The Washington critic., 1885-09-23
ru-rCnERs CnANnEp.


Trustees.
AZ ihc meeting Of the school board last
night Trustee Brooks, chairman Of The
teachers committee, read report, showing
that the appropriation for the payment Of
teachers salaries during the current year
was -l9,ssj short, I'M consequence of the
increased enrolment Uf pupils The com
mittcc reported that the schools had been
Ofunui2pi upon % legal and economical ha-
sis, averaging over lfty pupils In the
grades below the high schools. Facts
were submitted showing that the aggrc-
gate annual salaries under the present on
goni2aiion Is SlE,ss5. The appropriation
for salaries uf teachers for the present fiscal
year Is $4,000, and the average salary per
teacher fixed 10y law Is 500
II was argued nv the report that the pay
mCnt Of the full schedule rate Of salary for
less than ten months would only partially
overcome the difficulty as the pay rolls
could not hc audited. lie suggested that
the teachers lc gstcd TO meet the principals
I'm order that they might say whether they
would como to the hclp Of the Board Of
Trustees, and submit to deduction in
their salary Of 3.2 per cent, and depend on
an Appropriation by Congress 10 reimburse
them or whether thcy VIII have the audit.
iug uf their accounts indefinitely postponed,
as would otherwise be- the case
II was finally agreed that the proposed
meeting should lc called Us soon rs possl-
llc.
The routine business Of the board was
then as follows:
Aprunimcnt-M Miss Emma Atkinson % prin.
Cral ul the Normal school. Teachers ccrli-
illutCs gruutud-H. b. Malone, I, II stephens,
Alice MpDadu and Miss lussitrc. R"signd.
tious accepted Miss Kate VI. lluudon and
miss Margaret i. Bu2rmtn. Applications roe
r,iyCd# Alice g. Mailhuusc. d. y. Washington,
l.. g. Rogers and Ida llowGltr.
Tie following promotions IN the several
division. were ratified:
Second divisional. ". Godngro seventh
&C. lthIacE $ e.. Murray VI. McCguslou
and T.. H fuirclhld, To- fourth; L.t. GuthOhyr.
lo fourth; o. Silver, H. u. Fisher >. H. Cox and
l., e. west, To- THIRD; j j. Sumncrscalcs, T.. G.
ord. Nominations. II. ". Price, \. VI. Quigg.
huhoccn StunCwuod. Clara Glddings sub
assistant; Edith W. Zane. substitutes, Mrs.
J.. J.. smith, Miss 4. nuil, Mrs. T.. &. Weaver.
Miss \, ". FURNACE and Mrs. Il. j. Floyd.
Third division Ella &. Kelly. 10 the seventh
grade; Mary L. StcChct, to siSth grade;
Woodward and Alice MoSantz, to fifth
p,gdc' IL. u. Walker, TO fifth grade; Lola Nc.
Iuthruu and Mary w. kcaley, to fourth Grade;
Ada G.. Uher, to third grade.
Fourth divisions. A. LunSlcy from sixth
TO seventh; \. NJ. Whitemoro. hfih To- siXth; :.
G.. Iulck. third To fuurih Miss VI. l.. Smith,
first to fourth; W. &. Hartman, first TO fourth;
NJ. II. Hines, first 10 fourth; Grace THOMPSON.
'c,oud 10 tliid VI. W. Anderson, second to
third; y. W. Boyd, first 10 secund Einoycno
Iyur. tlst 10 second.
linh division Eiuma G. Cooley. to sixth
grade, vice Miss Fletcher, resigned; Awlda
VI. Brooks tu lifth grade; VI. \. Brewer to
third grudc; Annie 7. PcrtlC 10 third grade
and Mariana Schuocy, vice Miss l.. l.. Gray,
deceased.
sixth diyision-E. Maudc liody, to the
fourth grade; Il. l.. Peters, To the eighth grade;
Emma Patterson. tu the fourth grade; Emma
Y. Smith, 10 the third grade Appointments
Henry u. Malone, David j. Bruce, Francis II.
stephens and Charity IL, llcuthnnn.
II was decided that at the next regular
meeting Of the board it should 20 into per-
muncut organization. Mr.. Puryis offered
the following resolutions: "Ihat the super
yisiu% principals OF the city schools return
all children of said school who reside In the
county and who have not been transferred
by the trustee of the Sixth division to the
county schools" The further discussion
Of this question was held over until the
ECNt meeting.