The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-08
LOCAL NEWS RECORD.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE CITY
A Resume Of tho street Improvements.
Matters ia the Courts--cupld's Ca
pers for the week-Real Es-
tate rransfsrs-rhe Con-
tract for Lights.
Da,l., Pubic soaool pI,trict,


The board OF school directors at 9
meetlng held some time ago divided
the city Into four school districts, q,
follows:
Taking Elm stress az q basis, the
southern portion OF the city VIA, divid
cd into two districts. AL that portion
OF the city west Of nrvay street oons.i
tutss ons district, and the white chill.
dreu III that district wore repaired to
attend white school No. l., and all thai
portion OF the city east Of Ervay con
stttutes school district No. Q, snd al
whita children In that district wero re-
qulted to attend white school No. 4.
HAYWOOD street from Elm north to
Dalles branch, and along Dallas branch
north to the corporate line was estsb-
lishet as q boundary line between
white schools Nos. 2 snds,
White children west OF Harvard
we're required 10 attend white schoo!
NO. =, and skogs east OF Harwood were
required 70 estend white school No. 8
S.stsuctons were given the superiii-
tendens to enforce this rule, but die
erection was given him to make trans
fera In few eases where 1t would work
hardship on children on Account Of
having to 10 greater distance In order
TO attend school In their own districts
The board have an unquestioned
. right under thc ordinance govern.
ing schools To do this. The sole
purpose Of the board in doing
this was to equalizs the attendance In
the four schools, thereby avoiding The
overcrowdlng OF Nos. 5 and 4 aud do
plotting Nos. l and 2, ~ was the Gaze in
the former distributing OF the city
which WAS done whom wo had only
four wards. The present arrangement
equalizes the attendance as nearly q.
can woll be dOne, Ms the present
boundary lids very nearly divides tn,
scholastic population into four equa
pArtr. Thia arrangement brough
about protests fcOm some few OF III;
patrons, because they had special res
sons for wishing to send TO c0rtaii
teachers out Of their districts. Tn
board had n meeting last night to dis
Cuss this matter, and after havln,
carefully weighed all the argument!
pro and COZ, decided to adhere to tn,
present districting, believing that IL
doing SO tho grostest good would b.
done to the greatest number. TheS
regret that they could NO
consistently grant special privi
leges to certain dissstisfjor
parties without doing an iojury to the
public school interest OF the city. The
board have dono what they concsiv,
to BIO to tho interest Of the schools, ant
report that all pstro- ere not pleased
School No. 2 has IT, .1allest patron
age, and 1t Ia the opinion of the boart
that this 10 one of the best schools IL
tho city, and they feel confident tina
ifpstrons viii only give this school
fair tris they will bs pleased with tn,
Instructions impaired and tho discip
line maintained In tho school. Tn,
BOARD consider the principal of thi
school one of the best teachers In tn
city, The board have done what the,
consider TO be- to the best interest o
the schools, and sincerely trust tina
the citizens give tho change fai
trial, confidently believing that the.
will ba pleased.