Foreword to a Report by Commissioner Of Education Earl McGrath

FOREWORD The-Sizezo the very large nigh school creatés many of its problems. Or Candzing such a se 001 for effective opération and supervision is both- a challen bast and as opdortunity. It involves a nic Malance betweed e licient proccumes and good humant relations. a lita quali i 01 ednentional leaders.ilo as well as an increasing 01 stare participation. In the nope that some otndy mignt be iven to the pronsing problans confronting large hign schools, I thought it a ;ooa idea to call to tether a national conference of secondary school leaders to begin to identify such problems and work out cooperative solutions as some 01 them. I believe that this Conférence deport mérits the atiention of nigh schoof principals and school admistrators. Its of organizationa. 310 suporvisory problems peculiar to the very large high school could well serve as the oprin board for furtnor discussion within such schools and city school systems. The responsibility for plan in ane cartyin 0.1 the Conference was placed in the hands 01 Ellsworth and H. Caumnitz, Office of Education Specialists for Large and Sma.il High Schools, respectivoly, Other members Oil the stall participatin ; are listed in the Cohference Pro ram. woy Earl -Jcunes U. Commissioner 01 suncation, Federal Security A Joncy, con, ). C., January 15, 1952, 00 the Report of the Conjerence 0.1 Problems 0- orguization and Supervicion in Large High Schools held Hove 20-30, - 1951.