Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-04-15

Explanation of the - weeks
school plan In given in q statement is.
sued yesterday by the board OF ira
tees. and In addition superintendent
NJ ~. Duncan made another one,
giving information In regard to cor.
tain phases Of registration, which Is
now taking place.
Following Is the statement OF the
school board In part
In putting the 80 Weeks Sch0o!
Plan into operation. 10 VIII De- ncc,s-
sary To divide the school children ~
the city into three equal groups. The
first will attend school from May 10
christmas. the second from septcm-
her to April and the third from
Christmas to August We are OF The
opinion that. after the people have
given the summer school trial, thDF
viii prefer II. Tor It has every adyan.
tage over school 80 other seasons or
the year. but at first ,omc VIII
hBye prejudice against . "uI WI
prefer Ia send their children io 7'hoo'
during the vintor
but whcr parents have no reason
for not -euding their children 10 SUM
n or school. We are asking them ~
lleast to manifest WILLINGNESS 10
accent n aa o second choice and We
| are sure mo- patron viii be so inth''
lmi of me best Interests ot the srho''
a. Go refuse tn a. this. " ono pa''
RON has n right 10 have his WAY f''
rnrdless OF results. all others nave
land N an we're to refuse W such u
lWav 10 cooperate with us. they won'u
render II impossible Tor us TO run inc
schools nt all
I. Not Experiment
we want the people 20 understand
that Ne are net installing me -
Weeks s-hcol merely for the sake
of eNpcrimont. bat bccaule We p''
il,ye IL Is only mcans OF saving s'ho''
II IA not a question OF a choice be-
~ cen the a. Weeks Plan aid ina
plan nov In use. but between the is
Weeks plan and almost no school ~
nh White We believe the plan 10
suncrior 10 the present plan even
nom an educational standpoint No
should not have hecn willing to TACO
tho diffi 'uties inyoyod IN g"tilng a.
started. il We had not been toteod "
II by the present emergency
"Al OF as should doubtless, pre-
for Tor the schools u so ON Just q"
they are. but when We cannot RAISE
he rate 81 taxation because OF a
,ongtitutioual limlt5uon. when prop
erty rcnditions IN the district ar
Al about their maximum, when ''aeh
NJ are clamoring for more pay nAd
are going TO quit u they do not ge'
when the costs of supplies equip
mont. anitor service. and everything
else the fchnls need, are munnl'ns
higher and higher every day, We have
10 choice but 20 adopt some such
plan. This plan has the 'ndor-'mr.a.
of prominent educators an over no
country. About the same pl1n has
,c,n tried oui with perfect success
n a nAmbf of places
when the 'hol,r are pYt oh a
seund business hasts ami r1n be-
al round. a. &C. q Wee. llan
c.ticnn iaies. ,hs people viii w'n
ON, 90 -, theig y orth ana 49, f.Ne
;hs,n tle supp0r necessary O. ne
hlgh,st standards ~ rliicitH.
let the patron remember Nheh W.
Ing out the card ard 20 mathis eholc'
Of terms Cor hls children that hr
either helplng 20 make Y possible
Cor "a 20 maintain an efficient seh'9l
fystem or be- Ia reuderlug saeh o sli'
TEN impossible
Ilunean lNlilalrs IaFtls,
spsaklng ol the registration. al. .
Duncan said
sln illng uut ros .slralinn ssrii
patrons aill understand that 'afh OF
ihe terms marked A y and q o.
se.sIoa al elgit mnuihs u Nlil also .
A. .ssu that these sessions otff .lalti
ths ifsi hegiuning Boa MAJ ani rlntf
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ora trglnplnF september NlH cot
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