The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-09-05
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO-0PEN SEPT.8
Parents Urged To Have children En-
roll First Day-Pupils Outside
School District Cannot Enroll
Until After Sept. PA
French Teacher May Be
Secured.

The City Public Schools viii open
Monday morning, Sept. 8, at 900 S
O'Clock. 1t is earnestly requested
that parents see that their children
are. enrolled the first day of school in
order that no time in getting down
to work may be lost, and no unnec-
essary Interruptions caused by--de-
layed entrances.
The following teachers have been
secured for the 1919-1920 session:
High School,. NJ. Daniel, Able
vile; Miss Johnnie May Lynch, Sa-
luda; Miss Turner, Landrum; Miss
Magill, Abbeville, temporarily. First
Grade: Miss Mary Burton, Laurens;
Miss Lallie F. Hart, Darlington; Sec
ond grade. Miss Mary Cornwell,
Chester; Miss George OFT, Fort Mill;
third grade: Miss May Robertson,
Abbeville, Miss Annie CAN'T, Winns-
boro; fourth grade: Miss Lillian
Swetenburg, Abbeville, Miss Clara
Adams, Abbeville; fifth grade: Miss
Annie Hill, Abbeville, Miss Lois
Jackson, Campobello; sixth grade:
Miss Susie E.. Lown, New Brookland;
seventh grade: Miss Rachel Wilson
ent, --Acksburg. At the Abbeville
Cotton Mill: Miss Ruth McLane,
Abbeville, Miss Ella Tribble, Ander-
son. ".
Efforts are being made to secure
the services of a teacher Of French
provided sufficiently large class can
be secured to Justify the teacher to
come to Abbeville. Any; citizens Of
Abbeville desiring to take the course
in French may Be enrolled If they
will notify the superintendent. In
fact, it is necessary to secure some
pupils for this class who are not in
the High School in order to raise the
required salary. The class for these
need not necessarily be conducted
during public school hours. - r.
BY paragraph 177S Of the General
School Law Of South Carolina, it is
unlawful to enroll any child in tho
free schools who is not six. years Of
age at time OF entrance.
No children from out this school
district will be enrolled in the grad
ed school (grades I to VII inclusive)
until after September IL, as prefer
ence will be given the children OF
parents who reside in this district.
If it is found after the first week Of
school that accommodations are avail
able for limited number Of non
residents, such as can be accommo-
dated will be admitted to the city
schools, but will be required to pay
tuition equal to the per capita cost
of resident patrons Of educating
their children. Preference will be
given to the applications in the order
received. Parents desiring to enter
children from without the district
should give the children's names and
grades desired to enter to one of the
teachers of that grade on the open
ing day of school.
All of the fifth grade pupils will
assemble Monday in the fifth grade
room at the Graded School building
where they will be assigned, alpha
betically, to one of the two divisioH
IF this grade.
Pupils who failed to make tner
grades the past session, from any
cause, will be permitted to take Sec
ond examinations on Friday, Sept.
18th. No blame must be placed on
the teacher if these pupils secure
new books for the higher grade be-
fore the result of the examination Is
known. Until after this is known
the pupil will attend classes in the
lower grade.
The colored schools under prlncI-
palship Of Joe Lee will open on Sept
8. and will also use the text books "a
they are given on list published by
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