Wayne County Rural Schools Announce Opening Dates, Sept. 14, 1924

Rural Schools in Wayne County Are Soon to be Opened. . . J.T. Jerome, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Says Indications Are That Enrollment Will be Heavy

According to information given The News yesterday by Mr. J.T. Jerome, superintendent of public instruction in Wayne county, the rural public schools in this county will begin their 1924-25 terms on October 6th and November 3rd, the eight-month schools starting on the date first mentioned, and the six-month schools on the latter date.

During the Summer months, according to Mr. Jermone, many improvements have been made in school buildings all over the county. Eight or 10 of the schools in the county have been consolidated, the school buildings have been enlarged, and new equipment added, and when pupils and teachers return to take up their work they will find many changes made.

Indications are, said Mr. Jermone, that the enrollment will be the largest in the history of the county schools, and he is looking forward to a most successful year in every way.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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