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More than 23,000 Children,
Adults Served by Schools in Past
Year (1951)
 SCHENECTADY'S
school system is the largest and
most comprehensive public agency
serving our community. During
the past school year the peak
enrollment in regular day
schools was 12, 358 while more than
5,000 adults were registered in a
wide range of evening classes.
The physical plant consists
of 23 school buildings and an
administration building with a total
value of $10,422,000.
The staff includes 551 full-time
teachers and 23 principals.
School services embrace health,
safety and physical fitness
programs, educational experience in
music, dramatics and art work,
specialized technical and vocational
training, as well as the basic
curriculum in the Three R's and the
traditional preparation for college.
During the past year the adult
division provided program services
for 124 PTA meetings with an
aggregate attendance of 8,895.
Other community groups were assisted
in organizing 439 meetings of an
educational nature with an
attendance of 10, 020.
Forty-eight parent study groups,
involving 1,114 men and women joined
with schools in exploring ways to
handle the "growing-up" problems of
their children. The number of
different individuals served by the
division was about 11,000.
Considerable effort is made to met
the special needs of youngsters in
the day schools. an example is
the technical department at Mont
Pleasant High School where pupils
with a proficiency in mathematics
and science may begin training for
vocations as laboratory technicians
or engineers. Since the
department was established 20 years
ago, more than 15 other school
systems in the United States and
abroad have used it as a model.
Your public schools are dedicated to
the training of youth for useful,
effective citizenship. Against
forces of destruction at home and
abroad the schools never faced a
greater challenge in maintaining our
free institutions, our way of life.
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