Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

through the Bureau Of Child
Guidance. all kinds of tests.
1.-THE child goes to the school
with or without the parents
consent. We take specially
trained teachers, willing to go,
and pay them an extra 5000.
We try some shops, we try re-
medal reading, we try every
thing. If the child rehabilitates,
we refer him back to regular
school, so that it is not q dead
end.
I'VE have three new schools
of this nature opening now.
That is the way we handle our
most severely disturbed cases.
Not only does it help the pupil,
but it helps the school from
which he is taken. The chill
dren range in age from IL up.
New York has 100000 stu
dents. We cannot expel any
body until he is II, although
we can move through the
courts to put him In an in
stitution If he is violent. II q
student insists on staying in
school until he is 81, we have
to keep him"
Supt. Allen H. Wetter, Phil
adelphia: I'VE have, for exam
pie, four disciplinary schools,
two for boys, one for girls and
one resident school for both.
Severe disciplinary cases go
there on recommendation of
principals and the district SUI
perintendents. A Superintend-
ents' case review committee
meets every Friday, with rep
resentation from the various
pupil services.
Young people dangerous to
themselves or others are re-
ferred by the district superin-
tendentS. They meet with par
ents, and either get court help
or placement in a disciplinary
school or expulsion.
I'm addition, throughout the
school system. we try to draw
the young people themselves
into the situation. We also
have a fine human relations
program within the schools.
Our school work program is
important, too. The Philadel-
phia municipal government has
a youth conservation corps In
which the school co-operates.
1t provides special work for
boys after school. The city tt
self also has a youth rehabili-
tation center for boys who
have gotten into extreme diff
ficulty, and the schools provide
the teachers.
Teach Simple Trades
Another thing we are try
ing to develop is occupational
courses. as differentiated from
technical or vocational courses
in more difficult fields. Many
children are slow learners and
these work classes teach simple
trades such as carpentry, auto
servicing and valet services. We
try and get Jobs for these stu
dents"
Supt. Benjamin c. Willis.
Chicago: We have a parental
school. a 24-hour-a-day, seven
day-a-week operation. Children
can be committed by the court,
but 1t is run by the school sys-
tenn. in one Of the few instances
in the country. We have some
other schools for social adjust
ment, with about 800 children
In two separate buildings. The
children are generally in their
l4th and 18th year.
For other helps In the dis
cipline field. we have a human
relations staff and we have
meetings Of student councils
from the various high schools
at the beginning OF each ses-
sion. And wherever we get large
crowds together. we have the
cooperation OF the police
Supt. Harold Spears, San
Francisco: We've been rela-
lively free Of disciplinary prob
lens, but we have had an incl
dent or two on the buses In
the last month. So we set up
all the precautions we can. II
we are carrying children by
bus, we send a teacher along
and pay her for the extra serv-
ice.
I'VE have a very fine rela-
tionship with the police depart
ment. They know the areas Of
town where there are apt TO be
the most difficulties. We let
them come in freely when they
want 10 talk 10 students. And
we have a youth committee pro-
vided under the city admins