The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1920-09-18
ROY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN

The Roy public schools started off
Monday with an enrolment Of 118
pupils, which will soon grow to about
normal at 200.
The old Lucero building has been
renovated and re-arranged, and fur
nishes six school rooms of ample size
to house the schools, and while not
ideal, are fairly lighted and ventilat-
ed and can be kept warm and COM
Portable.
James Pritchard and Jim Johnson
and some assistants have been busy
the past week erecting the new seats
and putting the rooms in order, fenc-
ing the street in front and the Floer-
sheim lots opposite the building for
Fairgrounds, the street having been
closed to traffic by the village trust
ees in the interest Of safety for the
school children, and the lots dedicat-
ed to the cause by the Floersheim
Mere. Co. during the school year.
A combination Of causes, mostly
outside, have delayed the Board in
securing a suitable principal and High
School teacher, and the High School
opened in charge Of Mrs. R. E. ALI
dredge, former High School teacher
and wife Of the manager Of the Floer-
sheim Mercantile Co., who was pre-
vailed upon by the Board to fill the
position until a permanent principal
can arrive Ten pupils enrolled in
the 9th and 10th grades the first day..
The other rooms started out very
auspieiously.
The 9TH and 8th grades, Miss Ern-
estine Grzelachowski, teacher, 19 pu-
pills enrolled
5th and 9Th grades, Miss Lena
Lusk, teacher, 27 enrolled.
Srd and 4th grades, Miss Leda
Schnell, teacher, % enrolled
End gradey Miss Tillie Branch,
teacher, % enrolled.
Primary, 10 enrolled Mrs. Sada
Brannan Of Clayton is primary teach
er, and was prevented by illness from
being present and Mrs Grace Y. Og-
den, member Of the School Board and
veteran teacher, has been placed in
charge by the School Board until Mrs
Brannan arrives.
All the hew equipment has arrived
except the blackboards, which seem
TO have been lost ii transit, ald some
minor articles.
The School Board has considered
eleven applications for the position of
principal, and a number Of causes,
chief of which was their inability to
pay a higher salary, has intervened to
prevent being supplied in time. The
Indifference of those who want The
most money for the least work has
been demonstrated in this case. A
number were recommended as fine
principals who shrank from teaching
9th and 10th grades.
The Board hopes to secure the ser
vices cf Mr.. n, J. Bleakley of Har-
rison, Ark, who would now be here
but fcr negligence on the part Of
someone in acknowledging his quail
fications. 1t is hoped he will arrive
next week, but failing in this, another
principal with good credentials is in'I
sight.
The Roy schools are fortunate in
having home talent as good as any
that can be had anywhere to substi-
tute in a pinch Of this kind, and the
public appreciates their interest in
our schools. The enrolment increas-
ed considerably Tuesday morning and
will no doubt be nearly double by the
beginning Of next month.
The School Board has worked un-
ceasingly for the past several weeks |
to get everything in readiness for the
present term, and have themselves
spent considerable time in getting
things lined up so that we could have
a public school this year worthy of
notice regardless Of the handicap we
are undergoing, and next year we
hope to have our new 100000 build
ing done and one Of the most modern
schools in New Mexico. Now all to-
gether for the Roy schools, first, last
and all the time.