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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1949)
BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION Establish 1873 1 . .i i -. ....... i iwm " fr r OTrnrTr more growing pains i r . 1 . w. i - WELCOME IACK Thii view of tht Roiburg Stnlor High school ii familiar on to mony Rostburg Studonts nd will bo much moro familiar in fho davt o eomo, following tchool oponing Stpt. 6. Although tho now comtruetion and rapid building which has morltad th eitv t school tystam this summar it not apparent, in th abev photo, many improvements have been mad in this alma matr of many Roseburg citizens. T th lft f th high' VPIf'ter ICS fr ' luuii" I i'i school if th cantral haating plant and th tunnals running to FulUrton grd school. Th athlatie facilities ara completely surrounded now by a steel fence. Repairing, painting and clean- ing th intid of tho building soon all wm b in raaamass Sorg E. Erickson, can indeed by Rod Nwland) (I hat also bean fu summer s job. iiw principal, and tn school s say "Wlcom back!" Pictur) Two Grade Schools To Run On Double Shift System; Enrollment Boost Cause For the Unit tiro In the Roue-1 burs; school systpm't hldtory, tu dents will have to attend xchools on th double-shift aystem. "We undoubtedly will have to run double shifts in at leait two grade school at leant for tome time," City School Superintend ent Paul S. Elliott announced. Riverside and Fullerton grade schools will be the schools af fected. Elliott said It was "a! most a certainty" that the city's enrollment Increase will make this system a necessity. He said hours would probably he from 8 to 12:30 and from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Elliott said the city's school administrators regretted the need for the double shift classes but that an expected 2S00 student rec ord enrollment would make It a must. In spite of frantic building on the part of the local school dis trict, the cltys schools will be crowded as never before. A total of 21 new classrooms are under construction. Some of these will be completed early In the school year, but even then the enroll ment Increase will not be ab sorbed. Elliott emphasized that al though the 2800 total shatters all previous attendance records, this year's estimate Is a "very con ' avrjlJre dally attendance figures Icompiled in April. 1949, th flgur servative one. Based on the . ae fcla City School Superintendent PAUL S. ELLIOTT does not take Into account the many families which have moved Into School district 4 since that time. An Indication that the city's enrollment boost Is reflecting the general growth of the area served b the Roseburg school system we given by Elliott when he stated that none of th expected Increase come aa f. result of County Views Construction. Student Gain Ntw Buildings Rist But So Dots Total Of Pupils Exptcted Expansion! That one word explains the harassed look on the faces r ' '"te county's educators as the l-jiir-las county school system pre pares for the biggest year In Its history. County School Superintendent Kenneth Barneburg is the man who has the Job of coordinating the efforts of workers, planners, teachers and all other persons connected In any way with the rural school system. And, al though he Is a very busy per son, he will take time out for an occasional smile of satisfac tion when he views the mam- school consolidations. He said there have been no consolida tions In School district 4 for over a year. All of the Increase is a result of the birth rate and Immigration Into this area. Last year's total also a record high was 2,717 students enrolled tn th eity'i schools from the first crane through high school. This total ranked Roseburg In eighth Dosltlon In comparison to the largest Oregon school districts, ahead of Bend, Albany, Oregon City, Corvallis, LaUrand and Baker. SECTION TWO KENNETH BARNEBURO. County School Superintendent moth building program now tin. derway throughout the country. According to Barneburg, "Every major school district, with th exception of three, has com pleted, or soon win complete, some major construction, with more building programs In th planning stages." The new Reeds port union nigh school will serve the entlr coun ty, west of the Elkton school district line. Construction Is also underway on high school build ings in Yoncalla, Oakland and Sutherlin. Elementary school buildings now partially completed Include those at Myrtle Creek, Canyon vllle, Green, Dillard, and Riddle. A new grade school building it scheduled for Melrose with con struction to begin sometime thii fall or winter. Drain's new grade school, completed - this spring, will be In operation with th opening of the coming school (Continued on Pag Five)
