The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-17
Schools Will
Accept Local
Pupils First
Spencer Seventh,
Eighth Grades
Not Accepted

A discussion Of plans to provide
for additional September enroll.
ment OF children with school faci-
lities already crowded occupied tho
major portion OF Mondays meet
ing of the School Board. A request
from the Spencer District to admit
children in the seventh and eighth
grades was denied and the Board
reserved the right to admit only
those children in the upper toIr
grades OF the high school who are
already enrolled or whose enroll
ment will not crowd any OF the
classes.
Examination Required
New non-residents in the ninth,
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades
will be required TO make a written
application TO the Board for ad-
mission to high school and the final
decision on their admission will not
be made until the second week OF
school when the enrolment of resi-
dent children may be determined.
The members of the Board ex-
pressed willingness to cooperate
with other districts in their prob
lens in housing children OF war
workers but they feel that their
primary duty is to give the great
est service to the children of the
Ypsilanti school district.
Use Normal Rooms
Plans for the use of rooms TO be
secured from the Normal College
were discussed and an effort will
be made through moving children
in elementary grades to these
rooms to provide for smaller Sec
tions for the junior division classes
in the high school building. These
classes are now too large for ef-
fective teaching, 1t was pointed out,
and they will be divided so as to
provide not more than 35 children
in a class. The Board also directed
the superintendent to plan to move
children from Prospect and Harriet
Schools so that 1t will not be neces-
sary to have half day sessions as
might be necessary with present
enrolment.
Seek Federal Aid
In the meantime application for
federal aid is to be asked to con-
struct additions TO elementary
buildings and to pay the extra
expense of transportation and
teachers caused by the war en-
ergency. The members OF the
Board feel that with so many
mothers working in war industries
that to hold half day sessions with
the children free without supervi-
sion the rest of the day would not
be good management.
Because of the problem students
meet in adjusting themselves to
new and differedt surroundings, the
board feels the need Of paying more
attention to situations that lead to
absenteeism and tendencies toward
juvenile delinquency. Two out
standing causes OF truancs are i'm
proper home conditions and the
failure of the child to adjust HIM
se'' to the regular school program,
il was felt. The board feels that
to select some one to have charge
of all child accounting procedures
in the Ypsilanti Public Schools, to
investigate the home conditions OF
cases that will arise, to organize
and teach special classes for help
to children who have difficulty in
regular classes and assist them in
their school work would be some
aid in preventing truency. II is
estimated that one third OF his
time would be given to purely at
tendance problems, one-third to
teaching special classes, and the re-
naming third in counseling with
children, parents, teachers, and
others.
Il has been decided to start
school again this year at $50, pro-