Evening star., 1948-10-07
Nonresident
Student Loss
Reduces Rolls
School Withdrawals
Here Caused by
Tuition Fee Rules

School officials have decided this
years loss in enrolment was caused
largely by withdrawal of students
from nearby areas who did not want
to pay the tuition fees now required
of them.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
told the Board of Education yester-
day that an analysis of enrolment
figures showed 2,051N nonresident
students less than last year were
enrolled. Consequently, he pointed
out, the schools actually showed an
increase of 1894 in District children.
Total enrolment was 90,866, a drop
of 667 from last years.
After hearing the report, the board
adopted new tuition rates for this
school year. The rates are: Teach
ers' colleges, $303; senior high
schools, $217; vocational high
schools, $242:; junior high schools,
$164; elementary schools, $110;
crippled children's school, $3.50, and
evening school, $27.
Rates Based on Costs.
Tuition at the teachers colleges
dropped $40, at vocational high
schools, So, and at the crippled chill
dren's school, $40. All others showed
an increase in rates. The senior
high tuition went up $23, the Junior
high, up sl4; the elementary, up 81,
an evening schools, up 81.
DR.. Corning explained the rates
represent the actual cost of teach
ers' salaries and materials used dur
ing the year.
The board also voted approval of
a new plan for collecting the tuition
from nonresident students. Under
the plan, school officials will furnish
a list of the students and what they
owe to the Commissioners for collec-
ton. Previously, school officials had
to bill the students and attempt to
collect.
DR.. Corning said the proposal had
been discussed with District officials
and had their approval as sound
move.
Elementary Rolls Climb.
The elementary schools were the
only schools to show an increase
in enrolment, with 1,4o1 more chill
dren than were registered last fall
The teachers colleges lost 95 stu
dents, the senior high schools, 1916;
the vocational high schools, 1875,
and the junior highs, 1853.
In other action, the board voted
to renew its efforts to get a salary
increase for teachers equal to that
granted Federal employees by the
last Congress. They also pledged al
fight to get the teachers a sick and
emergency leave plan and to cor
rect certain inequities in the pres
ent teacher salary setup.
The board also:
Appointed Miss Irene Rice, 1880
Butternut street NV, new assistant
principal of Western High School.
Miss Rice. q veteran of 20 years in
the school system, has been teach
ing at the Veterans High School
Center since its inception in 1945.
Before that she had been at Western
since her appointment as a teacher
Assistant Retired.
Retired Mrs. Edith H. Wood, 1887
Thirtieth street NV, assistant toI
the principal at the Webster Amer
icanization School, after 10 years of
service. and Miss Freda M. Cowhig,
9 w street NV. a music teacher
in the elementary schools, after "a
years of service.
Accepted the following dates and
places for the student concerts given
by the National Symphony Orches-
ira January u. Gonzaga High
School: January IL, Western High
School; January IA, Armstrong
High School; February %, Roosevelt
High School; March 2l, Eastern
High School, and March %, Arm
strong High School The concerts
will be at 2:30 pm. and will cost 40
cents per student.
Turned down the offer Of the
Avenue Grand Theater for the
Hine Junior High School to use its
auditorium until the Corporation
Counsel can rule on the offer. Hines
auditorium was one of four closed
because it does not meet fire regu-
lationS..