Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-03
WAGNON LOSES FIGHT
BEFORE SCHOOL BOARD
Children Assigned to East Amer.
icus School Not to Be Trans
ferred at This Time
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seeking definition of the zone linz
its adoted several years ago by the
board. and not to .criticise any
teacher, referring to the complaint
fiied as being only one of policy
rightly to be decided by the board,
and not as one for handling by any
teacher. A letter written by w. w.
Dykes, chairman of the board, to
Messrs. Wagnon and Moore was
read in which the board chairman
referring to an open letter published
in The Tims-Recorder, asked that
the compliments reduce their griev-
ance to writing to be considered by
the board, stating that the board
would meet October 2, at which time
the complaint would be considered.
In his letter Chairman Dykes
called attention to statements made
in the Wagnon open letter which
were characterized as erroneous,
stating the facts as known to the
board, and asking that the boards
statement be given the same pub
licity as that already given the open
letter. That children attending East
Americas school receive identical
training as compared with those in
corresponding grades in other Amer
lcus schools was another statement
contained in Mr. Dykes letter.
Following the reading of this let
ter, Attorney Fort read a prepared
statement of the objections held by
his clients to the assignments given
their children. No copy of this state
ment has been furnished The Times
Recorder and the rapidity with
which this was read made impos-
slble the recording by reporter Of
ITS text. Among the allegations made
however. was the statement that
children living outside of Americas
ana IN the same grades as those
OF complaining patrons had been
assigned to seats at Furlow school
while it would be just as conven-
lent as otherwise FOR their Lar
ents to take them to East Amercus
school; that certain portions of the
walks between complaining citizens
MONIES and East Americas school
We're unpaved and in rainy seasons
very muddy, and that ..nildren in
the same grades living nearer East
Amerlcus school than those of com.
pla1nlng patrons had been assigned
TO Furiow Grammar school.
1T was shown that both Messrs
Wagnon and Moore are residents
OF East Americas school zone. and
D. W. Holly, who was present. star
ed his child living on Horne street
had been assigned to East Ameri-
Gus school, and that the child, be-
ing a pupil lower than the fifth
grade, had, been given his choice
as to the school he preferred 10
attend, and had chosen East Amer
lcus. That every effort to divide
the children equitably among the
various schools, having in mind
their best interests and the ability
of teachers to care for a given
number of pupils was declared BY
school officials present.
The actual distribution of chill
dren had been made by Miss Sarah
Cobb, principal of Furlow Gram
mar school, with the assistance of
Miss Susie Taylor, principal of
East Americas school, Supt. Mathis
being called in by them following
the assignment of the children aft
er registration, and formally APP
proving the action taken by them.
Both these ladies were present and
each asserted every effort had been
made to please the parents in the
assignment of children. The as
signment of children of w. NJ
Jones to attend Furlow school was
explained by these ladies in the
statement that Mr.. Jones' children
are in a grade in which there are
large number of pupils in East
Americas district, the facilities
there in this particular grade be-
ing-the number of pupils consid-
ered-less adequate than those at
Furlow school.
That is to say, it was explained,
the assignment of further pupils of
that grade to attend East Ameri-
Gus school, might have placed too
great burden upon the teacher
in that particular class at East
Americas, whereas at Furlow schoo,
the pupils in this grade could be
so distributed as to make the num-
Der of pupils in such classes nearly
equal in both schools, with teach
ers correspondingly able to give
more of their time to each pupil.
At East Americas it was shown