Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-05
SCHOOL REPORT
MADEbY SKULL
Need for New Buildings
is Shown by Supt., Who
Outlines Situation

nation of several teachers. appoint
ing of other teachers, and the pay
ing of several bills for repairs to
school buildings, was the business
transacted by the Board OF Educa-
ton at their regular meeting last
night.
designations were received from
the following: Thelma Emmons. a
teacher in School 4; Anna Tzitlon, a
high school teacher. and Gertrude
Coley a teacher in school two.
The new teachers appointed were:
Gertrude Pentz, domestic science,
high school. Miss Pentz, last year
taught in Pennington: Robert Wad-
deli of Narberth, Pennsylvania, ply
steal training, high school; Ruth
Larson and Helen Knopka, of this
city, to teach in the grades.
Superintendent Shulls report fol-
lows in part:
due to the depression in INDUS
trial conditions, the enrolment or
pupils of high school and grammar
grades surpassed that of any prev
ious year. It was also a C year
for average daily attendance L
per cent of sliendance.
by reason of the organization or
an additional parochial school OF
over 500 pupils last September, II
was found necessary to increase our
teaching personnel to the extent of
but five individuals. Had it been
necessary to make provisions for the
enrolment of the above number or
children, it requires no stretch OF
Imagination to picture what would
have been our condition had we been
obliged to provide for them through
the agency of Jul present inadequate
school facilities.
"While the growth n the upper
grades Is encouraging, the means OF
disposing of the growth merits the
serious reflection of all who have the
educational welfare of the youth OF
our city at heart. The striking mad
equacy of school accommodations be-
came apparent more than ever In the
past, on the date (June 23) OF max
ing the annual promotions. These
latter make it necessary to PROVIDE
halliday classes at schools l, 2, b. b
and Z. 1t might be stated that in
addition to the organizing of half
day classes in the five buildings
named we shall be obliged to con-
tinue the use of twelve court rooms
located as follows: Two at School 4.
one at School 6, three at School 8,
one at School 10. two at the Gram
mar School and three at the High
School. Six of these rooms are par
TALLY underground, and the entire
number is maladapted to classroom
use to the extent that the physical
welfare of children is jeopardized.
"An additional harmful condition
incident to our lack of room is to
be found in the fact that 313 pupils
who belong to the grammar schoo.
cannot be accommodated there, and
will be compelled to remain in the
outlying schools.
an February there will be adj
mitted to the high school depart.
ment a number Of pupils suficien'
to occupy two rooms. Unless port
able buildings are provided, or rooms
rented or otherwise available at tha'
time, we will be confronted by a con
dition which, at the present time
presents ar extremely grave aspect
s'The health side, which is a phase
of educational endeavor or CROWNS
importance, was given marked i'm.
petus during the year. A dental
clinic was established early in the
wear under the joint auspices of the
local Red Cross, Board OF Health
and Board of Education. The clinic
was open to all school children,
parochial and public, two afternoons
weekly. It's establishment has served
at least two clearly defined purposes
In the first place, it contributed very
materially to the comfort, health
happiness and improvement IT
school work of the many who pat
ronized it. In the second place the
mere fact of it's establishment acteo
as a stimulus to negligent parents
financially able to meet their emil
dren's needs to the extent that mucf
greater heed was given to reports
periodically sent them by the medl'
cal inspectors and nurses. or cours
children of such parents DO mo-
~patronize the dental clinic, but II
increasing numbers are being served
nv the family dentist. The value OF
the clinic has become SO apparen,
that consideration is being given tc
provisions to It's maintenance Ior nVe
days of the week.
"At the instigation of the Rec
Cross and under it's supervision 9
nutrition specialist was employed
during the latter part of the year
giving her exclusive time to one OF
the schools peculiarly conditioned
for that type of work. 49,.
evidence of the value of this
work may be found in the fact thai
Of 140 selected underweight children
ia gained a total of 166 pounds or ar
very least, a phase of work which we
month of June, which is three times
the normal gain for thai period OF
time. Twenty of the number lost a
total of 11h pounds and SIX re-
NAMED stationary. The selecteo
children were divided into nutrition
classes, met with the specialist week
ly after school hours. and were ire
ouently Joined by their mothers and
occasionally by their fathers. This
experiment has shown us, at the
yerv lest. a phase of work which we
think comes within the province OF
school authorities and is entitled tc
serious consideration.
From the closing of the schoo
year, 1920, to date, we lost twelve
per cent. of former teaching
corps. OF the number leaving, elgh'
either had or were o to marry
eight were Iured to other districts
holding out a higher salary schedule
and five decided that their financiar
status would be capable of improve.
ment out in the business world.
I'm conformity with legal require
ment continuation school classes
were established in September. One
Of these classes was located at the
grammar school and two classes at
The high school. The law requires
that all minors between the ages OF
fourteen and sixteen, who hav COM
pleted the 9Th grade of school work
in specified subjects in the English
Language. and who are at work, shall
attend school six hours each week.
n must be admitted that the years
u,erx was necessarily in the nature