Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-30
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Board of Education.

oOaEu OI EuuCat1Ons pointment of Com Dis ! trtct-The Need of More School Build l 1nss-New Haven's Continued Increase l of Population-Steps for the Erection l of New Buildings.
 The new Board of Education met last even- ing present, Messrs. Welch, Zunder Harri- son, Peck, Parmalee and Plunkett of the old Board, and H. H. Strong and Thomas O'Brien of the new Board few minutes were spent in waiting for Mir. Pond and messen- ger was sent for him, during whose absence the time was occupied with "reminiscences of cheerful converse interspersed with intervals of silence, during which nothing was heard except the ticking of the clock. Word came back that Mir. Pond was sick and the meet ing then, motion of MT. Peck, proceeded to the election of president of the Board. MT. H. M. Welch was unanimously re elected to that position. Taking the chair he said he would make speech and would simply say, II thank you," and called for the first business report from the Committee On Schools. ballot was taken for the election of 8 member of the committee, resulting in the choice of Mir. zunder-a reelection. Balloting for sec- ond member resulted in the choice of Mir. Harrison-a re election. Balloting for 8 third member resulted in the choice of Mir. Plunkett, who is 8 new member of the com mittee, in place of Major Maher who was on last years.
 Members of the Committee on Finance were elected as follows Messrs. Welch, Par ! malee and Pond, the last new member Of 1 the committee.
 MT. Zunder moved that Messrs. Peck and O'Brien be the Committee on School Build ! ings so voted.
 MT. zunder said it had been deemed best | by the Committee on Schools to open the \ evening schools week from next Monday. \ Mir. Zunder said it was usual to reappoint the ! old teachers as far as needed. The Commit tee on Schools were so authorized.
 Mir. Zunder said there overflow o1 small children in the Webster district. The Committee on Schools had been over and ex amined into the case. The teacher was not over strong and had two sets of scholars te
 teach and take care of. Another room could
 be had in the vicinity, but not 8 very gooc
 one, and the out door conveniences were { & matter for consideration. MT. Out
 ton proposed remedy tha
 a fresh teacher be employed to relieve tn.
 other teacher and take the children in the af ! ternoon. Mir. Zunder said new teacher
 could be had from the training school ane
 the expense would not exceed the rental cos
 of hiring another room. They had 50 schol &I,o, T n s.~x
 MT. Day said some of the applicants fo tickets, Charley Smith and his wife and oth CTS, preferred to get their children in for th
 afternoon session, which was shorter than tn ! forenoon.
 | The matter, on motion of Mir. O'Brien wa ! left to the Committee on Schools with powe ! to act.
 MT. Zunder said he had nothing further te { offer except that the new school houses wer | needed as soon as possible.
 I MT. Harrison moved to renew the motion of last year that the question of the purchas l of new lot for the Dwight district and a To
 for new training school in the eastern par ! of the city be referred to the Committee o1 ! Finance.
 Mir. Zunder moved that the Committee o1
 School Buildings go right to work with refer
 ence to erecting the new schools passed. H
 added that in the Dwight district thers wa ! pressing need for a new school building 8 ! once.
 Mir. Welch said that members of tn
 Board had looked at lots in the Dwight dis
 trict and would be ready as soon as the Com
 mittee on School Buildings were ready. A
 to the other district Mir. Welch and MT
 Parmalee had not come to conclusion, no
 knowing precisely what would be wanted. MT ! Welch said it was decided that an eight room building would be required for a training ! school.
 MT. Zunder said it would be best to get a near the Dwight school as possible, for tn ! reasons, in answer to MT. Parmalee. that would be the most convenient for the chil
 dren and for the principal. Mir. Parmale admitted this, but thought new distric ) would have to be cut out of Dwight district Mir. Harrison thought the difficulty was per
 haps obviated by the creation of the Win { chester district. MT. Parmalee thought
 was wonder there was not call for pr, a ney } school midway between Dwight and Skinner ] However, as there had been no cry, he di, , ! not care to create one.
 MT. Dutton said that with the increase il the Skinner district there would ere long b ! 8 demand for new building in that district
 or else the rooms would have to double up take double sessions. MT. Dutton instances l among other schools Washington, which wa ! overcrowdeo, and this was true of all excep
 Woolsey, which was comfortably full.
 And yet we are putting up four room ! buildings, MT. Parmalee said.
 ! That is because, said Mir. Zunder, we neet , so many primary rooms. According to tn number of school children, Mir. Zunder sai'
 facetiously, the population of New Havel must be 75,OOO.
 MT. Day said it was 72, GOO at any rate. 1 MT. Welch submitted to the Board tn ! vote of the Board of Health, asking the su I perintendent fer the number of the pupil in the schools that had not been vaccinated
 The matter was referred to the superintend ent who said he had also been asked for sta tistics showing the percentage on the whol of the pupils who during specified dates wer | excused for sickness.
 ! Cases from the tax commission wer
 brought up. One was from the estate o David sheehan, by his widow with nine chil
 dren. On reflection the Board decided to re l fer the cases to the Finance committee fo their report. Adjourned.