The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-28
Know Your
Schools
Continued from Page 10

81 owing section, renef is lmmedl-
ately necessary and the only relief
that will be more than a present
makeShift is new elementary
school N the northwest section
To cite but one illustration to
emphasize this need: a year ago
156 children from the northwest
section of Wyandottc were IN at
tendance at the Washington school.
Only eight months later this num-
Der had increased to 283 anG will
show greater increases in the very
near future.
Enrolment in the elementary
schools has increased in the past
decade. In high school it is so per
cent greater. Yet but one new
building has been erected during
this time and that with a normal
capacity for only 600 children This
building, incidentally, was a re-
placement and not q new unit in
the educational system.
1t is rot enough merely to have
place to house the children de-
string to attend school. So greatly
expanded has the educational cur
riculum become that it is vitality
| necessary that boys and girls at
tending cur schools have gymnaSi-
ums, libraries, art and music rooms.
science laboratories, machine and
wood shops, etc. ETC. Unless these
things are forthcoming. youth of
the city will be lacking in the edu-
cational advantages that students
Il schools of other cities are OBJ
tanning or will obtain.
You may call them frillS, and
frillS they are as compared with the
three RS Of our grandparents day,
but the vehicles that our grand
parents travelled around in would
hardly do in the present era Of
rapid transportation and communi-
cation.
At the Roosevelt high school it
is impossible to get the students
together in one place at one time
and thus when assemblies are held
two periods must be used. Even
though the auditorium might be
considered large enough for most
functions. it should be supple
rented with rooms where drama
tics might be studied in all its
phases.
There is but one gymnasium for
use Of boys and girls. This room is
also used after school hours by the
recreation department of the city.
The tendency in modern schools is
10 have two gymnaSiumS.
Modern education makes extern
siVe use of visual and auditory aids.
Because Of lack of necessary equip
n.ent these educational methods
cannot be utilized in the Theodore
Roosevelt high school. There are
no radios by means of which the
students may hear the best in mu-
sic and drama as well as keeping
abreast of world important news
events.
Room equipment is vitality need
ed to give our children the best in
education. This includes even such
simple things as bookcases and
cabinets as well as monographs,
radios and simplifying equipment
reaching every room of the build
ing.
Perhaps even more important is
the need for new equipment in the
wood and machine shops and an
Increase in facilities which will take
care Of the present students and
also will answer the demanCs Of
the returned and returning GI.'s.
Athletic and music departments
have needs for additional materials.
Lincoln Park high school has
separate building at the rear of the
high school for its band.
Lack Of room, lack of facilities.
needed equipments These are al
most standing objections in Wy
andotte when new courses are sug-
geSted.
In nearly all schools Of the local
system the teacher load is far in
excess Of that recommended by
accrediting institutions. Despite the
fact that classes of no more than
d to 80 are recommended, in some
cases teachers are forced TO have
sc many as so students in class.
What does this mean to YOUR
child?
1t means that if he gets only his
share of personal attention from
the teacher he will have less than
one minute per class period. With
eight periods a day this resolves
itself into eight minutes of per-
sonal attention day or 40 min
utes per week.
A teacher cannot teach properly
and with the best interests of
YOUR child if there are so Lupils
In a class. A lower teacher load
will cost money, but it will pay
dividends in the form Of a far bet
ter education for YOUR child. And
that is YOUR prime concern.
New buildings, increased faciIi-
ties, lower teacher load, more ade-
Quate equipment, additional cour-
SeS. These are on the one side of
the scale. YOUR childs education
IS on the other. To put them into
balance will be Of paramount i'm
portance to YOUR child as he pre-
pareS for his ife's work.
"Wyandotte's Public School In
roma" will ha tho tonic mat IA