Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-02
Board of Education.

A Few Changes in saIaries-A Change i'm
 the Rules-The Old and the Nevv-The
 Book CharIty--Projected Improvements
 of High school-Other Matters.
 A meeting of the Board of Education was held last evening; present, ex-Mayor Welch presiding zunder, Osborne, Maher, Gile, Peck, Sweeney; also Mir. Day and Supt- Parish.
 Miss Emma E. Cowap, of Dwight school, was promoted from No. 4 to No. 6, and her salary raised to $55o, the salary of the room.
 Carrie A. Parsons was appointed for the coming year to No. 2 Woolsey school, salary $35O per annum. This is from the Training school
 The superintendent was authorized to pre- pare the annual report and submit the proof sheets to the Board, and to print 3, 900 copies.
 Miss Christine Wrinn's salary was voted increased from $4OO to $450. She teaches in No. l Cedar street school The members were all agreed that she ought to have the increase, but as it was not strictly in accord ance with the rule some dissented on that ground, fearing to establish an unsafe and unwise precedent. Major Maher brought up the subject and valiantly argued the cause.
 The matter of length of probation for teachers in the Training school came up in the discussion regarding the above. It was learned by some members that there was no rule fixing the time of service in the Train ing school, but by usage the length of time l was four months
 On motion of MT. Gile the following reso- l 1ution was offered to meet the case
 That hereafter teachers in the Training school in order to secure the $50 addition to salary shall have 'no sA"~e0 soAoo1S' @~@ The resolution was finally drafted as fol- lows: f< Teachers the Training school employed in other schools shall render at least five months consecutive service in such schools before they shall receive the ] usual advance in their salaries. This went over for future consideration | under the rules. MT. Sweeney took the ex- ception that all days of substitute service be counted in favor of the teacher as to the re- quired period of service, he holding that it was equal and exact justice. This was ob- 1 jected to on the ground that the keeping tally of such fragmentary labor would involve extra labor and records.
 l A resolution was passed, its object to spare the feelings of indigent pupils who have to use books loaned by the Board. It arose from an earnest recommendation and glow ing appeal made by Mir. Sweeney at pre- l vious meeting:
 The principals of the schools shall school books
 to indigent pupils and keep account of the same
 under such restrictions the Committee Schools ! may prescribe
 MT. Blakeman of the Steam Heating estab- lishment office on Court street, by request, | appeared and made 8 statement of his plan
 for heating the High School building, giving
 general particulars and stating that the cost would not exceed $4, 800. Mir. B., in answer
 to an enquiry as to the amount of steam re- quired to heat the High School building,
 said it took only one and half pounds to heat the Insurance building.
 The necessity that some improvement o1
 the High School building should be made was talked of; action was not taken.
 Report of committee was made and the |