Evening star., 1949-05-19
Schools 10 Shift
To0nce-a-Year
Promotion Plan
Eoord Also Votes
To Rescind eon on
TroInIno OF Nurses
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board
! kcsc!neted g. p3v, asa, ar}&an
elos.us Wilson lr#raeEs Ca.lrse
ia student nurses f,osn ~ blry.
0alFN FNeld and bgrleTsvisc, Hospitals.
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uatoT 81 Ga argd ia3a lie board
'Ar action ~uGla lca,r tgsF has-
pliAas Wlth 40 place 10 tram ttss
nurses and probably Mould s4t
nurse Jergali4ng es a. least .oa
glrls
Webster Transfer Held tn
J Agatn held up action oil lf1r
proposed transfer of g!4r Webster
AEnfElcaHl4at!on School 10 1ae
Adams Elementary School after
anotheF plea by parents a hand
lcAppcd children attending Adams
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Board the shift 10 The annual pro-
motion plan would hglne the DIS
tFiot in line with pubic schools
throughout ;he Nation
lie Said that last year 81 p$y
cent q! the elementary aelsaois IN
the country NeTe on The annual
promotion basis as compared wtth
- pct cent IN 1888 The number
OF junior high schools or the ar
nuAl promotion plan Increased
from 90 per cent 70 81 peg cent la
the same period he added
January Is Ags Deadiine
Under the plan used tn Waah-
lnRton no~ II child Is 3 by No
tember he may enter The
klndefgarten IN September OF II
he is by November he may
enter the nrst eTade II he Is 8
oy March IS. he may enter the
kindergarten IN February o. II he
is on or before that date he may
be enrolled in the frst grade
Under the neN plan. children
who have reached theiF NTH birth
day on OF before January IS wtll
be admitted 10 kindergarten ll'e
preceding september Those Who
reach their flfth birthday after
January Is Wil be admitted the
following September. Children who
are on or before January Is Sili
be admitted 10 the flfst grade the
preceding September
The change 10 annual promo
tions will be complete within three
years in the elementary schools.
The children nov In klndeteartfn.
firsi. second Anf third grades Will
be advanced within the next three
years 10 the September groups or
will be retained with the group of
the preceding September Zach
individual case wiii be studied 10
determine what placement is most
desirable Beginning with the
fourth year, the junior high schools
Will receive children promoted from
the elementary schools only once
year
Laboratory Facilities Cited.
On the problem Of the nurses.
the school board heard Nj.
SCHNEIDER plead that IT ia i'm
possible for the three hospitals 70
duplicate the laboratory facilities
used by from rs 70 100 student
nurses each year al Wilson
Teachers College.
Al the last board meeting. Il
VAS voted that the nurses must
leave the teachers college after
June because the labora tory factl-
tiles there ssre too crowded Or.
Corning originally had asked the
school board 10 continue the Arfs-
Ice for another year. until June.
1880, but board members uYrrruled
him on motion BY Dr, James A.
Cannon
Yesterday The board dec idnd u
extend the usr Of the teachers
college for another year. but told
Mr SehmelEeT that after June.
1850. some other arrangement
must b. made T'iss board Agao
instructed Dr.. Corning 20 waFk
out schedule with the hospitals
40 that the nurses might attend
the college a. might
Parents Oppose Transfer.
Donald p McTshaii ard OTIS
II O'Flsherty. parents of tAYsdl-
capped children st the Adams
ELEMENTARY School. made tkssH
fourth appearance before itas
school board. and again Success
fully held Up aftif141 on tEsF pro-
posed transfer oi Webster Amer
icanazatinn School 70 Adams
Or Corning haA proposed THAT
the special classes. containing 81
children a. AdanA. be shifted to
Bancroft Elementary School whlis
Adams BE- shared by about $50
elementary children now there
and the 800 adults ard Children
attending Webster at psr~nt.
Webster would te gased fu9 ofssers.
Mr., 1scPhAa accused Dy C:orn.
ing o. giving TIE board FALSE
data on the capacity Of Adams
ard ot refusing 10 dsnc3s8 any
other solution hwcas4aF hs IA
only interested ~ gstta5E assars