The daily gazette., 1883-06-12
SCHOOL BOARD DOINGS.
NEXT YEARS APPOINTMENTS
OF TEACHERS.
ANOTHER NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Proceedings of Last Nights Regular
Meeting of the Board of Education
Matters of Interest Attended to.

The regular session OF the Board of Edu-
cation opened in dimness, last evening,
something being wrong with the gas metre.
| ba1lih Daley procured a few lamps, and
after short delay the session proceeded,
with President Bayard in the chair.
The Committee on Teachers made their
report OF the appointment of teachers for
next year, which was laid over until spe-
cial meeting, to be held on next Monday
evening. The adoption of the report was
opposed by Mr.. Kyne, who objected to some
OF the appointments and also to having the
selections of teachers for the coming year
made at such an early date.
Repairs were authorized on various
schools, as follows: No. 2, to the amount of
$500; No. 5, SIS; No. z, $50; No. Is, S.95;
No. 10, $l05.
The Committee of No II urged the ne
cessity for new school to relieve the pres
sure on Nos. II and 20, and reported that q
suitable lot in good neighborhoOd, could
be procured for from 81 500 to 81 900. The
COMMITTEES Was authorized to purchase the
lot.
Mr.Palmer referred to the practice of some
| teachers of closing their schools early during
the last week of the school year, whereupon
Mr.. Wiley submitted a resolution declar-
ing that no school should be closed before
Wednesday evening, which was adopted.
Mr.. Wiley offered the following, which
was also adopted:
| ResOlved, That any pupil of the public schools
who may have received on a general average on
the studies In which he or she was examined.
per centum of ~ shall not be debarred pro-
motion.
MIR. sample referred to the fact that the
school janitors have no badge to designate
the special police powers conferred upon
them. The regular police are required to
buy their own badges, but this the janitors
| cannot well do, their salaries being too small
| TO warrant the outlay. The matter was
| referred to special committee, with in
| structions to report their cost.
The case of Miss Mary c. I. Williams,
principal OF school No. O., who was sick from
an attack OF mumps, contracted from some
| of her pupils, was brought up by a molten
to refund her S14.32, the amount deducted
from her salary for lost time. Discussion
ensued, during which it was generally con-
ceded that it would be establishing bad
precedent as well as violating section 80,
page % of the bylaws, which forbids the
payment OF any salaries Tor services that
have not been rendered.
No. committee was authorized to pro-
cure the Grand Opera House for the High
School commencement exercises.
Dr. Shortlidge said it was a cruelty to
young children to keep them in school for
| two full sessions during such excessively hot
weather as had been prevailing for the past
| few days, and favored adopting one session
| for them or making the afternoon session
very short. The matter was left in the
hands of the committees in charge of the
various schools.
Mr.. Sample called attention to the viola
tion of the rules of the Board in reference
to allowing scholars to leave the room dur
ing school hours, and it was found that the
rules are very emphatic on that point, and
the respective committees were urged 10 see
that they were enforced and that no scholar
be prohibited from leaving the room for
necessary purpose. 1t was thought far bet
ter that the teacher should be imposed upon
occasionally than that any pupil should
suffer.
DR.. Mckay, Chairman of the Finance
Committee, requested the Visiting Commit
tees to furnish him with their estimates for
the coming school year at an early day. Ad-
journed.
Daring the evening the following orders
were directed to be drawn: Whining
ton Coal Gas Company, S3.75; viii
liam S. Watt, $780, Chas. D. Smith, S11.50;
Harry Holt, 25 cents; j. w. Williams,
$500; A. W. Harting, go cents; William
Forrest, $50; George w. Bush g. Sons,
S55 Is; Every Evening Publishing Co.,
S23 40; Edwin F. Eckel, $12; William @.
Martin, 5 Henry B. Morrow, $50; c. F.
Thomas & Co., S5l.44; salaries Of teachers
and substitutes, S5,097 As; salaries of jani-
tors and others, S392.2t; grand total,
S. 894.15.