The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-01
THE CITY SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN MONDAY
Everything Will Be Ready For Opening Day
Teachers Will Arrive Saturday. School
Books In Stock Buildings and Grounds
Are In Shape. Principals Meet Fri
day.-Corps of Instructors

The Abbevllle City Schools VIII :
begin the new session Monday, Sep
tember 9th at a. m. The janitors
and their helpers have been busy all
week getting the buildings thor
oughly cleaned, the windows and
boards washed, the floors oiled and
the grounds moved, ready for the
bevy of smiling faces which will ap-
pear for instruction Monday morn :
ing.
In the high school building car
penters have divided the old eighth
'rade room in two class rooms
which will be occupied by the two
ections of the seventh grade, this
Icing the first session that this
grade has had more than one Sec
ton. There will be over As pupils
). this grade which makes the work
too heavy for one teacher and the
superintendent and board of trus-
tees are alive to the fact that the
weakest part of our course Of study
has been in the sixth and seventh
grades and it is their intention that
the>pupils in these grades have ample
teaching force to give them individ-
ual instruction and encouragement
to continue their school work
through the high school. Probably
more pupils have dropped from
school at the end of the seventh
grade than at any other time. The
school officials feel that provisions
for ample teaching force and strong
instructors will tend to encourage
the young students to continue in
school.
Pupils From Other Districts
There will be some room provided
for the pupils of other school dis
''tricts than Abbeville and the
superintendent announces that it
will be case of "first come, first
. served" AS soon as each grade is
| filled to reasonable capacity the
bars will down on all pupils from
without the district. The pupils from
this school district will naturally be
given first place in the question Of
seats. No room will be permitted to
be over-crowded and with an extra
, teacher for the seventh grade the
, teachers should each have just
about the proper number Of pupils
. to do the best work.
The board of trustees have au-
thorized a tuition change of $500
per month for all grade school
pupils from without the district.
This fee is invariably payable in ad-
vance twice during the session. For
each pupil below the eighth grade
tuition to the maount of $12 is pay
able upon entrance next week and
1915 January /, 1921. No charge is.
made for high school pupils from
any district in South Carolina.
Vaccination Compulsory
BY state legislation no pupil can
be admitted to school who has not
been successfully vaccinated during
the past two years. A certificate
from a physician in good standing
is required for all new pupils enter
ing school Monday. No records are
necessary for any pupil who at
ended school last session as the re-
cords for "old" pupils are already
in hand. Just for pupils entering
school for the first time are certifi-
tcates required. -. ~
Hours OF Daily Session
The double session will not be in
laugurated just now. The first bell
will ring at $50 a. m, the second
at S:45 at which time all pupils will
be on the grounds and will march
into their respective rooms, and the
last bell will be at 900 when actual
work will commence. Recesses will
be announced Monday in the vari-
Gus grades and the hour of dismissal
will be 200 p. m. for all grades:
All pupils below the sixth grade
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