Show THE SCHOOL distribution now that there hag ban passed away the major portion of the first week in the public schools for the be year 1896 6 the people of this city affected by the recent oranges in school chool district boundaries mito are coming to realize that abe uie present arrangement has baa for its purpose the abe convenience comfort and advancement of the school children and to lo many respects to a marked improvement pro on 00 the which exited existed set last year As ac the schools got down to class work the conviction as a to the successful efforts for fair uniformity sad and the fairness to in making the distribution of superintendent will be bb odine edine settled in the minds mind of thoughtful in parents who at first looked with dissatisfaction upon the changes the NEWS expresses ate belief care lul examination of the new dew districts and a comparison compa ripon with their school population the only criticism we have to offer to ie a suggestion that if the board of oe edu education catton bad published the mation in advance with in the newspapers newa papera the public would have been prepared thereby to endorse the abe plan ian upon its ita inauguration the present arrangement of bouc darles dati has baa in view the he formation or dior lets with the school building build lne for the central point as ai nearly an aa possible pom ible to offset effect this purpose required a great deal of careful labor and study in order to do it properly it was waa necessary to form a basis bai both on the school population uy by elty city blocks mind and on the number of children to in each school grade dr Mille millspaugh paugh took up the work during daring the last laet school year and had charts prepared of all the school gradac giving ibe residence of each child in each grade in the city for instance the me number of children attending endine att the he sixth grade from every block in the city was definitely ascertained and so with all other grades this was the basis for the number of each grade to be assigned to t the various school buildings tuen then be school population on each olty city block was determined and upon these two sets seta of figures was calculated the locality to be included in esou each school building district so 0 o that all should be accommodated theoary the varying ing capacities of the we was considered and a result attained in apportioning the districts as an fol follower follo lowr wc making them as nearly compact as possible emerson school building buli dinor district hamilton tenth bryant twenty fant civit lowell twelfth and thirteenth oquirrh and ninth sumner grant seventh Sn Sm lincoln Uit utan tan franklin fremont Frena ont seventeenth entee nth jackson washington ton bonneville Bou neville 76 davis da vis 58 it may he TO remarked marked that this thin ar taking every public me ool building in the cl c ty ity district fas short of providing for the entire school population because there are not dot buildings buil dines enough yet but it makes it possible by judicious classification to accommodate with reasonable comfort every child in the city and based upon the grade reports and this years school census the apportionment in districts district mathematically is just what it U should he be in his bia reo rec w i as to district boundaries dr millspaugh Milli Mille paugh also gave consideration to the welfare of the children and has bae performed work which Is 1 worthy of high commendation 0 of f cogno it was wag to be expected that many parents parent have a preference for certain schools acbo oli or that there might be special reasons why children from one district should attend in another every case caie of abts kind brought to the superintendents notice will receive attention and full satisfaction will be given as far as this la is possible neither guardians nor children need hesitate to represent their wishes in this matter d direct to dr millspaugh for they moy mey be assured of receiving every consideration of courtesy and of an intelligent desire for the welfare of each child in the city we are eale fid that to io this respect as well as in others connected with its school administration the citizens of salt baft lake will have just cause to feel highly gratified at the work of its public school officers |