Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-03
Board of Education.
The Annual Report of supt. Partsh-A
 pofntments of Teachers.

 The AnnualReport of supt. Parish-Ap-
 pofntments of Teachers.
 At meeting of the Board of Education present, the annual report of Supt. Parish was submitted. On recommendation, Clara I. Bradley was appointed to room Dwight school, vice Martha B. Fields, resigned, at salary of 5000 per annum. Emily M. DeFor- est, transferred to No. Grand street school, from woo1sey, vice Miss Darling, who goes to Lloyd street school, at salary of $500 per annum Lizzie E. Woodward from No. to No. Woolsey, vice Emily M. DeForest, salary $500. The roof of the High school building having been examined and pro- nounced unsafe, it was ordered that it be put | in a safe condition Mir. Bushnell reported 1 the Ferry street school building satisfactorily | completed The bills of the district were 1 reported all paid by MT. Hemingway. 1 A lengthy discussion ensued on an amend ment to the rules of the board proposed by ! Mr. Gile, s'that teacher from the Training l school substituting in any school of the E district must serve at least five months con- secutively before being entitled to the regu- lar increase of salary" It was finally passed with the change that five months consecutive service in any one year will entitle to the l $50 t'raise.''
 THE REPORT. | Following are extracts from the super intendent's report.
 \ SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 18S9-81. l The population of the New Haven City School District, which comprises the | entire city, according to the U. S. cen | U4soOc l city. . ... 1,4s4
 Total population of the city and town. 62, ,ss2 PROPERTY VALUATION FOR 1880.
 property of the town and city! r !.. $47,7s1 1862
 Deduct the assessed value of Westville.. 12O7, ,455
 Total assessed valuation of the city, s46,52s, ,sO7
 posssxss :0o5s5 or 2z mills dollar .Oo2ss 22s | For all city and town purposes 15 mills ol5O Total rate of town, city and school taxa ! ton, 1774 mills on dollar .Ol12o | CHILDREN TO POPULATION. The number of persons between the ages 1 of and 16 years, enumerated in Janu- ! arys 1ool, was. 14,o4. | Increase sincs 188U. 8U................ 651 The ratio of the number of children be- | tween and 16 years to the whole popu- ! lation of the city, was in 1880 1:4416. l Supposing the ratio to be the now.
 be estimated thus :sThe No. of chii- ! dren enumerated in the School District, (-ci y1 multiplied by the ratio, will ' l i. e. 14,548x4.4 .4I6-64, ,244. Add for Vest l of the whole town is 65 TAI. This does ! not include the recent annex of Fair l Haven East
 ! SCHOOL BUILDINGS. Number of school houses occupied and | owned by the District. .......-.-.--.. g | Number of school houses occupied and l rented by the District. Number of school houses occupied-own- | ed aud rented by the District. 2G ! Number of school rooms occupied 192 ! l Number of sittings.. s...........-........ 9,661
 Under the head of ''School Accommoda. tions'' the report says:
 In the woolsey district the Lloyd street building
 was filled at the opening in September; and still the
 left unprovided for to i'll another room Flo Provisfo1
 was made for these. however, by the balf-time I sion only to fifty children of No. in the Woolsey
 school and the afternoon to another fifty, under the
 have been received No I in the Lloyd street school
 has been conducted in the way during part od l the Var.
 By vote of the district at the last annual meeting
 an appropriation made to anticipate the future
 wants of the Woolsey ub-district The Ferry street l building for which that appropriation was made l now nearly completed. will be ready for at the
 opening of the term in September Most fortunately provision is thus made for event which could
 hardly have been anticipated year ago as likely to
 The anne Aation of 'sFair Haven East" to the town 1 of New Haven by legislative act. confirmed by g Haven city sch ol district Under the new arrange
 msnt older pupils living the east side of the river
 will be received into the upper grades of the Grand
 street and Woosey schools The additional roo that l will be demanded for children of the lower grades
 this side of the river will be furnished by the l and beautiful house on Ferry street. The work of the year in the schools was
 unusually satisfactory, and Improvements in
 methods of teaching and an increased devo-
 tion to the work by the teachers is reported. More of the enthusiastic spirit is desired. 1 The report further advocates long felt
 want, the separation of the insubordinate,
 lawless and irregular class of pupils for the
 benefit of themselves and in justice to the l rest of the pupils