Show Plans Progress For Opening Of County Schools Sept 6 I I Plans were laid for the opening of Grand county schools Sept 0 6 at a meeting of tho the school board Monday night attended by Howard Lance H H. H W W. Balsley Alvie Holyoak an Carolyn S Seely Seery ely board members Clerk Erma Wimmer Witmer and Supt Helen M. M Knight The teachers teacher's institute will wilt beheld be beheld beheld held Sept 5 Registration of elementary school schoolchIldren schoolchildren schoolchildren children will be held Aug 24 at the library for kindergarten to sixth grade students Parents are urged to 10 register their children at that time but DUt not riot to bring the ch children for the registration Registration hours will be between 9 a a. a m. m and 4 p. p m. m Children entering kindergarten for the first time must be five years cars old as of Oct 31 1955 and children entering the first grade must be six by Oct 31 Birth certificates are required required re re- for children hIldren whose births are not recorded in Grand county High school registration will not be held until Sept 6 In spite of the additional classrooms class rooms provided by the completion of the new elementary school double sessions will likely be the order of 01 the day in most classes and especially in the grades that arc are the largest The Aug 24 registration will aidin aIdIn aid aidIn i In determining just what wha the situation situation situa situa- tion is It will also give the tho principal prin prin- cIpal ten days in which to tOt assign rooms and work out schedules es School officials wish to stress tress th the Tact that double sessions do not no mean a half day of school The full fUll schedule with in some somo cases only from 15 IS to 30 minutes short Shori of the Continued on Page 12 I Plans Progressing Continued from Pa Page e 1 actual time required for Cor U a school day The only thing short o of a full day will be some activities s being shortened AJr Alt basic subjects will willbe wille be e taught each day Due Duo to the double session situation situa- situa Ion tion the school lunch program will likely be dropped this year unless the he registration proves to be bo smaller than anticipated The morning sessions will be leaving during the noon period and the afternoon sessions sessions ses ses- will be arriving at school and the he children will have time to have their noon meal at home The high school lunch program will also be abandoned due to undesirable undesirable un desirable quarters The basement quarters have been declared unsuitable unsuitable unsuitable able for occupancy this year This step was taken by a survey made mad madey b bt y the field representative of the th Department of Health Education n and Welfare in relation to Grand Gran d county's application for federal funds with which to construct additional additional additional ad ad- buildings As soon as ample space is Js available the lunch program program program pro pro- gram will be resumed Spencer Barnett construction n superintendent of the new elementary element ary school reported that classrooms classroom s and offices would be in readiness s when school starts New furniture and equipment is arriving daily dally an anthe and d the he the bulk of it is already in the ne new w Building |