of Absence.
NJ. F. Barker. fifth grade Worm
ly, one year, i'll health.
Substitute Service.
Ruth L. Edwards, millinery, sew
ing, cooking, 10th. 18th division {;
Mrs. E. L. Lawson. elementary
schools, 10th, 18th divisions; Mrs. NJ
H. Keemer, mathematics. English,
history. high and normal schools,
10th, 18th divisions.
Resignations.
Mrs. ]. D. Hanley, third grade,
Arthur; Pauline Anderson, second
grade, Bowen; Mrs. Z. S. McWhin-
ney, second grade, Pierce; Mrs. \.
NJ. Olin, fourth grade. Morgan: Mrs.
K. L Hutchinson, second grade,
Maury; S. c. Knight. third grade,
John Eaton; R. L. MiIlard, K. p.
Threlkeld; Mrs. f. NJ. Bacon, first
second grade, Brightwood Park; VI. C.
Nixon, fifth grade, Buchanan.
Leave of Absence Granted.
Matte S. Smith, fifth grade,
Force, one month; X. c. Eabbington,
eighth grade, Pierce. December 2s,
1918. to February I, 1919; Byrd
Barclay, second grade, Tyler, De-
cember 81. 1918, to June 80, 1919.
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
Leave of Absence.