Evening star., 1927-02-08

! or the retGrdatlOn oil pupllS. Ine
| longer it takes Il pupil to get through
the schools, the greater is the cost of
| instruction.
"A modern school system is an in
tricate and complex organization. The
real problems Of school administration
! such as teacher loads, the facts of con
! gestion the pupil classification cannot
/ be understood alone by the cold an
| alySis of statistics. The best criterion
of the successful. efficient school sys-
TEN Is the extent to which the actua!
individual needs of the child are be-
ing met"
Explanation of Estimates.
Accompanying the foregoing state
ment of the superintendent is
! memorandum eXpla natory of the
estimates for additional teachers for
the fiscal year ending June so, 1928,
as follows: Elementary grades, class
| Ia, 25 teachers; junior high schools
class "A, % teachers; junior high
| schools, class &C, IS teachers. senior
| high schools, class 3A, five teachers
total of "A teachers.
Regarding the necessity for 25
additional teachers in the elementary
| grades, it is pointed out that the
| average annual increase in enroll
| ment in elementary schools during
| the last five years was S91 pupils,
and during the last 10 years, 1921
| pupils. The increase in those schools
and in the seventh and eighth grades
of the Junior high schools is estimated
at approximately 900 pupils during
the next fiscal year. Building prof.
ects during the fiscal year 1927-192S
will make 1t necessary to appoint Is
additional teachers to be assigned as
follows:
Burroughs School, to be completed
August /, 1927, with IL classrooms
and three teachers now available, nine
new teachers will be needed Amidon
School, January |, 1928, four class
rooms and four teachers now avail
able, no new teachers needed;
Smothers School, August 1, 1927,
four classrooms, two available
teachers, two additional teachers
needed; Woodbridge School, August |,
1927, eight classrooms. four available
teachers, four new teachers needed
The teachers reported as now avail
able are at present teaching in port
ables or in part-time classes to be
relieved by the new buildings. For
opening new kindergartens and man
ual training centers 10 teachers are
required, these completing the esti-
mate of 20 requisite for elementary
grade work
In regard to the "A new teachers in
Junior high schools, 25 in class "a and
19 in class &C, 1t is pointed out that
the annual average increase, estima-
ted at 900 pupils, will affect those
schools as well as the elementary
grades. The expansion of the junior
nigh school system not only takes
care of the increased enrolment, but
helps to relieve congeSted schools
where portables, part-time classes and
diversified classes are now to be found
This is accomplished by transferring
seventh and eighth grade classes as
rapidly as possible to the junior high
schools. The estimate of A new
teachers for Junior high school work
under the new building program is
explained as follows: Addition to the
Hine building, to be finished April 1,
1875, with nine rooms, five teachers
now available and four additional
teachers needed; the Garnet Patterson
School, to be finished January Is. 1928,
with "a rooms, will need IL teachers
in addition to the 12 now available:
the Gordon School, to be finished ON
the same date. with "a rooms, win
require IL teachers in addition to the
13 now available: the Francis School,
due for completion January /. 1927,
with "a rooms, will require seven adj
ditional teachers; the Randall School
replacement, to be completed Janu-
ary /. 1928, with a net increase of
eight rooms, will require three more
teachers: the Stewart School, due for
completion February /, 1927, will re-
qulre seven more teachers. Teachers
reported in this category as available
now are seventh and eighth grade
teachers whose la salaries will be
converted into junior high school
salaries.
The estimate of five new teachers
OF class 3A for senior high schools is
based on the estimate of an increase
of 500 pupils in the ninth grade of
the Juior high schools and in the
senior high schools AS much of the
increase will be absorbed in the junior
schools, the request for additional
class 3A salaries has been reduced
to five teachers.