Daily Republican., 1882-08-15
CITY SCHOOL ROAKD.
The Salaries Of JanitOrs 90 be Re-
VIsed-CarEyIng Dinner ny the
Scholars Discussed.

Scholars Discussed.
The regular stated meeting of tn
Board of Education was held last even
! ing in the Board room, President, Chas
Baird In the chair, and the following
members were present: .
Messrs, Heisler, Kyne, Hilton
| Keables, Morrow, G rier, Sample, Reeve
Benson, Mckay, Wiley, Feukel, Short
lidge aud Belts.
Mr.. Morrow stated that Miss Jennie
Black, assistant principal of No. II
School, had rendered her resignation
to the committee on teachers. On
motion the same was accepted by the
Board
DR.. Shortlidge of the committee on
books, reported that bids for furnishing
books for the coming year mad been re
ceived from j. B. Lippincott & Co.,
and G. II. Thomas & Co. the latter be.
ing the lowest bidders. On motion the
contract was awarded to this firm.
| On motion of Mr.. Wiley the commit
tee at No. 2 school were authorized to
make changes i'll the school, purch ase
some new desks, ETC., cost not to ex-
ceed $3.50. hin
Mr.. Belts, chairman of the Commit
tee on finance, warned thu members of
tie board about the state OF the
finances and stated that 1t they kept on
repairing they would run ashore before
the year was out While the gentle.
men admitted that repairs were badly
needed in nearly all the schools, he
| thought the members should be careful
and not do anything but what was alb
solutely necessary. Col. Heisler of the
committee also made some remarks on
the suhj ect
Repairs were authorized to be made
to schools Nos. 8, 10 and 10, cost not to
exceed $50, IS and $50 respectively.
The chairman Of each visiting com.
uittee that was present reported the
condition of their respective schools, as
regards printing
The committee Of No. 10 was granted
the privilege Of procuring ventilators,
carpets, etc, cost not to exceed 1902.
Some little discussion arose when Mr..
Reeve made motion that the salary
of his janitress be increased. The gen
tleman stated that the. present salary
was inadequate for services rendered,
and moved that the salary be increased
from $i25 to $3.50, which would be in
accordance with the salary of all the
other janitors that perform the same
work.
On motion of Mr. Benson the original
motion was laid on the table, where.
upon Dr. Keableas moved that a com.
mittee be appointed to raise the JAM.
tors salaries and regulate them accord.
ing to the amount of work done. The
motion was carried and the President
appointed the following committee:
DR.. Keables, Messrs. Reeve, Grier,
Benson and Heisler.
Mr.. Hilton brought up the question
of allowing pupils to retire from the
school room before the close OF the morn.
ing session, for the purpose of carrying
dinner and asked if there was a rule
governing the same. The president re.
piled that there was and that no com.
mittee had the right to dismiss scholar
for this purpose. Mr.. Hilton was in
favor of closing the session at quarter
before twelve in the morning and
making the time up by starting fifteen
minutes earlier.
AS this question has been frequen tly
before the Board, 1t gave rise 10 con-
siderable discussion. Some were in
favor of this motion while others OBJ.
jscted and on motion the further con.
siderations of the matter was postponed
until next meeting. There being no
further business the Board adjourned.
During the evening the following bills
were ordered paid:
j. V. Carlisle & Co., $11. SO; A. Il. De
Normandie, $40; Gillespie 81 Co., S3. so;
Collins & Wortenbury. $24 Philema
Chandler, $2375; Philema Chandler,
1896; W. Jenes, $12 80 James Davis,
$40. 80 /; Geo. W. Bush B Sons, $1l.25
G. W. Bush s. Sons, $11.5O; G. W.
Bush s. Sons, $40; Church OF the
Covenant, $40; Mary Z. Merritt, GA
cents; Gawthrop Bro. & Co., $49.02; e.
Forrest. $254.37 Adams & Bro, $2.35
W. G. Martin, 81 s. f. Belts, s. W.
Jones, $19.3l T. Pickels, IS SO; II. B.
Morrow, g. 80 i. L. Publishing Co.,
$7,26 E. f. Eckel, 81; Pay roll Jani. |
tors, etc., :$247 40; Keystone School
Furniture Co., $l.OS1.12.