Division 1—seven classes, grades 6, 7, 8.
Division 2—seven classes, grades 3, 4, 5.
Division 3—seven classes, grades 1 and 2.
All these twenty-one classes, from the first grade to the eighth, take part in these activities according to the following program:—
| School hours | Academic instruction | General exercises | Play, etc. | Special |
| 8.30- 9.20 | Arithmetic, all divisions | |||
| 9.20-10.10 | Language, all divisions | |||
| 10.10-11.00 | Div. 1. | Div. 3. | Div. 2. | |
| 11.00-12.00 | Entire X school at luncheon | |||
| 12.00- 1.00 | Reading, all divisions | |||
| 1.00- 1.50 | History, geography, all divisions | |||
| 1.50- 2.40 | Div. 3. | Div. 2. | Div. 1. | |
| 2.40- 3.30 | Div. 2. | Div. 3. | Div. 1. | |
| 3.30- 4.30 | Div. 1. | |||
Summary of time schedule: Pupils’ time, minutes per week. (All pupils have twenty per cent more time in school.)
| School department | Division 1. | Division 2. | Division 3. | |||
| X school | N.Y. minimum | X school | N.Y. minimum | X school | N.Y. minimum | |
| Academic | 1050 | 840 | 1050 | 840 | 1050 | 880-1090 |
| Auditorium | 250 | 75 | 250 | 75 | 250 | 75 |
| Play | after | |||||
| school | 80 | 250 | 150 | 500 | 180-300 | |
| Work | 500 | 280 | 250 | 250 | Included | |
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| Total | 1800 | 1275 | 1800 | 1315 | 1800 | 1255-1345 |
| Full time | 1800 | 1500 | 1800 | 1500 | 1800 | 1200-1500 |
The actual time spent by the teachers according to the New Program is no longer than the established time. Each teacher has 210 minutes in regular activities, and 100 in special activities, with 20 minutes for assembling of pupils, a total of 330 minutes, which is the established time.
The two periods in special activities should be departmentalized by certain teachers giving both periods to play and physical training, and other teachers giving both periods to music, drawing, and science, etc. The manual-training teachers and the public librarian release two teachers from the work periods, who may be assigned to play and physical training. Six teachers should run the auditorium period, and the remaining teacher of the Division should be assigned to play and physical training. The only extra teachers are the manual-training teachers. If there are a few teachers who cannot do the work of the special activities successfully, they may give all of this time to regular school activities. The teachers so displaced from regular activities may give all of their time to physical training and play, music, drawing, etc.
About half of the teachers will have an extra 50-minute period in the school for grading papers, planning school work, looking after individual needs of children, or professional study. In my judgment it would be well if all teachers did their supplementary school work at the school rather than at home. Less energy will be required to do this work at the school than at home, and the public will have a better understanding of the teacher’s work.