The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-10-18
A Little Slip on Which Answer
is to be Made is
Enclosed.
WILL GET SENTIMENT OF
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
Letters Were Given Each Pupil
With Request That They
Have One of Little Slips Sign
ed and Return to Respective
School as Soon as Possible.
After Canvassing Returns
Action Will be Taken.

In the desire to ascertain exactly
how parents and guardians OF the chill
dren of the public schools feel about
the sessions matter, the Board OF Ed.
ucation yesterday gave out circu.
lar letter TO each pupil to take home.
An extra slip was enclosed with the
letter for vote. On this is: Il favor
opening school at $3.50 a. M. and clos
ing 2:S0 p. m, with 20 minutes lunch
recess" Below this: II favo. opening
school $3.50 a. m, and closing at $50
ID m, with one hour AMI twenty min
utes dinner period
The letter. which is addressed ia
parents and guardians Is as follows:
With reference to the prsposai ID
change the present iwo.sesssoa pian
of the city schools 10 one-session
plan, the Board OF Education regrets
that it is impossible to provide sche.
dule closing at 2 o'clock In tse after
noon.
This closing hour would not giva
time enough to do the work that must
be done.
Without going into all OF the de-
tails, we take the High School as an
illustration. Out OF the thirty pupils
graduated last June. eighteen are
away at college. and two others ara
ready to go. In order that the gradu-
ating pupils may be admitted into
the colleges. It Is absolutely neces.
sary that our school continue to be
rated as an accredited high school OF
Group /. Such an accredited high
school must have periods OF not less
than forty minutes each OF actual
teaching time besides covering all OF
the subjects prescribed. We now
have forty-five minute periods. With
our present available faci, ties. we
are compelled 10 have at least seven
teaching periods. We are willing TO
try reducing these to forty two min.
utes. which viii allow only two min.
utes for change Of classes. Beyond
that we cannot go and mairts,n an
accredited high school; ard wo will
not consider giving up tina. standard.
The tendency in educational mat.
ters Is to lengthen the school day.
You will recall that our sehcals DIS
missed last term at $3.50, while this
year the time was lengtheneG - 30
O'Clock. This extension ct time Vas
due to two rsesnt mandatory acts Of
the. Georgia Legislature requiring
thirty minutes each day 10 physical
exercise under supervision. and the
Of one chapter from the Bi.
ble.
It VIII bejseen, therefore. that ffvs
hours and forty minutes must be con.
sumed in carrying on the work and
his limited time Is providing for AZ.
periods instea1y yof the As min
Ites as at present
With these facts before you. IN view
II the proposed change. tits the pur'
pose Of the Board OF Education to 5
cave to you between what periods
# the day these FIVE hours and forty
minutes shall be spent in the school
.oom.
II you so desire the schools VIII
,pen at $50 az at present and close
It 2:30. This viii permit a twenty.
minute lunch recess near the nocn
iours In the Grammar grades II WI.
lIso permit short additional recess.
Or, the schools win open a. ths
anne hour and dismiss at 3:3o. which
Win allow for an hour and twenty
minutes for dinner.
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