The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-29
REDUCTION IS
LIKELY TO HIT
DEPARTMENTS
One in City Will Be Cut
Off Unless City Supple
ments Funds
FLAT ROCK SCHOOL
MERGER is ORDERED

Reduction of six in the teach
irs stats of Henderson county
and city of Hendersonville schools
vas announced here today upon
receipt Of official notices from the
state school commission by R. G..
Ariers. county superintendent,
ard F. NJ. Waters, city superin-
,srdert.
While there is a possibility that
NO or more of these teachers
NAV be restored before the open
ing Of the next school term. es-
peciaIIv in the county, the pros
rect at least for the present is
that the range of subjects taught
last year will have to be further
curtsilei.
Loss Of teachers in the county
was occasioned in part, it is be-
rsrei. by decision of the state
hard To consolidate tho Flat
Rock and East Flat Rock high
"hcolS at Flat Rock and 70 trans
isr all elementary pupils from
Fiat Rock TO East Flat Rock.
This is in line with action taken
last voar when Valley Hill high
srNoo' pupils were transferred TO
Fla' Rock. Thus East Flat Rock
vii have a LARGE consolidated elp-
msrTarv school. while Flat Rock
vii have a considerably enlarged
high school. and Valley Hill will
continue with its elementary
school,.
Allotment of six fewer teach
srs 70 the county and city means
that Fletcher. Vallev Hill and Ed
neville district will lose one ele-
mentary teacher each. Flat Rock
district will lose two high school
teachers. and Hendersonville high
school will lose one teacher. Supt.
Waters said today that this loss
Will neceSsitate giving up the
commercial department and prob
ably other vocational work. in
Guiding manual arts and home
economics. The reduction will
leave nine teachers in high school
while the number in the grades
will remain at II.
Supt. Anders expressed the be-
fef that two and perhaps all of
the three elementary teachers lost
nav be restored before the school
term opens. but indicated that the
high school consolidation of Flat
Rock and East Flat Rock prob
ably would definitely eliminate
the two high school teachers. Le-
row Martin, secretary of the state
school commission, said in Raleigh
yesterday that eft is expected"
more teachers for the coming
year will be allotted later for the
state as a whole About 40 teach
ers have been withheld from al
lotment pending further study OF
transportation problems and pos
sibIe consolidation of small high
schools. he said.
II is understood here that re-
auctions in school stats through
out tho state were due to a lower
average attendance last year.
Buncombe county, for instance,
will lose "a teachers if none Is
restored, the average attendance
showing a considerable loss. .
Supt Waters said today that
The decrease in average attend
ance here last year was largely
attributable to sickness. He add
ed that the school was hard
pressed last year to maintain the
Commercial department, and that
the loss of one teacher Will ne,
cessitate it's elimination. This ana
other vocational work could De
Continued with a supplemental
grant by the city, it was learned
An election would not be neces-
sarv because this work was sup
Ported by the city in 1881 before
the state took over the operation
OF all nuhlic Schoo1S