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| A joint meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District Number Three and the Board of Education of the Tempe State Teachers College was held in the office of the President of Teachers College at 7:30 p.m.... The object of the meeting was briefly stated by the chairman to be a discussion of ways and means to continue the use of the Eighth Street School building as a department of the Training School for the use of Spanish American children as provided by the agreement between the Board of Education of the State Teachers College and the Board of Trustees of District Number Three under date of April 10, 1925. Unforseen [sic] circumstances had arisen due to a complaint being filed in Court by the Mexican people whose representatives were Adolpho Romo and others, resulting in a hearing before Judge Jenckes of the Superior Court and the issuance by him of Permanent Writ of Mandamus against the Board of Trustees of School District Number Three to admit the children of Spanish American parents to the public schools of Tempe as children of other nationalities are admitted. The accompanying written opinion set forth that if such children are segregated on race lines that they must have equal advantages in regard to school building, equipment, and teachers as other children of District No. Three. Exception was set forth to the teaching of such children by the seniors of Teachers College who were not certified, unless the acceptance of such Teachers College training school methods were voluntary on the part of parents of such Spanish-American children. This new problem was thoroughly discussed by all the representatives of School District Number Three and of Teachers College with a view to adjust present conditions to meet the objections set forth in Judge Jenckes’ opinion. Two methods were suggested that seemed feasible to both Boards. A. That in addition to the four critic teachers now employed, two others be employed which would provide six certificated teachers of the six grades enrolled in the Eighth Street building, and then continue the regular Training School system using the six critics as the responsible people for the class instruction of the six grades, but allowing the seniors to present their work under such personal critic supervision. B. To continue the present system of Training School instruction for the Mexican children whose parents do not object, and to employ two other regular certificated teachers to take charge of such groups of children who object to the Training School System. By motion duly made, seconded and carried a committee was appointed to [obtain a legal opinion] relative to the two propositions.... [The committee later] reported that it was the opinion of Judge Jenckes that Proposition A would be legal if the class instruction was done by the Critic teachers only; that Proposition B would be legal under conditions that would give the Mexican children similar advantages to the American children. |
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