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Show I I! SWT, B. H FOWLER SAYS SCHOOLS WILL i OPEN SEPT. 22 I Weber county schools are to open on September 22 and plans for the ensuing en-suing school year are rapidly taking shape under the guidance of Superintendent Super-intendent B. A. Fowler, who assumed the office of county superintendent of schools .succeeding W. N. Petterson on July L In' an interview today he gave out the following information regarding his plans and policy, the same having been approved by the board of educa tion at a recent meeting. "First School will open on September Septem-ber 22 for a nine months term, which will give the scholars about one month longer term for better training, and will add about 12 per cent to the mon-i mon-i etary value of the teachers' contract "Second. Raises in salaries which havo previously been decided upon and granted the teachers to date, have attracted at-tracted to the county some of the best qualified teachers available anywhere, and has kept in the system most of the strongest teachers of former years' service in Weber county. "Third. More attention will be given to the physical well-being and the i health habits of pupils. "Fourth. Organization to secure better bet-ter work in all departments, giving as much credit and recognition to practical practi-cal lines and projects as is given the academic Bubjects. "Fifth. In the matter of promotions, the policy of former Supt. Petterson to grant "no promotions" until the ln- complete work of last year has been Ij made up, will be upheld. The plan for carrying it out, however, will not work a hardship, nor do any injustice to anyone. ; "This plan provides that students who attend the full nine months of ) school may finish their last year's work and make another grade besides. H 1 This will not be done by miscellaneaus I special promotions, but by the usual method employed at the end of each school year in the spring. "When school opens Sept. 22, every pupil will enter the grade in which he worked last year. Since approximately approximate-ly six months of work was done last year, broken as it was by the epidemic epi-demic of influenza, the pupil will now Ko on and complete two months more of work in the same grade, having previously pre-viously had a brisk review of the past work. Then at a given time (possibly the latter part of November( each pupil pu-pil will be examined to determine his fitners for promotion just as he ordinarily ordi-narily would b- in the closing months of school each spring. All students found capable of doing the next higher grade will be promoted at this time, and will continue the remaining seven months in a grade higher than he found himself in at the opening of school. By concentration upon the most essential subject matter, and by intensive application on the part of students and teachers, it is thought most of these students will be able to advance a full grade, besides finishing the incomplete work of last year. "Those who are backward, weak in their grade, or in any way retarded, will take the entire year tostrengthen their standing, and complete the grade they are in at the beginning of the year. The scholarship of the schools will be raised all along the line as a result For those who enter one or two months late, or leave school before be-fore Its close In the spring, this plan will be particularly helpful in adjusting their place in the scheme of gradation. grada-tion. If such as these connot complete com-plete last year's work and advance another an-other whole grade, they can at least repeat the grade now in, and be the stronger and better for it. "It will mean that each school in the county will have two first grades for the first two months, but additional addition-al teachers havo been employed in schools, where the extra classes seemed seem-ed to warrant such In the case of students who were In the eighth grade last year, it may mean a special adjustment. ad-justment. In schools where a ninth erade is maintained, they can go on to this high school work at promotion time without any trouble. Where there is no high school work given, an arrangement ar-rangement can be effected between the principal of that school and the superintendent super-intendent whereby the strongest of last year's school grade may be promoted pro-moted to the high school Immediately upon the opening of school, if their attendance last year, and general rank in school work will Justify a trial promotion pro-motion If this student makes good in his first year of high school work, then he will receive his eighth grade certificate certif-icate the following pring with the o'h- CTS. ' All In all, it appears such arrangement arrange-ment as is set forth above, will meet all requirements of an unusual situation. situa-tion. Vve want to see all treated fairly, fair-ly, and everything possible done to improve im-prove the schools. "Announcement of teachers and their assignments to schools will he published in the near future." oo . |