The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
MADE
FOR 9TH GRADE
NINTH DISTRICT
CITY TO TEACH THEM PENDING
ACTION OF COUNTY COURT
IN OCTOBER.
MANY SCHOOLS ARE OvERRuH
committce to Bring This and Other
Schools Similarly Situated to Alton;
ton OF justices Namcd--Sharp's
Corner Abolished.
aFrom Saturdays Daily Herald)

NFrbm Saturdays Daily Herald)
Eighth grade pupils Of the ninth dis
trict, living outside OF the corporate
limits of Columbia will be taken care
OF in the city school Of Columbia just
as they have been in the past pending
the meeting of the county quarterly
court at its october term. 1t is con.
Gdently believed and expected that
the county court will take action at
its coming term TO provide not only
for the eighth grade pupils Of this dis
ttrict but to relieve the congestion in
schools all over the county, some of
them being in every district of the
county,
The above is-the substance OF the
agreement that was ,amicaBly made
between the committee representing
the city board Of education and the
county board of education at the ses-
sion of the latter held on Friday aft
ernoon City Superintendent Harris
acted as the spokesman for the city
board. He said that there We're about
forty of these. out of the city pupils
for the eighth grade, that the city
tschools had the floor space for them
and would not make any charge for
that or for any overhead, that all
that it asked of the county was that
provision be made for the teacher
that would be necessary to instruct
them.
The members of the county board
wero fully impressed with the fair
ness of the proposition of the city.
Unfortunately, however, the board
was on a budget system which had
been exhausted although there were
a dozen schools in the county that
would have to have additional teach
ers if they functions properly. All
! fiat the county board could do would
be to lay the matter before the coun-
ty court. In the meantime the board
would ask the city to take care of
these pupils. This the committee of
1.-THE city board agreed.to do.
Representing the city board besides
Prof. Harris, were Il. Yoest, G. D. Ad~
kisson and A. B. SoweL. The. result
Of the action of the board is that, pro-
vision has been made at least tempo
rarily for the eighth grade pupils, 1t
is practically certain that the county
court will accede to the necessary re-
quirements of the situation.
A committee composed of Chairman
Russell, z. Fl. Ayres and Secretary
Graham was appointed to go before
the court and present the claims of
this and nearly a dozen other schools
that are oyerrun with pupils.
The board held long executive ses-
sion to dispose of the Sharp's Corner
controversy. Reports were made by
Messrs. Ayres, Perry and Hardison,
all of whom had personally Investigate
ed the situation 1t was finally decid-
ed that the recognizing Of the school at
Sharp's Corner would not be justified
and that the board would continue to
make provision for the transportation
of the pupils of the. sehooltp4 the new
consolidated school at Ppttsyille. The
board agreed that with Ito enrolled
at Rally Hill another teacher there
was imperative. ag5
The board was in session the great
er part Of the day and every question
coming before it was fully threshed
out. o.
An invitation from Prof Donnell NJ
Galloway, principal of the Culleeka
school, to the board to be guests today
at the laying of the corner stone of
the Culleoka school was accepted.