American municipal progress . nt. A Complete School in Brooklyn Mr. Wirt began his experiments with the New York pubhcschool system at Pubhc School No. 89 in Brooklyn. The build-ing lacks a gymnasium, an adequate playroom, a branch library,a properly equipped auditorium and other facilities. The schoolwas sadly overcrowded, the upper grades, including twelve of theforty classes in the school, having the full-time use of twelveclassrooms, while the remaining twenty-eight classes had thehalf-time use of the other fourteen classrooms, a small auditoriumand five cellar rooms. The theory was that t
American municipal progress . nt. A Complete School in Brooklyn Mr. Wirt began his experiments with the New York pubhcschool system at Pubhc School No. 89 in Brooklyn. The build-ing lacks a gymnasium, an adequate playroom, a branch library,a properly equipped auditorium and other facilities. The schoolwas sadly overcrowded, the upper grades, including twelve of theforty classes in the school, having the full-time use of twelveclassrooms, while the remaining twenty-eight classes had thehalf-time use of the other fourteen classrooms, a small auditoriumand five cellar rooms. The theory was that the fifth hour of theschool day was spent by the children in playground and audi-torium. These being inadequate, they were not only congestedwhenever used, but in inclement weather nine classes were forcedto use the five cellar rooms as study rooms. As a relief to this,it was provided that in some instances two classes should occupythe same room at the same time, in the hope that these distrac-tions would induce concentration!. Class Visit to Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh Public Schools.
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