In August, 189%, the Secretary of the Board was instructed not -to give permits to pupils for Prince Street School if they lived nearer to West Kent School. At this time there were 601 enrolled at Prince Street School and float West Kent School.

Finally, in Septemben 190%, boys above grade 2 were transferred to West Kent School.' For years the boys were “channelled off" at various grade levels, and it wrs not until the school year 1936-37 that boys finally reached grade 10 ngnin in Prince Street School. We lost them in the top grades for several yenrs during and following World War II - but once ngain managed to hold them to grade l0 in the 19H9w50 term.

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crowding occurred again following the last war, and by the early 1950‘s attendance ran around 650. The opening of Queen Charlotte High School in 195% relieved the pressure.

Here is a "pot pourri” from Major LecNutt‘s "Extracts from Minutes of School Board Meetings, 1877-1937" which I think may interest you:~ ‘

(1) School hours — On August 299 18779the Board ordered tint schools open at 9:00 n.m. and close at 2200 p.m. with two intermissions of 10 to 15 minutes eoch - Infant end Primary Departments to close at 1:00 p.m. Every alternate Saturday was to be a holiday; It Wes not until Hey l, 1905, thnt the jonrd agreed schools should have two sessions - 9:00 to 12:00 and 1:30 to 3:00 o‘clock — Prinnry Deportnent to hove n3 afternoon session,

but Primary Teachers_to return to assist in afternoons. A petition