Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1930, Page 25

" | 2T TEACHERS LOST Efiort to llaet Wishes of Congress Revealed by Education Board. ‘Twenty-seven kindergarten teachers— Y me-lwnh of the entire ther with thelr ,800, have been t of Columbia public system dufln'mlhe last eight Miss Ca ‘Watkins, kindergarten director, late-yesterday. In glving these facts to the school board Miss Watkins declared that | Charges of an ‘“overstaffed” Kkinder- A garten system no longer are justified, and she urged the board to decide . sgainst further transfers of kinder- ! .‘r:fl's:n teachers to elemehtary grade Ppositions. Aner prolonged discussion which kept in session until 6 o'clock, however, (M board again postponed deflnlu tion on the kindergarten policy, agree- at the same time that it would re- celve no more “public” testimony on the question. Dr. Ballou States View. In the course of the discussion, in which it appeared that formerly appar- ent insistence that the kindergarten staff be reduced to a minimum was Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supe! sserted that while the pul lic schools, with a larger kindergarten stafl last year, “got 100 cents’ worth of education for every dollar it spent and ‘while it expects to get 100 cents’ worth for every flofllr Apent this year” on the shortened s it nmrly will be buying less. Dr. Bl]lo\l admitted frankly that the shorter staff means less efficient education. In her address to the school board Miss Watkins declared she believed the school administration and the board | ready has “faithfully and fully com- plied with thé desires of Congress” in nducln' the kindergarten stafl. On the basis of that conviction she asked the board to “vote against” the transfer of any more of her teachers and the fur- ther molestation of the classes in her department. Miss Watson gave as her first reason for her appeal on behalf of the kin. dergartens the fact that 27 kinder- garten teachers of the white schools had been lost during the past eight months. This number, she said, rep- Tesents one-fourth of the total number | of on her staff and were lost by resignations, retirements or trans- fers to elementary grade schools. “On the basis of the minimum sal aries of these teachers,” Miss Watkins sald, “$38,000 has been turned over to the public school system by the kinder- Number in Each Class;” report, which charged the kindergar- tens with being ‘“overstaffed,” placed the number of pupils per kindergarten teacher at 19.3, the present ratio is 327 puplls for every teacher in the | whité schools. Continuing, the kinder- director told the board there 52 kindergarten classes, or two- | of the total, with only one Of these, she added, onl eight. lnve a hur average daily tendance than every class that falls below the average. The two-teacher kindergartens, m- Watkins continued, have classes rany ing from 40 to 80 pupils, wm:anlym h an a daily attendance be- the latter classes, she . With the IVCI'I‘C of 28823 Miss Wl(.kln.l fort among ment, which produces the morale of the staff. Tribute to Hayecoek. She paid tribute to Robert L. Hay- | eoehn-m-n’mpefinumntlnchm‘ 1ty T deaiing with-the Kinderghseen | pat tion and mated it eouhl save $58,968 in salary turnover, but this figure was raised by the Commissioniers, the Bureau of the Tew pesttions, onty b have fae total cut 10 19, including the protessors | for the teachers’ vi R 1 lfiMODELI [} AND NEW WORI ihloderate Drices Fuocuted They're Coming to Washington Saturday instead of “shall at the tion | meeting. He recommended That "the board authorized the transfer cf kin- rten teachers qualified to teach lly the effect is|in grades 1 to 4 “whenever, in the mandgtory by virtue of the required sav- | judgment of the administrative officers, | the q ' BY KINDERGARTENS fw the need for additional teachers to re- lieve the congestion in the elemen! schools is greater than the contii to adde i th?’umol.l me saved $24,500 of the | need for the services of said teachers required $169,200 total. He sdded that | in the kindergartens. done its rganizing gartens. Hence, the question at pres- ent re-olves itself, Dr. oum nld into “Have we gone f in (‘lfl'!lnt out the itent o( n:e (eur- Tent appropriation) ect?” Dr. Carusi added that if the board to gress without having done its best to carry out the intent JOSEPH R. HARRIS CO. “Buy Now”—buy tomorrow, at yesterday's meeting which was not | will have to if the administrative officers had not Commenting upsn the situation con- | of the act as regards the Kkinde: overestimated the he fronting the school system, Dr. Charles | te; ‘Congress will be likely to leficiency of $5,000. WooDwWARD & LOTHROP DOWN STAIRS STORE Friday is Remnant Day Remnant Day Merchandise is not returnable or exchangeable; not sent C. 0. D. or on approval; Phone and Mail Orders not accepted Women’s Shoes were $3.95 ¢ s6.50 S2.65 230 pairs in a ldrge assortment of styles and serviceable leathers, luding black and brown , suede, kid and patent leather, in strap and opera pump styles. Sizes 3 to 8, AA to C in lot. Samples Fine Boudoir Slippers Srecial $1.65 140 pairs salesman’s samples fine boudtir slippers from one of the most popular manufac. turers. In felt and satin. They are far below regular selling prices. All are perfect and stamped with maker's neme. Some soiled. 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Carusi, board president, declared | faith in us, and when that happens ary schedule schools already would | that if it is determined the board has | our u-efulness to the public schools l&efln' a gone as far as it can in drawing upon | will be gone and the schools themselves Dr Ballou made » recommendation | the Kindergarten teachers, the board | will be llkely to suffer from any sudden seek a deficlency sum to | mandatory action which the commit- upon and which ‘will receive provide teachers for elementary schools. | tees in Congress might elect to tak and we believe you will when you know of this. .. 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