The daily gazette., 1876-12-23
FIRST EDITION!
THE SCHOOL BOARD

ADJOURNED MEETING-A BILL REDUCED
-GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION
MIR. wooLLEY's DISQUALIFICATION
NITTEE CHANGES, &c.
The Board of Education met in adj
journed session, last evening, President
Shortledge in the chair.
The Secretary being absent, Mr.. Baird,
acted as Secretary, pro tenn.
No. IL committee was granted per-
nilsson to repair the heater of said
school.
The committee to whom was referred
the bill of VIM. Wollaston $25 A for re-
pairing the fence of No. Z school, report
ed that in their opinion the charges were
excessive and should be cut down to
$19W.
Mr.. Pierce contended that the only
overcharge on the bill was 81 90, and
that the balance of the bill was correct
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Morrow presented communicate
ion from Mr.. James Woolley, member of
the Board from the Fourth Ward, resign
ing his membership, on account of his re
moval to the Seventh Ward. The resig-
nation was accepted.
Mr.. Eckel moved that the Board take
recess during the Christmas holidays end
ing at the first regular stated meeting in
January. Adopted.
Mr.. Ferris moved that the Secretary be
instructed to notify the owners of School
No. IL that the Board will vacate said
school after March 25th next. Adopt
ed
Mr.. Baird presented the following COM
munication from the Superintendent:
To the Board of Public Education:
GENTLEMRN:-I have thought it well
to report to you, at this time, that there
are, at least, one hundred and thirty pu-
| pills in the primary schools, who will be
prepared for promotion to the grammar
| schools, by the LIST of February next, and
| that there are not enough vacant and
| for all of these pupils. 1t will, therefore,
be necessary to provide at least an addi-
tional room for boys in a grammar
| school,
BY transferring primary school pupils
| from No. 5 to No. IL, n room for this ad-
ditional grammar school division conld
| be obtained in No. 3. 1t is desirable,
however, to have the grammar schools
separated entirely from the primary
schools. AS No. 5 is the only school in
which grammar and primary school de-
| partments are combined; you could, by
an exchange of rooms between the gram
mar school department of No. 5 and the
primary school in No. 13, have the prim-
ary school in No. 8, and have the boys
grammar school for the eastern part of
the city in No. -, and separate from a
primary school. To this plan there is the
| objection that sixty or seventy primary
school pupils who live further from No.
than from Nos. Z, 8, aud 13 would have
| to be transferred to No. 3.
| d. w. HARLAN,
SUPERINTENDENT
Mr.. Eckel moved that a committee
of three be appointed to confer with
the Superintendent in regard to making
| the necessary arrangements for the pro-
posed changes.
Mr.. Heisler thought the communicate on
should be referred to the committees of
Nos. and 10 schools.
| Mr.. Eckeps motion was adopted
Committee. Messrs. Eckel, Baird and
Pyle.
| Mr.. Eckel was appointed to the Comit-
tee on No, l school, in No. school, in
place af Mr.. Woolley, and Mr.. Vernon
was appointed on all committees, made
vacant by the resignation of his prede.
cessor Mr.. Jordan Wilson.
Mr.. Heisler was appointed to succeed
Mr.. Woolley as chairman of the Com
mittee on Accounts, and Mr.. VIM. j
Morrow was added to this committee.
The chair called the attention of Visit
ing Committees to complaints he had
received to the health of small children
by being confined too CLOSELY at school
and requested them to look into the mat
| ter.
| Mr.. Allen Smith was elected mem.
Der of the Board TO succeed Mr.. Woolley
Mr.. Heisler offered aresolution extend
ing thanks to Mr.. Woolley for the eff
cient manner in which he performed his
duties as chairman of the Committee or
Accounts. Adopted.
Adjourned.