The daily gazette., 1883-06-26
OF EDUCATION.
REGULAR ME- ETINo LAST
EVENING.
THE FINANoIA L ESTIMATES.
A Complaining Tes esoher-=Last Months
Salaries DRAWN Badges for the Jani-
tors--The Roof of No. go, etc.
President Baird occu pied the chair at the

President Baird occupied the chair at the
| meeting of the Board of Education last
evening. DR.. Mckay was granted permits
sion to re-employ Mr. Thompson, as col
lector of the Nineteenth district, at salary
| OF $50 year. He also reported that the
treasurer's bond would be ready for the com
mittee to-day. The following estimates of
expenses for the ensuing year were also re-
ported BY the Finance Committee Janitors'
| salaries, S3 ,495; gas, water, insurance etc.,
1898; fuel, $3.50: teachers and officers
salaries, $62, 800; supplies, $4,e9s 40; mis-
| cellaneous, $695; rent bf No. 13, $500; total,
VT ,O0l.7o, leaving less than $1,000 for re-
pai,s out of the appropriations of $4,000.
The balance, in additiunto the S., 900 received
from the State and $S0D from the Delaware
Association for the Education of Colored
People on account of Howard school, will
probably be sufficient 10 cover the expenses
of needed repairs.
The committee of No. l reported the
Opera House secured for the commence
ment to morrow night and invited the
Board to be attend. Repairs were author
lied as follows; No. 6, $50; No. IL, $27.45;
No. Is, 1922; No. 20, $50.
On motion of Mr.. Wiley a committee of
FIVE was appointed to procure plans and
specifications for the new school building
over Eleventh street bridge. The committee
was named as follows: Messrs. Wiley,
Monagan, Grfer, Vernon and Keables.
The matter of sellingold No. IS was after
discussion referred to The mmittee with
instructions to inquire into the matter. Mr..
Grier spoke of the Importance of fire escapes
for school buildings and DR.. Mckay ex-
planned the position OF the Finance Com
mittee with reference I'd the matter by say
ing that 1t was owing to the failure of
Council to make the appropriation of s., 900
which was intended for fire escapes and also
to pay of the Indebtedness of school No. 4.
The Legislation Committee was discharged
and DIR. Shortlidge invited the Board to
attend the closing exercises of Howard
school on Thursday morning.
Ihe following communication from
Hannah P. Dennison, b teacher of School
NO. 49, was read and referred to the Com
mittee on Teachers. 1t stated that she
understood the her reappointment was made
for only three months, pn the ground that
she did no advance the children fast enough.
She claimed that the Superintendent had
not examined The scholars taught by her
this year, and she could not, therefore, un-
derstand how he knew whether her pupils
had been advanced rapidly or slowly. He
obtained the names of the schollrs she had
promoted from another teacher. Sine as
serted that her class made an average of GA
per cent, and since Superintendent Harlan's
visit had made 90 per cent. 10 arithmetic
She claimed that she lad been teaching for
IL years, with satisfactory results, and de-
sired an examination.
Mr.. Reeve, OF new school No. 20, reported
that the tin roof on said school had been put
on in good style but that the painting was
execrable. Mr.. Reeve presented the offer of
X. e. Bruce to put the roof in good condi-
tion for $2S. .23. The committee was granted
authority to have the roof repaired at cost
not exceeding $50
Mr.. Grier, from the committee to procure
police badges for the school janitore, ,rt ported
a sample costing 75 cents apiece. The com
mittee was authorized tp procurea sufficient
number, the badges to bear the words
especial Police" and the number of the
school to which the wearer is attached.
During the evening orders were drawn
for the monthly allowance on the City
treasurer and on the TREASURER of the Board
for the monthly payroll, amounting to
S5,0S645. Adjourned.
The Secretary of the School Board will be
ready to pay the teachers their salaries on
Thursday next. ..