Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-26
City Board of Education.

The regular monthly meeting of the City
Board of Education was held last evening,
all the members present.
The certificate OF President Petrie of the
election OF B. F. Howard as a Director to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignatic n
OF c. Ii. Stevens was read, and Mr.. How
ard was sworn in by Director Richmond
Davis.
The Committee on Course of Study. to
whom was referred the subject of the
adoption OF the Sofia system of music 10
be taught in the public schools. reported
that as no action had been taken by the
Board to have music taught in the schools.
1t was unnecessary to investigate any par
ticular system. The report was accepted
and the subject dropped.
Formal reports were made by the various
committees, but no items OF impoi lance
were presented.
The payroll of teachers etc, for Janu-
airy, was approved, the amount being
SOL. An equalization Of the salaries OF
janitors was made, under which J. Hickey.
at Capital Primary School. was reduced in
winter season from 500 to 500 per month,
and III the summer from $50 TO $40: James
Patterson, at Capital Grammar School. IN
winter increased from 81 to S7S. and in
the summer from $50 to SO.
The following bills were ordered paid !:
II. S. Croker & Co, $50 So; y. Fisher,
81 10 and s. so; II. Coates, So 36 p.
Hepman, $i1 %; c. T. BudaAn, $40 IS {;
J. w. Park. S32 10; r. Kilgore. $21 % Z.
Boylan, 81 30; James L. Grant, 81 J. l.
Lalferty, $40; J. b. 4 G. w. Potter, s. 80 ;
pany, S25 Is; Ben. Cohen. Sl03 %: c. ).
HoughtOn. $272 20; G. II. Krebs & Co.
$40 30; S. II. Davis, $t SO John S5eitoi.
SIS 80; 5. W. Butler. s. So 7. ). Law
son, 81 Billingsley Il Co, $25 so; 5. J.
Jackson, So %; Il. Boylan, SO Total
$73l As.
The average attendance at the several
schools during the month of January was
as follows: High School, 1876 Capital
grammar, 372, Sacramento grammar, 372 ;
Primaries, 1908; German, 261 night
school, 81, and French, SO. Total enroll
ment, BIB. Total average attendance,
1922. ". NJ. Scribner, of San Francisco,
requested the Board TO recommend or per-
NIT the use of system of tablets as add
tional to the textbooks for maihematic |
practice. They were Endorsed by Protcs =
ors Babcock and Johnson of the
City Grammar Schools. After sore
discussion the matter was referred to Il e
Committee on Course of Study, TO reno t
at the next meeting. A gentleman also
showed new system of maps which was
similarly referred.
Upon motion, the Superintendent was j.
structed to ascertain and report at the next
meeting of the Board, the full list of non
resident pupils now attending the schools.
The several committees submitted as es-
Innate of the needs for the ensuing year, as
follows: New school desks (300) 81 200
teachers desks and other furniture, 500
for stationery, books and printing, 81 500
fuel 81 500; for library purposes, $3.50
building and repairs, $5,i47; insurance
$3.50; for teachers and janitors, S73, 700
miscellaneous, s., 200. Total, SS7 ,047. The
Board decided to ask the City Trustees fol
a tax of p cents on each 500 for schoo
purposes for the ensuing year
Applications for positions as t acher:
were filed from Miss Jennie Powers Mis-:
Katie E. Brier, Miss Katie Walsh, Mis-:
Louisa Conrad and Miss Helen Tower, al
of Sacramento; also. Miss Lydia WEIGH
of Iowa City, Iowa.
The Board then, at 1915 o'clock, ad
! iourned