Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-31
CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
The regular meeting of the City Soho,
Board took place last nipht

1Ae regular meetluS OF the City SCn0Ol
Board took place last night.
Present: Hon. Charles E. Stuart, Chair
man, Messrs. Rich'd. L. Carne, Fendall,
Herbert, Leadbeater, Mclean, Marbury
Thompson, Vincent and Wilmington Trus-
tees, aud W. F. Carne, Superintendent of
Schools
The minutes having been read, the Super
intendent, from the Committee on School
Houses and Furniture. reported 81 worth of
repairs to the chimnies and Prevails of the
Peabody building and the bill was ordered
| to be paid.
Mr.. Marbury, from the Committee on FL
| nance and Accounts, reported, as correct,
the following bills, which were ordered to
be paid, viz:
r. G. Acton, repairing clocks, $3.50; GA.
Lean & Uhler, supplies for Miller Auxiliary
School, &C., s4.52
Superintendent Carue offered The follow
ing preamble and resolutions which were
unanimously adopted, viz:
| Whereas the property in the Seaton Building
and Lee Building now used By the coored schools
under the charge OF this board with the land 10
| them attached vested in certain trustees "for ed
| ucauonal purposes" have been for many years
past used IN part for the meetings of societies
|
by reason whereof it has been impracticable for
this board 10 keep those school houses in good or
der, and the said houses have now need of tho.
rough renovation and repair.
Andwhereas the Board of Trustees which holds
those buildings in trust for educational purposes
have agreed TO cease to allow those buildings I.
be used for other than educational purposes and
have agreed to deliver the said buildings into the
charge OF this board on condition that this board
shall place those buildings in thorough repair
keep them in good order and use them for educs
t!onal purposes alone.
And whereas decree of court will be required
TO make this agreement operative,
And whereas by section 20 of the public free
school act 1t is provided that this board shall ex
amino into the manner in which all trusts con
nected with public schools are administered.
Therefore resolved, That - be employed
as attorneys by this board to obtain as soon a.
possible an order or decree of some court Of com
petent Jurisdiction for the proper administration
Of the trust confded to these trustees and til,
carrying out Of the said agreement and such othe
relief as may be proper in the case, SO that th
colored school houses may be fully renovated re
paired and placed in complete ordor.
On his further motion, Mr.. Vincent wa:
requested to examine the roof ofthe Peabod,
building and see whether it can be repaired
or whether new roof will be required, the
Committee on School Houses and Furniture
to have either done as he may deem advisa
Bile.
Also the following, which after his expa
nation that every available foot of room in
the existing school houses for white children
was now occupied, and that he expected al
increase of fifteen or twenty per cent next
session, was also unanimously adopted:
Resolved That the Committee on Finance ant,
Accounts be instructed to assertion what amount
OF funds can be spared for the erection of school
house, and that the Committee Oh School Houses
and Furniture be instructed to ascertain at wha,
cost school house can be erected on the Court
House lot and report a plan for the same at al
adjourned meeting to he held April 18th.
lie also offered the following resolution
Resolved, That the resolution adopted Decem
Der 18th, 1852, concerning the admission OF
children Of non-residents on payment of tuition
fec be and the same is hereby repealed
In offering the resolution, he said he had
understood that it was adopted to meet one
or two particular cases. but that it evident
ly opened the doorfor all the children of the
surrounding country able to pay fees. That
would be Injurious both to city and country
to the country because it would prevent the
richer people there from suppementng
salaries and so getting good teachers, aud
leave the poor to Indifferent instructors, and
to the city, because we were already find
ing our Accommodations too small for our own
children. This year boy from the country
had been admitted to division to which no
Alexandria boy would have been. Besides,
it was unjust for the school board to inter.
tere with private teachers it might a. well
set up grocery or dry goods store. IF the
country people preferred town schools, let
them send to the private ones. He felt at
liberty to say this because few if any of the
country boys who would be sent to public
schools would so to high schools, and he had
thus little or no pecuniary interest ia the
matter
The Superintendent said he did not think
there would DO any rush from the country,
out as he knew that the operation of the
rule would injure country schools, he thought
1t we'll to pass the resolution, which was
then unanimously adopted
MIR: R. L. Carne, late Superintendent of
Schools, presented his report for the school
year ending July 1st apologizing for its late
appearance on account of his long illness and
other unavoidable circumstances.
The chairman then announced the stand.
ing committees, as follows:
Finance and Accounts-Messrs. Msrbury Beach
| aud Leadbester
Studies and isciplne-Messrs. r l. Carpa
| Wilmington and the Superintendent
School Houses and Furniture-Messrs Mclean
Fendall and the Superintendent
Complaints and observation-disclosures Beach
| Wilmington and Herbert
| Books aud Printing-Messrs. Tborunson Yin
cent and the Superintendent
Washington School-Messrs. Herbert Mclean
and Fendal
Lee school-Messrs. Wilmington aud Beach.
snowden school-Messrs. Vincent Carne aud
Thompson.
Hallowell School-Messrs. Lesdbeatsr Narhr,r
and Stuart.
And, at s:45, the Board adjourned to th 9
second Friday in April.
THE B. s. o. R. R. AND THE STATE Tho