The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-08-02
Most County
Schools Open
September s
Oceun Springs viii
Decide Opening
Dote On Monday

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With only a month of vacation
time left for jackson County's
1900 school children most schools
throughout the county prepared
to begin the l946-47 school year
on Friday, September 6.
Exceptions were the Moss Point
City Schools where registration
for the grammar and junior high
school students will begin on Sep
TENDER 5 and Ocean Springs
where the opening date will be
decided at a meeting of the board
of trustees Monday night.
Advanced registration for all
schools in the Pascagoula city
system will be held on Thursday
and Friday, August 20 and 80 be-
tween $3.50 and 1880 and 1870 and
4:30, according to an announce
ment made by Superintendent of
Schools Thomas r. Wells.
All beginning and transfer stu
dents are required to present birth
certificates and health certificates
as prerequisites for enrolment in
the Pascagoula and Moss Point
schools. including positive proof
of vaccination for smallpox, in
incubation for typhoid, and the
Schick Test for diphtheria. These
services are furnished free Of
charge by the school health SER
vice in cooperation with the Jack
SON County Health Department.
Enrolment Up
In Pascagoula, where more
than half of the county's school
age children are concentrated, the
increased. demand for family
housing and Q stepped-up en-
ployment schedule in industry in
dicates that this years enroll
ment will be even greater than
last years 1900 students, school
officials said. This trend was fur
ther substantiated by the spring
health roundup of ~pre-school
children conducted last May
which showed beginners in un-
precented numbers in COMPARE
son with previous years.
Indications are that Moss Point
will enroll about 1000 students,
Ocean Springs $50 and about
1900 students will attend county
schools.
Last year, there were Ais
grammar school. 958 junior high
school, and LOB high school stu
dents enrolled in white schools
in the county. Of the 1904 stu.
dents enrolled in Negro schools,
TIT were in grammar school, 135
in Junior high school, and 152
in the high school bracket.
Moss Point school officials
said they expected NO large in
crease and the enrolment was
believed to be stable throughout
the county, with the exception
of Pascagoula.
Teacher Shortage
Vacancies still existed in a num-
Der of schools throughout the
county but they were expected
to be filled well in advance of
opening dates although all teach
ers will not be as well qualified
as school authorities would like.
Low salaries, plenty of employ
ment in industry, and the high
cost OF living were listed as the
major causes of the shortages of
experienced teachers.
In addition, in Pascagoula the
problem of satisfactory housing
for teachers remained critical,
according to Superintendent
Wells. Persons having furnished
or unfinished houses, apart
ments, or rooms for rent are
urged by Mr.. Wells to call or
telephone the administrative Of
fees of the school telephone
number 1909 SO that a represen-
tative from that office may make
an immediate inspection.
Students and teachers return
ing to their respective buildings
in PaScagoula will find that the
entire school plant has been COM
pletely cleaned and renovated
during the summer. Mr.. Wells
said. E. A. Parker. supervisor
of school maintenance and Di-
rector of Vocational Education,
reports the refinishing of mere
than $4,000 square feet of hard
wood and tile floors and the
washing of more than $4,000 win