Evening star., 1926-09-19

With teachers contented over an
increased salary scale and more salts
factory retirement benefits, with boys
and girls Of the city refreshed after
three months vacation, together
with school officials and members of
the Board of Education functioning
tremendously with parent-teacher and
civic organizations, the public school
system tomorrow morning Will open
what is visioned as the most efficient
ly administered school session in the
Districts history.
1t is estimated that the opening day
enrolment this year will be approx
mately 62,500 as compared with an
opening day enrolment of 60.SO3 in
1925 and 59,625 in 1924. BY Novem-
ber, however, it is expected that the
peak enrolment will exceed 10000,
setting a new record The Novem-
Der peak enrolment last year was
about $1,000.
Tomorrow opening will have an
added zest for approximately 1,70O
pupils who will be enrolled in the six
new schools which have been COM
pleted for this season under the Ave-
wear building program. These schools
will have entirely new equipment and
supplies, giving the pupils the oppor.
tunity of truly starting a new school
year with a clean slate.
All Furniture Not Delivered.
The new schools are the John
GreenIeaf Whittier. the Job Barnard,
the new Bell, the Truesdell, the new
Brightwood and the James F. Oyster.
While the entire shipment of furniture
for four of these schools-all except
the Whittier and the Barnard--has
not arrived, it was explained by
school officials last night that all of
the seats are in place and that tenn
porary arrangements can be mace
pending the arrival of the remainder
of the equipment.
For the past week the Franklin
School has been a beehive of activity
with it's examinations, admissions
sessions and organizations meetings,
and, following the example of DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent, the
assistant superintendent of schools
worked late every night on tomor-
rows opening days plans.
A tabulation yesterday afternoon
showed that approximately 500 stu
dents, new in the local system, will
enter the high schools, coming for the
most part from other cities.
High Schools Crowded.
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Stephen E. Kramer announces that
the high school situation this year
will be about the same as last, with
Central operating an interlocking
shift scheme. No material relief will
come to the high schools until after
the opening of two new junior high
schools in February, and the opening
of the new Mckinley Manual Train
ing School, which is yet distant.
Having received reports of all of
his principals, Dr. Ballou declared
he is confident the schools are in ex-
cellent shape for tomorrow. Early
in the week he sent letter to all of
the principals urging upon them the
necessity for their inspections of sani-
tary conditions, school furniture, jan
itor supplies, coal and wood, educa-
tional supplies and classroom equip
ment.
1t is noted that. there are at least
40 normal school graduates who have
been added to the teaching corps this
year as compared with Is last year.
This is possible through the large
number of retirements which have oc-
Cured during the past few months,
given impetus no doubt by the liber-
allied retirement act for school teach
ers, and the fact that the increased
salary scale enables more teachers to
take absence without pay for study
purposes.
A new plan for providing additional