New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-07
THE CRY SCHOOL BoARD.

THE CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
At the regular melting Of the City Schoo
Board, which was held Wednesday eve
ming, large portion Of the proceeding
related to matters Of general public interest
Want of room in yesterday's RErUBLIcAs
prevented us from giving sufficiently com
prehensive report, Of the meeting, and w
now supply the omission by giving some
what in detail such transactions as are o.
the most interest.
The report of the committee on teacherl
will he looked for with some anxiety, if moi
by the public at large, at least by the
numerous body Of teachers, - we'll as the
large number Of applicants for positions.
The report states that two hundred and
twelve applications have been received
We may remark here that since the report
was written number of applications have
been added to the above. Many Of these
applicants have formerly been teachers,
and nearly all have furnished satisfactory
evidence Of proper qualifications. The task
Of selecting from such q number to fill the
few vacancies that may exist becomes.
under the circumstances, one of extreme
difficulty. fFs- rE>
The following portion Of the report we
quote verbatim, as it bears upon and settles
. question to which the attention Of every
member of the board has been repeatedly
and painfully called:
Among the applicants names your COM
mittee have found large number who ask
for reinstatement in the positions formerly
occupied by the applicants, and which were
lost by them through the action Of previous
boards Of directors.
In such cases an appeal il made to the
of the appointments thus lost, and, in some
instances, on grounds so plausible as to en-
list the strongest sympathies of your COM
mittee; yet they doubt If action based on
such appeals would not be Q renewing in
the present of the injustice complained Of in
the past. Your committee believe that, as q
general rule, it would be both unsafe and
unwise to admit any questions which in
vOlve the action Of previous board Of di-
faithfully and efficiently performing the du-
ties of their respective positions should be
retained; and that the interests of the
schools, their welfare, efficiency and ad-
vancement, should furnish the controlling
motives in all removals and appointments.
The report concludes with submitting to
the board the following appointments, nom-
mated by the directors of the several wards
in which they occur, and approved by the
committee. We have thought it unnecessary
to give the names Of teachers removed:
l. Resignation of Mrs. C. Monteguel,
second assistant Mccarthy school, &C
cepted, and vacancy filed by Miss Emma
Finney.
9. Resignation of Mrs. NJ. A. Forwood,
second assistant Jersey school,. accepted,
and vacancy filed by Miss Lizzie Wheel
wright.
8. appointment of Mrs. M. F. Baptiste,
third assistant Austerlitz school.
4. Appointment of Mrs. ID. Newman, Sec
ond assistant Marigny school, vice Miss
Mary Ann Faber.
5. Appointment of Mrs. Mary Victoria
McC Carthy, principal Rampant Street school,
vice Mrs. Dubois, incapacitated by illness.
6. Appointment of Edward Hart, princi-
pal Claiborne Street school, vice j. B.
z. Appointment of Mrs. T. A. Rice, prin-
cipal POntchartrain schoOl.
i. Removal of Mrs. Charles Nicaud, first
assistant LIE Breton school, and her pupils
to be distributed throughout the school.
9. Appointment Of Mrs. Dora II. Miller,
first assistant Live Oak school.
10. Appointment of Miss A. Chaleron as
St. Philip school.
II. Appointment of Miss Mathilda Reuter-.
third assistant Howard school.
IL. Appointment of Miss NJ. j. Mills,
principal. Paulding school.
l3. appointment of Miss Della Moore,
frat of mt nf npb0O0
IA. Appointment Of Miss j. S. Conner as
principal of the Clio school.
As the nomination by director to pO-
sition in the ward he represents is, under
the rules, almost tantamount to an appoint
ment, the above were unanimously elected.
The following correspondence between
State Superintendent Conway and the
chairman of the committee on finance,
General Longstreet, will be found inter
,sting:
NEW ORLEANS, April S, 1871.
General James Longstreet, Chairman Finance Com
mittee, Board OF School Directors, New Or |
leans, louisiana:
SIR beg leave to respectfully invite
your attention to the fact that there is now
n the State treasury nearly two hundred
hat there was no school money to appor-
tion on the first Monday Of March. Suf-
icient has since accrued to make it per-
fectly safe for me to now place means in
your hands sufficient to pay the February
roll. When there are nearly twenty thou
sand children in the public schools
Of New Orleans, end our teachers are
labOring honestly and earnestly to fit them
for the duties and responsibilities of life; l
DO not propose to keep the wages of these
teachers in the vaults of the treasury till
the June apportionment is made, merely be-
cause of the existence of any legal technic-
alities which might be raised. will, for
this reason, give you an apportionment war
rant for thirty-five thousand dollars, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, and de-
duct the same from future apportionments
Respectfully,
THOMAS w. CONWAY,
State Superintendent Public Education.
New ORLEANS, April S, 1871.
Hon. 7. W. Conway, Superintendent of Public
Education. New Orleans:
SIR have the pleasure to acknowledge
The receipt of your favor Of this date, and
10 express our appreciation of your kind
and consideration. l have been
IN se0 his Exce1lencv the Governor and the