New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-04
NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY
Board of School Directors.

|
The regular monthly meeting of the New
! Orleans Board OF School Directors came of
| last night in the Council Chamber of the
| City Hall:
The preliminaries having transpired,' the
| following list of new members were read I:
| NJ. Hahn, w. n. Mercer, V. E. Mccarthy
and w. G. Mcconnell. These take the
place OF the outgoing members of the first
| year. The names were placed upon the
| roll, the objection that all had not yet re-
ceived their commissions being Overrucd.
The standing committees were then an
nounced, and they were formed Of the
same members as in the previous year. sub
shutting the new.
The committee on teachers reported as
follows:
Clio Schocl-Miss H. n. Brooks, vice J..
S. Conner, resigned; Mrs. Mckay, vice
Miss Brooks, promoted.
Live Oak Schoul.-Miss Knight, adjunct
first assistant; Miss J. E. O'Brien, second
assistant.
LVe Oak Boys School-Mrs. E. N. Kep-
linger, adjunct; Miss Josephine Pierson, in
place of the former lady, promoted; Miss
Lizzie Smith, second assistant.
Chestnut School-Mrs. X. j. Kicker, ad
ditional teacher; Miss Rose Todsman, third
assistant.
All recommendations to take effect from
the first of January.
The report and recommendations were
adopted.
From the committee on high schools came
the report of purchases of text books and
apparatus, which were all approved.
From the committee on repairs came the
report OF certain expenditures for renova-
| ton, all OF which were approved and
adopted. Besides these small work was
| done on various school houses whereof the
bills had not Yet come in. Among the ap-
proved accounts were the following:
To William Arms, for work done in 1S7l 3,
$4,000.
The report of the committee on high
schools providing for the purchase of a
piano was adopted.
Mr.. Hahn, from the committee on music,
reported on this subject that the system of
Mr.. L. a. Seward worked well. and he Of
fered resolution that music and singing be
taught in all the schools. fifteen minutes
each day to be devoted to it, under instruc
ton of the teachers, supervised by MessIs.
L. A. Seward and A. B. Chase, TO receive a
salary of $50 month each. For services
already rendered, Mr.. Seward to receive
$500. The resolution was adopted as read
The report of the committee on finance
on the subject of Chalmette school house
| and renting the same, was approved.
Communications from teachers requesting
leave of absence, asking for pay, and for
remission of pay already forfeited. as well as
applications OF teachers for situations, were
| read and referred
| From the committee 'on equalization OF
! salaries and their adjustment, the same
| schedule of salaries previously agreed upon
| in committee was reported These salaries
were simply an approximation. In some
instances they were increased, in others de
| creased.
| The report was amended, changing the
| salary Of second assistant from $50 and
| from S720 into $500. The whole matter was
| then postponed until next meeting.
| A resolution to rent two additional rooms
| for pupils in the Live Oak School was
! adopted. the same to be furnished with as
| little delay as possible.
A resolution that the treasurer of the
| city receive certificates of Indebtedness il
| payment of the school tax was read.
Judge Dibble stated that the passage Of
such resolution would embarrass the ac
ton of the finance department of the city
| The letter from Mr.. Walton was read, and
proposed to make the school tax payable il
cash, the certificates of Indebtedness to be
paid in the order of their issue. While
Judge Dibble did not entirely concur in the
| views of Mr. Walton. he thought a delay
until the school tax bill was signed would
result in improving the teachers certificates
until they were almost par.
The whole matter was postponed, and the
| board adjourned.