The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-14
school Committee.

A special meeting of the School Commit lee
was held last evening, Mr.. Hamlin presiding.
1t was moved and seconded that primary
schools how known as numbers three and five,
(number five is the new number for the old
number six) known as the Centre and Spring
street schools, be abolished. Passed.
The following are the new Primary districts
as laid out and which werc decided upon last
evening by the committee:
Primary No embraces the territory east of
the centre of North and Waterville streets.
The North School primaries embrace the
territory between the western line of No.
and line drawn through the centre of Frank
liu to Middle, Middle to Pearl, Pearl to the
water.
Primary No. 2 embraces the territory be-
tween the We tern lines of the North School
district and line through the centre of Alder
street and Brown street to Free street, through
Free street to Cross street, through Cross street
to the water.
Primary No. 3, through the centre of Cross
street from the water to Free street, throug b
Free street to High street, through High street
to the water.
Urinary No. from Ricker's Tannery through
High street to Free street, through Free street
to Brown street, through centre of Brown
street and Alder street to the Back Cove.
Primary No. 5, from Ricker's Tan merry
through High street to the harbor, through
Tying street, through Winter, Pine Bracket
Dow, Congress and Mellen streets to the Mill
Pond.
Primary No 6. commences at foot of Tying
street to Danforth street, through Danforth to
Clark, Clark to Spring, Spring to May, May to
Danforth, Dinlorth to Emery, Emery to the
water.
Primary No. Z, commencing foot of Emery
street to Dauforth, through Danforth to May,
May TO Spring, Spring to Clark, Clark to Dan
forth, Danforth to Winter, up Winter to Pine,
through Pine to Bracket, Bracket to Dow,
Dow to Congress, Congress to Carlton, through
Carlton, Thomas, Clifford and Vaughan strests
to the han Dor.
Primary No. 8, commencing at the Mill
Pond, through Mellen, Congress, Carleton,
Thomas, Clifford, Vaughan, forms the eastern
line. The western line is line drawn from
Fore river passing in the rear of Arsenal and
Ellsworth streets through the centre of Con-
gress to Grove through Grove to the city
line.
The Western School includes all city terri
~ west of No. 8.
1t Will be seen that No. 3 is a block formed
by Gross and High streets, Free street and the
water, with the school house on Spring street.
he school house for No. is situated on Park
street. The school house on Walnut street is
Moe, on Bracket street No. Z, on Vaughan
street No. g.
An election OF teachers took place for the
new primary school No. 3, and Miss G. A. Put.
ney was e.ected Principal, Miss Martha A
Owen first assistant principal with prnc
pals salary, Miss Octavia M. Beckett second
assistant. Miss Susan e. Grover was elected
teacher in No. 2 with the same salary that she
drew in No. 3.
Mr.. Files was allowed to use Guizots Eli
mentary Geography in the intermediate
Schso.
1t was voted that Miss Sarah c. Mouton bt
Temporarily employed in the Park St. Gram
mar School, ami Miss M. e. Bradley in tn
North School.
The Executive Committee were authorizes
to remove all school property from the Centr
St.'Grammar school house that was require
for use and turn tie building over to the city.
1t was decided that the Supervisors of th
old Primaries Nos 3 and be invited as ST.
pervisors OF the new No. 8.
1t will be understood that the changes in th
schools and teachersdo not go into operatio
until to morrow. Adjourntd.