Evening star., 1943-05-20
Hdycock to Become Schools
Temporary Superintendent
Dr.. BoIIou to Take
6-Month Sick Leave
Without Pay

Robert L. Haycock on July l will
be elevated to temporary superin-
tendent of schools for the District
OF Columbia while Supt. Frank w.
Ballou takes six months of sick
leave without pay, the Board OF
Education announced today.
Mr. Haycock's status will be tenn
porary but the board is attempting
to get full uperintendent's pay for
him. DR. Ballou. for % years super
intendent, has been on sick leave
with pay continuously since Janu-
ary. He will continue to be on leave
with pay until June 80 and then
take six more months without pay.
DR.. Ballou wrote to the board two
weeks ago, it was disclosed, offering
to retire because he is not vet
capable of resuming his official du-
ties. The board yesterday refused
to permit him to retire without
af1ording him full opportunity to
regain his health"
Ballou Now in Maine.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. presi-
dent of the board. therefore has ad-
dressed letter to DR.. Ballou on a
fishing trip in Maine to inform him
of the boards wish that he retain
the status of superintendent with
out pay.
In reaching the decision, she
wrote to Dr. Ballou, "the board men,
bers had in mind your % years of
distinguished service to the city of
Washington. The action taken was
accompanied by the expressions of
admiration and appreciation for
your achievements as superintend-
ent of schools"
Mrs. Doyle expressed for the
board the wish that DR.. Ballou may
be able to resume his official duties
at the end of the six-month period.
Meanwhile. the District budget off,
Ger has been asked to grant to Supt.
Haycock the base pay of $4,000 for
superintendents. As assistant su-
perlntendent in charge of elemen-
tarv schools, he has been receiving
$4,000.
Mr.. Haycock often has served as
acting superintendent while DR..
Ballou was away in the summer or
suffering from annual severe at
tacks OF hay fever. More recently,
Mr.. Haycock was appointed acting
superintendent to carry over until
DR.. Ballou's anticipated return to
duty this month. Never before,
however, has Mr.. Haycock been
given the full title and recognition
Of superintendent while carrying
out the duties of the office.
Ballou Came from Boston.
DR.. Ballou came here in 1920 from
the assistant superintendency of the
Boston public schools. A native of
Jackson, N. Y, he has had teaching
experience from the one-room rural
school to the large metropolitan
school. He has often been praised
by his Board of Education TO. his
administrative ability and grasp of
the technical details of running q
city system supported by Federal
funds.
Mr.. Haycock, native OF Wash
ington and former right guard on
the Western High School football
team. has been a school employe
for almost so years. He entered the
system as an elementary school
teacher and rose rapidly to assist
ant superintendent of schools in
charge of elementary schools. Many
Of the complicated problems OF
school administration, such as the
Federally-supported school lunch
and penny milk" programs, have
been handled by Mr.. Haycock. Only
recently his duties increased to such
an extent that the board appointed
Miss Bertha E. Taylor his admin
istrative assistant.