Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-17
Board of Education.

The Appointments or Teachers for the
 Coming Year to be Made at the Next
 NHeettng-The Number of Scholars in the
 Schools.
 It was announced at the meeting of the Board of Education last evening that the list of appointments of the teachers of the pub lie schools would be reported by the Com mittee on Schools June 9th. Mir. O'Brien objected 10 the custom of acting on the ap- pointments the same evening they were pre- scented by the committee. He thought that every member of the Board should have time to Ro through the list carefully, and see whether the appointments were the best that could be made. MT. Zunder said there would hardly be time for the appointments to be made and accepted if the matter of making the appointments be laid over for two weeks for consideration by the members of the Board, as MT. O'Brien suggested The matter was adjusted by the suggestion of MT. Plunkett that list be made out by the com mittee and handed to each mem Der of the Board June 1st, and acted upon at the meeting June 9th. MT. Harrison sug-
 
 not be given away until acted upon by the Board and the Board so ordered.
 During the course of discussion about the abatement of taxes ordered by the tax col lector Senator Plunkett said: "Ie is gener- ally known that the Board keeps no accounts. There is no system of bookkeeping, and we can't tell whether there are any taxes due us in any year, or whether we owe anything. If we were to be asked tonight about any ac count we couldn't tell how it was"
 MT. Pond and Mir. Parmalee both express ed their opinion that the Board should have books kept. and its1 accounts properly re- corded. MT. Dutton said as far as ordinary expenses went books were kept
 It was voted to refer the matter of abate- ment of taxes and the matter of keeping system of books to the Finance committee.
 A communication was received from the alumni of the High school asking that the Board enlarge the privileges of the teaching of science in the High school Referred to the Committee on Schools.
 Superintendent Dutton announced that there were 10, 344 pupils in the schools now, against 9,6O9 last May and 10, BOA last Sep tember. These are divided as follows: High school, 478; Webster, 569; Oak street, 193; Davenport avenue, 161; Whiting street, 35; Eaton, 721; Wooster, 612; Fair street, 1O7; Ungraded, 3S; Woodward, S1; German-Eng- fish. 136; Hamilton, I'll; Dwight, 577; Or- chard street, 163; New Haven orphan asylum, l02; Winchester, $50; Dixwell avenue, $50; Goffe street, 80; Skinner, COY; Edwards 327; Humphrey street, POP; St. Francis orphan asylum, 138; Washington, 63l; West street, 200; Carlisle street, 19S; Greenwich avenue, 197; Hallock street, 357; Welcb. 356; Cedar street, 316; Woolsey. 524; Grand street, 264; Ungraded, IT; Lloyd street, 164 Ferry street, 143; Center street, 20 Quinnipiac street, 19
 Frederick Botsford appeared as trustee of the Nathaniel Harris estate and asked that the Board say to Corporation Counsel Dris- coll that they would not press the tax of IT. Mir Botsford proposed to pay the city tax and ask the town to take the same action he asked of the Board of Education. The mat ter was referred to the Finance committee.