Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-01-29
Aeuort Of tbe Public Schools for the
Term Ending Dec. "a, 1869.

Gentlemen Of tie Board Of Education -
herewith submit for
your consideration brief report of the schools
under my care for the Term ending December
pa, 1869
The total enrolment for the term wa; 337 :;
the average number belonging, $50 the aver
age daily attendance 24f the average absence
l2 the per cent. of attendance on the average
number belonging 95.5 the per cent. of pune
tuaity 99.2 number of days absence 961a ;
number cases of tardiness 534 number cases
corporal punishment, as reported by teachers,
twenty-eight.
By comparing the above statements with
those for the CORRESPONDING term of last year,
it will be seen that the enrolment has increas-
2S tie daily attendance 4 per cent, and the
average daily absence has diminished 3. OF
the whole number enrolled 15 pupils were nei-
ther absent nor tardy during the entire term /;
33 were not absent 145 were not tardy; "
were absent two days or less; 1l6 were not
tardy more than twice: OF the 9e1f days ab-
sence, 600 days are charged to 50 pupils. OF
the 534 cases Of tardiness, 4l2 cases are chars-
ed to 20 pupils. Thus it will be seen that most
of the atsehCe and tatdiuess was due to few
pupils. 1t should not be forgotten that a very
large number of pupils have had the measles
during the term, and were necessarily absent
making tie average number belonging and the
per cert. of attendance less than they would
otherwise have been. The largest number en-
rolled in any one week of the term was 200
only 81 below the total enrolment, and the
smallest number was 222, 10j below .Ie total
These figures show that the schools are
gradually increasing and by proper manage
ment may still increase.
You are aware that the rooms occupied by
the schools are not sufficiently large TO ateom-
modnte the pupils now in attendance. A few
seats have been vacant in the Grammer and
| High Schools; the other schools have been full
some of them to Overlooking. Though ther,
| have been a few vacant serts in the High
School, the room is quite too small for the
wants of the school, 1t needs no argument tC
show that a room 1919 by S619 feet is toe
small for the accommodation of from 30 TO II
adult pupils. BY re-uniting the two divisions
of the end Primary, it will lie found necessary
to seat at least half of the pupils in the Isl
Primary room, making for that room from 70
TO 100 pupils.
In view of these statements / need say but
little to you, about the propriety, nay, the ne
cessfty of taking such measures as will at an
early day provide us with sehoofhouse thai
will meet the growing demands of the schoo!
Not only do we need larger rooms and bettel
seats, but we need especially better ventilation
All the rooms are poorly ventilated, some o
them not at all. Good air is absolutely essen
tial to progress and good health in the schoo
rooms.
l am informed by one of your ablest Physi
clans that each year, as many as a dozen case
Of sickness arising from the improper ventila
ton of The school rooms, are treated by hin
alone. If the other physicians in the plac'
haYe as many cases each, you see how large
proportion of the sickness among the childrei
comes from this cause
i am NOT able to give you much definite In