National Republican., 1880-08-11
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Plan for ReOrganlzlBg the Schools
in September.
Hebrew Children TO Have Two Extra Holi-
days-Plans FOR New Buildings-
Estimates for Repairs.

The board Of school trustees met at Frank
liu building last evening Mr.. LovCjoy In the
chair aud Mr. Brooks secretary.
A communication from The District commits
5onors, stating that the LcGiugwell gas gov.
eruor had been adopted for use in all the
school houses north Of i street, was referred
90 the committee on supplies.
Applications for ianitors positions were re-
ooivcd and fled from F. II. Umbloy. George
Grice, 4. L. Kcnnarl, w. II. Barbour, Il. II.
Lamb, Henry Dulanev, George Duvall, w. a.
Taylor aud G, II. Iovclcss; teachers positions
from Miss Maria syphax aud Dir Thomas W..
Isbcll.
communication from Mr. r. o. Holtzman
Offering for lease for school purposes certain
property on c, between Third and Four-sud.
a-half streets northwest, was referred to the
5uh-boarl of the second division.
Mr. Somcryillo, from tho committee on
buildings and repairs, submitted a report OF
| their action at recent meeting, which was
accepted, stating that y division Of two.thirds
Of the appropriation had been agreed upon Tor
| present use, aud that the other third would be
hold in reserve. Contracts had been made to
have the most necessary repairs done, and they
were all under way aud would DO completed
by the lst of September.
Sites had been selected ard plans adopted
| for tho new school building, for which con
gross made appropra tions at its last session As
follows A two.room building on tho Bladens.
burg road, Il six.room building in Uniontown,
one on Vermont avenue and w street accord
ding to the Lauritzcn plan and one on p street
between Sixth aud Seventh northwest after
tho Paris plan.
Bills amounting to 2,322.G6 were approved
and their payment ordered.
The following estimate for repairs in the
various divisions was submitted by the build.
ing committee and adopted; First, $1,000;
second, $500; third, $1,000; fourth, $1,000;
fith, $1,000; sixth, S7Oo and seventh, $4,000;
total, $4,000.
! A further recommendation by the same
committee that tho Force plan, with such
slight notifications as wcrc deemed wise and
the appropriation permitted, be adopted for
! the school building to be cructG in the seventh
/ division, was also agreed TO.
Mr.. Lovcjoy called up resolution reported
at previous meeting, providing for the ap.
rointmcnt cfa teacher Of elocution and read.
ing for which Mr.. Curtis submitted substi.
tute, which WIS adopted, instructns the
sGpcIintenlcnts to call the attention of the
teachers to this subject in order that they
might take pains to prepare themselves for
teaching these branches
The following resolutions offered by Mr..
| Lov,joy. providing for the organization ofthe
schools in September were adopted:
Rcso'led, That the organization Of the public
| schools for tho year commencing September D.
los0, shall be conducted in tile following man
ncr:
First-TicketS for admission shall be Issued by
the supervising principal, of the several school d.
visions al their Offices nom 20 10 O. NJ. and from
me lSt ID 81 AMI an days OF september ot which
| fact the report of these proceedings in the daily
papers shall be due notice.
| sCcond-N0 tickets shall he Issued On Monday
| the 9th Of september
1hird-on Monday, September G. each teacher
shall receive only those pupils actually on the roll
Uf lNs nI fH.f gfNs..l a 81,
the transfer and organize the school.
loultl-Each teacher shall report In person 10
nc supervising principal at his oiicc on Monday
BY O'Clock ,. N. the number in his or her school
Of which record shall DC kept by the principal
Fiith-On Tuesday, September ], teachers shall
admit uyils presenting tickets. The number oil
applicants shall on the same day ClucsdayJ imme-
uiotely on the adjournment OF the school be re-
ported, without fail. by each teacher 10 the super
Nlslng principal at his Office.
sixti-On and after Tuesday September 7, tick.
els Of admission shall be issued Ia applicants OF
each schuol.dey by the supervising principal Al
such hour as he may designate.
seventh -bn saturday, september :, the teachers
OF TIE public schools NrC required 10 meet the trus
tees, supcrinteHdCHts and Supervising principal,
as follows: The teachers Of the white schools o
Georgetown, at tie curtis building at $50 a. NJ; o
the white schools OF the first division, at Tx
FRANKLIN buldiugOt 10 q. M; Oithc county schools
at the Funklin building at 1880 a. N OF the whit
schools Of the second division, at the Seaton build
inE al u nj Of the white schools OF the third di
Vision ut lhe Nal0cS building at 1880 p. m. OF th
white schools of the fourth division, at tho Jchcr
son building ut p. M. and Of the colored school
: of Washington and Georgetown, at the Sumrc
building at p, IN.
Nj Curtis offered resolution, which wa
agreed TO, that Hebrew children be allowed t,
absent themselves on the 9th aud 9Th of Sep
tembcr without prejudice or forfeit of thci
certificates, those dates being Jewish hol,
, days.
a communication from the managers of th
Industrial Home school, asking for the ap
pointment OF primary school teacher by th
board, WAS referred to the committee on teach
crs with power TO act
Mr. Farley offered n resolution providing
for the construction Of well near the schoc
building at Benming's, which was adopted an
referred to the sub.board Of the sixth division
Mr.. SOmervile asked that the question c
establishing school at the almshouse bo +,
fcrrod to the sub-board Of the seventh division
So ordered, after which the board adjourned