Evening star., 1925-09-14
SCHOOL OPENING
PROGRAM MAPPED
Bal'ou and Aides Tackle
PrObIemS-B0ard to
Meet Wednesday.

With feverish activity public
school authorities prepared today for
the birth OF new school term next
Monday. Just six more working days
remain for readjustment of the big
educational system and solution OF the
numerous problems which invariably
develop few days before the begin
ming OF new school year.
Some Of the major details already
have been worked out by Supt. Frank
w Ballou and his enlarged corps of
assistants, but there are others of i'm
portance which will not be finally dis
posed Of until the Board Of Educat ton
meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The appointment of teachers for
new classes to be organized as a re-
suit of the prospective annual enroll
ment Increase is the chief problem
confronting school officials. 4 majority
of these appointments are expected
to be made at the board meeting.
Turnover to Be Small
The superintendent pointed out that
the turnover in the teaching person
mel this year will be small for two rea-
sons. First, Congress only provided
salaries for 60 additional teachers, as
compared with Sc last year. Second.
the increased compensation granted
the teachers in the Keller bill has re-
duced the usual flood of designations
which came in past years at the close
Of a school term.
While the schools will have salaries
for e. additional regular teachers this
year in comparison with So last year.
the number OF new teachers to be APP
pointed will be exactly the same as in
1924. The remaining "A additional
teachers. however. will be rated as
annual substitutes, and will be APP
pointed for one term only. Sixteen Of
them will be assigned to the white
schools and eight to the colored.
DR.. Ballou announced today that he
has arranged to open all of the ele-
mentary schools Friday and Saturday
for the registration of new pupils.
The principals will be at these build
ings for this purpose on both days
from $50 to 10 am. and to PIN.
Parents who plan to enroll their
children for the first time are urged
by the superintendent to take them to
the school nearest their homes.
The high school admission board
also will meet Friday and Saturday
at the Franklin School, at Thir-
teenth and X streets, TO receive ap-
plicants for admission to the high
schools from out-of-town or private
and parochial schools.
Students applying for admission.
DIR. Ballou explained, must present
statement showing an honorable dis
chargge. Examinations will be re-
quired of all students who fail TO
present certificates showing compile
ton of the eighth grade course of an
accredited public, private or parochial
school.
Children who have completed the
eighth grade course in the public
schools of Arlington County, Va. also
l,ln be admitted TO the District high
schools without an examination, pro
viding they have the recommends
ton of the county superintendent.
These students will be warned that
unless their work is satisfactory ,at
the end OF the first advisory they Will
be denoted to the eighth ggrade.
Those students who are required TO
take the examination will be exam
ined in three subjects = English,
United States history and Constitu-
ton and arithmetic. If the applicant
wishes to enter Business High School
he will be examined in geography in
stead of history