Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-30
THE CITY SCHOOLS.
Annual Report of Superintendent j. r.
Lame.

Laine.
At the meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton, December 2Sth, DR.. J. r. Lame, Su-
perintendent of City Schools, submitted
his annual report for the past year. It is
as follows:
GENTLEMEN: In submitting this report of the
progress of the schools during the past year, as
required by law, ! have borne il in mind
that it has not been the custom of this Board to
have such reports published as in some cities
of the same population, and have. for this rea-
SON. made il as brief as il could well be consist
ent with a full and detailed report of the condi-
ton of the schools, since my last annual report
The Primary Department, comprising eight
school buildings, and siXty-two teachers, with
an enrolment of nearly three thousand pupils. is
the most important in the city. The building
and grounds at Seventh and q streets are in fair
condition. The building has been somewhat i'm
proved externally by coat of cement and
paint on the basement, and internally by
new floors. The building at Thirteenth
and G streets has been similarly i'm
proved, besides being equipped with new
desks where required Some fresh paint
and new and improved closets would bring the
building and grounds to u creditable condition.
The building and grounds at TWenty-seYenth
and J are in very good condition. Repairs ap-
Piled to leaky roof, where the Yentlating
electors are set, would increase the satisfaction
generally expressed concerning that school.
jefferson School, at Sixteenth and streets is
IN very good condition. Ungraded No, 3 on o,
Ninth and Tenth streets is a hourshing and
popular school. Fourth aud Q has been i'm
proved by having low grounds filed and
much needed closet erected. am glad to say
that this school, in matters of department and
scholarship of pupils, compares fayorably with
the best in the department.
In my last annual report called the attention
OF the Board to the urgent need of increased ac-
commodations on p, Ninth and Tenth streets. It
Is with feelings of profound satisfaction. not I'M
mixed with pride, that advert to the beautiful
and commodiouS structure that adorns the site
where the others stood. The old Capital Gram
mar School building on @, Ninth and Tenth
streets, has been converted into the Capital
Primary School. In this building there will be
ample room ard conveniences for some time TO
come. The entire block should be inclosed with
a substantial fence
The ungTaded school at Twenty-iourth and
streets has continued to increase in attendance
The ceilings in the lower story have been filed
and the building is in fair condition
No material change has been made in the
Sacramento Grammar School building eXcept
where a hall on the lower floor has been con
verted into Classroom. This. will clear the
asSemby-room for its legitimate uses The
Capital Grammar is in the newly-completed
building on 2, between Ninth and Tenth streets
This school building and grounds. when new
fence shall have been completed. will be the
most complete and convenient in the State
The High School has had some needed i'm
proyements and repairs. The building and
grounds are i'll good condition, and am highly
gratiiied to say that this school is as thor0lIph
and efficient in its administration as il is pOlu-
lar. With reference to the Principals and teach
ers in the department. | will state that there
mas been an active interest in school work, less
tardiness, greater promptitude in Official mat
tiers, and fewer corporal punishmentS than dur
ing the year before. | believe that il would be
as difficult TO find grounds for adverse criti-
cism of the instructors III the city schools. and
their methods, as it would be unjust to make
them.
The expenditures for maintaining the depart
ment, including new buildings and new furni-
ture, have been in round numbers, sos, $50 6s
on this amount there has been eXpended