The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-12
A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.

The Board of Education to Secure
Temporary Quarters Until Build
ing Can be Erected - Plans for a
Building TO be Obtained and the
Building to be Ready for Occupancy
by the Beginning of the Next School
Year.
The board of education held its Nove1n-
Der meeting last night at the Chatham
Academy. Col. George A. Mercer, presi-
dent, DR.. Read and Messrs Tattnan,
Hunter, BIan, Meyers, Schwarz and Estill
were present
The designations of Miss Freeland, third
grade, and Miss Haltananger, seventh
grade of the Massie school, and Miss Nc
Culloch, eighth grade, Of the Barnard street
school, were read and accepted. The teach
ers below the third grade in the Massie
school were advanced to fill vacancies, and
Miss Fenneu was elected teacher Of the sew
enth grade and Miss Best teacher of the
eighth grade. Miss Miller was elected 10
the eighth grade in the Barnard street
school and Miss Ida Wolfe assistant teacher.
Petitions were read from certain male
teachers in the colored schools asking for
increased compensation, and they were re-
ferred to the finance committee.
A petition from the citizens Of the town
Of Pooler, asking that the salary Of the
principal OF the school at that place be IN
creased, was read. On motion Of Dr.. Read,
the salary was increased $40 per month.
The president called the attention Of the
board to the necessity of devising some way
In which the country schools may be regu-
larly inspected The entire time of Supt.
Baker is now occupied in attending the
city, and it is impossible for him to visit
Ihaeq schools
schools, and doubtless there is considerable
irregularity in some of them that would not
exist were they visited regularly by some
one in authority. On motion the president
was authorized TO employ an inspector to
visit the country schools
Petitions from citizens residing in the
southern part of the city asking that a
school be established there were read. The
subject was one which had been discussed
before, and there was but one opinion
among the members, and it was that
school is needed and there should be no de-
lay in its establishment and also in erecting
a commodious school building.
Col. Estill offered the following resolu-
ton, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the president be, and he is
hereby, authorized to secure temporary quar-
tiers for graded school for the education of
children living in the southern part Of the city
Capt Blum offered the following, which
was also unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on school
buildings be requested to provide plans for a
school building to be erected on the Henry
street lots; the plans to embrace a building
which when completed will cover onehalf to
two-thirds of said property, but which will
admit of the immediate erection of one wing of
sufficient capacity to accommodate full eight
grade school.
The intention of the board is to secure
plans for a handsome and commodious
building, large enough to accommodate
1000 to 1900 children, but to build only a
part or wing of it at present.
which will be a complete school house
in itself, with a capacity about the
same as that Of the Massie school building.
As the demand for school accommodations
in the southern part of the city increases, or
as the school fund may permit, the building
will be added to, according to the plan
adopted. The idea of the board is to have
eventually building Of the size and capacity
Of the Chatham academy. 1t is expected
that the first building will be ready before
the next school year begins, and that the
entire edifice will be finished in three or
four years.
DR.. Read gave notice that at the next
meeting he will bring up the question of
abolishing the tuition fees in the high
school.