The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
SCHOOL CENSUS
 WILL AID BOARD
Work To Start July 1, Classifying All
 Children

Board of education officials will be aided materially in their work on the coming years school building program by the school census, work on which will start July 1, they believe.
 In accordance with custom started in Birmingham in 1922, the children whose names appear in the census will be classified into census districts and the grade at school which they last completed.
 Dot maps prepared in 1922 from the information secured in this manner have proved invaluable as reference when planning the building program, it is declared, and it is expected that a new set of maps will be completed soon after the 1924 census is taken. The city already has been subdivided into census districts to permit the summariz- ing of data. Present school districts, proposed school districts, federal cen sus enumerations and the Southern Bell Telephone company's house count se- lections are being used.
 Biennial Census
 The state laws require a biennial census giving the following information
 
 six and 20 years name, age, date of birth. sex. race, name and address of parents or guardian, grade of hteracy and whether the child is in any way physically defective,
 Approximately 30 persons will be employed in Birmingham to gather the census information, it has been an- nounced. In accordance with state rul- | of schools, will be in charge of the work here, and W. D. Putnam, direc- tor of research for the board of edu- cation, will have direct supervision. The workers will be selected entirely from school principals and teachers, 1t has been announced.
 School population maps will be pre- pared showing the distribution accord ing to elementary and high school stu dents for both white and negro resi- dents, board official say.
 Special effort will be made to se- cure complete information concerning persons who are blind, deaf, dumb or crippled" the official announcement of the census says, ''in order that such persons may be given the benefit of training to which they are entitled through the state and federal rehabii- tation bureaus, which operate 1n con- nection with the public schools.
 Fund Appropriations
 'The state of Alabama apportions its public school fund to the several coun- ties in proportion to the number of school children of school age therein. It may, therefore, be readily seen that Birmingham's allotment of school funds depend very greatly upon the com pleteness of the Birmingham census re- turns. Every effort will be made by those connected with the work to se- cure complete and accurate data so that Birmingham may receive from the state it's full allotment of the school fund.
 "One of the difficulties encountered by the enumerators in past years is the absence of residents from the city dur ing summer months. Citizens are urged to extend to the enumerators all the assistance possible when they call for information. It will be of great help to the enumerators, if family is to be away from the city during July, that the information concerning all persons in the family between the ages of six and 20 years, inclusive, as well as the home address of the parents, be left with a neighbor or friend"