The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-22
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

REPORTS or THE CITY SUPERINTENDENT AND
THE SUPERINTENDENT or TRUANcY-PRo-
TESTS AGAINST THE AMALGAMArIoS OF THE
SCHOOLS APPoRTIoNAIENT or THE SCHOOL
MoNEYs-GRRAIAN IN THE SCHOOLS
inc Board OF Education held stated meeting
YESTERDAY afternoon at the Hail. Elm and Grand
streets. President Nelson in the chair
The superintendent OF Truancy reported that
the total number OF cases In gestgated from April
70 April 20 was 521. or these 1874 were Kept at
home by sickness, poverty and oIner causes. leav-
Ing ls7 truanrs and non attendants, OF which num-
Der 139 have been returned and II Withdrawn
from school.
City superintendent Riddles report for March,
showed that Grammar schools Nos /, L 5, 8, 10, II,
% %. SO, 3s and 81 ana Primary schools Nos 2, 3,
8, ~ H. %, 25, 20, 81 o. 40 and A. and the Model
school connected with the Female Normal College.
had been visited. In these schools OF 1898 classes
examined the instruction in 1874 was found TO be
excellent; In 172 good, and IS fair and in in
different The discipline in all ths classes was
comnendable, except In 10, ~ which 10 were re-
ported as lar, and Indifferent The general
management OF t1e schools was louna 70 oe COM
mendaDle in most respects; IN 20 excellent.
Grammar school No. II had been neglected oY tue
Janltor. Inc health OF the pupils OF uramlnat
school No. 81 IN West FortIfonrth street
and rmary school No. p, In West fhlrty-seyentn
street. was mperled by the filthy CONDITION OF
the streets. me numDer OF pupils enrolled IN az
tue schools on March 81 was 10000. being Lilo
more tnan last wear. he average attendance or
March was a. $40, beng 1921 less than Tor March,
1874. the total number OF days OF absence 81
teachers during the month was 2,l34 an increase
oil 51S days over last year; however, 20 teachers
were absent during the month owing TO severe
illness, their places being now filed by substi-
tutes.
communication from the Presbytery Of New
York, in protest against the merging OF the
parochla ana public schools already publlshedl
was read and referred, without debate, TO tue
members OF the Joint Committee OF Conference.
A
ceived rom Messrs EG ward A. kngslan0 william
+. Bensel aud Henry Dayton. a committee OF tue
Ninth Assembly District Council OF olltlca Re-
form, protesting against the proposed merging as
injurious 70 the taxpayers ana the city
lhere was some discussion in reference 10 tue
report OF the Committee on sites which nad been
instructed TO select ground Tor a new schoolhouse
been under Consideration are located IN Fifty.
seventh So eet and IN Filiy-siNth street. an
the report was adverse TO Doth. remark
IRON Commissioned Baker that "there was $1,000
somewhere IN tine mater,n resulted In the APP
sloners Baker, lo@nseud, Halstead, Man ana
GlamTorh TO lnvestlgate tue allegation. Commits
sloner Baker stated ne had oeen credloy informed
that the ground Tor winch SO, OO1 nad oeen asked
could lie got really Tor So 500. Ihe Committee on
Sites demanded the investigation.
The bylaws were amended so as TO allow the
transfer OF principals and vlce-prnclpals rom one
school to another without any change OF salary
The Committee on Bylaws recommended that
the school OF the Hebrew Benevolent Society
should be permitted 10 participate in the dstriou-
tion oil the common school lund.
The Finance Committee sent in their report,
making tae annual apportlonment Tor tue schools
oil 81 40 APO Y.
Tue report OF the Committee on Course or
Studies, touching Immediately on the subject OF
German being taught IN the public schools. was
presented, when, on motion or Commissioner
Man, IL was not read, but made the special order
for next meeting. The following are the principal
changes when the committee suggested tnougn
al the same time out OF a committee oil Ave. there
were two dIssentlcnt votes:-
Teachers OF vocal music, drawing, French or
German snail be classified as special teachers. No
salary paid 10 teacher u vocal music N gram
mar or primary school shall exceed 1920 year for
ani scnoo, at the rate OF $50 year or each
hour per week that the teaoner may be employer;
and the sdiary paid to teacher CT craving snail
not exceed Il rate ol $50 a year Tor each hour per
week mat tne teacher may be so employed, nor an
aggregate sum oil $500 per year Tor any school,
Whenever the parents or guardians OF thirty
pupils attending grammar department shal de-
sire the Introduction OF French or German the
trustees small introduce the study OF such
language, but no child snail be compelled TO study
GeriGan or French contrary 70 tie wishes oil It's
parents or guardians, ana whenever the average
attendance pupils engaged IN the study or
French or German In any department. snail iall
DeloW fifteen Tor the period oil three months sucn
study snail be discontinued
Whenever french or German shall be intro
duced into any grammar school the teachers
thereof may receive ralarg not 10 exceed the
average allowed Tor assistants, male or female, In
the grammar SCHOOLS, Out no teAcner snall receive
such salary unless us or her whole time shall be
employ ed and where less time rs so employed
the amount q saiary 70 be PAID snail be proper
tonate.
me city superintendent under the direction OF
the Committee Teachers, snail be authorized 10
license teachers specially 10 give instruction Ia
French or German. Tne number OF recltations Ia
study or either u these languages shan be Jour, "
twenty nve minutes eacn per week, and no pupil
shall be permitted 70 pursue the study OF more
tnan Que OF these Languages at the same time.