Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-28
City School Board.

There were present at the meeting last
night, Edgar Snowden, esq.,, Chairman,
Messrs. Beach. r.. L. Carne, Leadbeater,
Mclean. Marbury and Vincent, Trustees,
ard w. F. Carne, Superintendent of Schools
Charles L. Stuart, esq, elected by the City
Council Il trustee for Hallowell District, to
fill the unexpired term Of DR.. VIM B. Greg
DRY resigned, having taken and subscribed
the oath OF office, and filed the same with
the City Superintendent, took his seat as a
member Of the Board
Mr.. Marbury, from the Committee on FL
nance and Accounts, reported as correct
the following bills, which were ordered to
be paid, viz Balentine s. Co., black board
S7.15 Buffalo Hardware Co., desks, $95 O5;
James Mansfield, repairs to stoves, 1910;
Geo. Bryant, repairs, $500; Thos. Hoy, stove
&C., S4l.5O; Il. Il. Lucas & Co., chairs 50 60
Mclean & Uhler, Sis.
Supt. Carne from the Committee on School
houses and Furniture, reported that all the
desks ordered had been received and that
all the public schools now had desks, and
on motion, he was authorized to purchase
certain other second hand desks for sale at
a very low price, the cost not to exceed six
ty dollars.
! Supt Carne stated that he had ordered 4
holiday on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
Norr. 3Olh, and stated that in most other
places Friday was also given, and that the
teachers had requested him to ask the Board
for it here, as the children would be some
what demoralized by the Thursday holiday
and would do very little on Friday. His
motion to grant it was garfield to2
He also reported that he had ordered the
dismissal of all children residing outside of
the city limits, as directed by the Board,
and that the order, as far as he could ascer-
tain, had been complied with.
On his motion the purchase of three sin.
gle Shattuck desks to match those in Wash
inston School No. 2 was authorized. He
then laid before the Board a statement of
the number of pupils on the rolls and wait
ing entrance in all the schools, and asked
an Interpretation of the bylaw "that no
teacher shall receive more than fifty pupils
without the consent of the Superintendent"
He understood it to mean that the Supern-
tcndcnt could send as many as he thought
judicous, but he had been advised BY his
predecessor that the teacher could refuse to
receive over fifty.
Mr.. Il. l.. Carne thought that there could
be no doubt about the restriction of the
schools to fifty; to increase the number
would be to have poor teaching to all the
endeavor Of the Board should be to do 1.-THE
greatest good to the greatest number not
to injure those who were in time, to provide
for laggartis who were two weeks or more
behind in getting their permits
Judge Stuart thought the Superintendent
had full power to put in children over fifty
i'll number, and it was finally ordered as the
sense Of the Board that the rule does not
restrict the number to be admitted to that
number.
The cases of Capt. Beattic, of Fairfax co..
and L. s. Pinn, of Alexandria co., who wish
to send children to the city schools were
then presented by the Superintendent. who
read all thelaw bearingupon the subject, and
on motion of Judge Stuart, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted, viz
Rssolrrd, That whenever any person who is
| NONRESIDENT of the city Of Alexandria shall de-
sire to enter his child or ward in any public
school Of Alexandria, he shall file with the Clerk
an affidavit made before Justice or notary public
that he or his ward is an owner of real estate in
Alexandria city in good faith, and a taxpayer
and citizen of Virginia.
On motion of the Superintendent, he was
authorized to open two white and two col
orcd halliday ungraded schools, or employ
assistants in Peabody and Gusts Schools, to
accommodate children unable to find room in
the existing schools, should he think it ne
cessary.
Judge Stuart moved reconsideration of
the vote by which holiday on Fri
day, December LIST was granted. If
the children would be demoralized
by one days holiday, they would be
much more SO by four successive days.
and, besides, within less than month after
Thanksgiving, they would have week or
more, ut Christmas. The motion to recon
slider was carried, and the original motion
laid upon the table, and then the Board add
jouned.