The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-09-13
LARGE ENROLMENT
IN CITY'S SCHOOLS
All Buildings Taxed Beyond Capacity
and Temporary Quarters Are Used.
More Scholars Yet to Come.
1907 ATTENDANCE is URGED.

The public schools OF ~Pleasantville
opened on Monday as announced in
last weeks issue of The ~Pleasantville
Press, with the largest attendance in
their existence. The High School has
an initial enrolment of more thar two
hundred students and several other
pupils will register within a few days.
The grade schools are crowded 10
the limit of their capacity and a tenn
porary outlet for the overflow is taken
IN the rental of the w. C. T. L. hall on
N. Main ST.
Additional permanent school accom-
mediation is seen to be a necessity in
the very near future and the need of
more High School rooms is immediate.
The Physical Culture department of
the school system under the direction
of Prof. William Drumm is new here
and active steps are being taken to
have this department working at full
speed through High School and grades
by mex week.
Another school kitchen has been
provided for the Woodland avenue
building and equipment and supplies
will be in readiness o Postwar
conditions make preparation difficult
to accomplish on time.
The teaching force put in appear
ance as scheduled with the single ex-
ception of Miss Minnie Abbott. of
School No. 2, whose acanc will be
filled at ace by Mrs. Florence Zippler
Johnson. Mrs. Johnson taught for a
number of years in the Woodland Ave.
School, and we are pleased to again
have her efficient service as a teacher.
Perhaps a larger number of new
teachers have come into the school
system this year than eVer before, yet
the work of opening has gone on with
out a hitch and a year of excellent
work is anticipated.
The truancy officer, Mr.. Grimm, has
already begun his work. and under di-
rection of law-enforcing agencies will
pursue all cases of truancy with the
strictest regard for law. The city
should stand firmly with this officer in
the execution of his duty, as the at
tendancy of pupils draws from the
state school funds the amount of thir-
teen cents per day, which should 90
toward the payment of school expens-
es and the reduction of the local city
tax-rate. Aside from this, the city
owes 1t to the pupils of those parents,
who are so careless of their children's
interest as to allow them to be away
from school, hat they have the bene-
fit that m from everyday attend
ance. If the school attendance of the
grade schools falls below 95et per an
mum. there is ineficiency in the tru-
ancy officer, if he is backed by his
beard of education, in the work of his
Offian Tho cncf Of am -oLAoI- A.1J--
claims for a hundred per cent of
efficiency from Superintendent. princi-
pals, special teachers. grade teachers
and all connected with the schools
who are responsible for the work COM
ing to them.
The schools are broadening their
work from year to year. Last year, a
department of printing was establish
ed and this year a physical training
supervisor has been appointed to teach
this phase of education in accord with
State requirement. Our schools now
consist of six special departments, viz,
Manual Training, Domestic Science,
Drawing, Singing, Printing and Phys
ical Training-and there is good
ground for our High School TO lay
claim to the patronage of those pupils
graduating from the rural schools of
the county about us, who will continue
their school work beyond the gram
mai schools.
Our schools have placed a limited
number of manual training projects
on exhibition at the fair being held at
Egg Harbor City this Friday and Sat
urday. .oAlso the art department has
exhibited such an amount of work as
could be gathered by the instructor
now in charge, but who is new in our
schools.