Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-02
HOARD JOE EDUCATION.

A Very Quiet Meettng-The New ScAo0l
 Building Discussed - The Whiting
 School tO be S0ld-The Crowded Skin.
 ner District -N New Haven Growing
 Rapidly.
 The chances of quorum at the board of
 education meeting last night looked very du-
 bious until Mayor Peck finally came in and
 completed the quartette with Messrs. Zun-
 der, Plunkett and Leigh.
 Mir. Plunkett, as the committee on schools,
 recommended the following changes: Harri-
 etta P. Marsh, No. ? Shelton avenue, to No.
 9, $630; Kate J. Donovan, No. 5 Winchester,
 to No. Shelton avenue, $500; Kathleen A.
 Yang, No. 5 Shelton avenue, to No. Win-
 chester, $52O; s. Ellen Brown, No. to No.
 Shelton avenue, $52O; Kettle E. Cooper, No. to No. Shelton avenue, $450; Emma
 J. Ford, No. ga to No. 3 Shelton avenue,
 $460; Caroline E. Taylor, Welch Training
 school to No. 2a Shelton avenue, $500; Charlotte A. Clark, Cedar street, to No. 12 Dwight (assistant), $500; Nora A. Sweeney, Welch Training, to No. Dwight, $500. The committee stated, as to the lines sepa- rating the Skinner, Eaton and Wooster dis tricts and the need of @ new building, that the principal of Skinner district estimated that at least 150 children will be in that dis trict without seats at the opening of the next May term. There are over 100 children in the Hamilton school who belong ill the Skinner district, some of whom should be returned to that district. During the fall term the Eaton and Wooster schools had about 50 vacant seats each. If it were possi- ! ble to fill all these seats from the Skinner district, there would still be at lerst 2Oe in | the district unproYided for. Taking into &C., | count the fact that this district is growing | rapidly, as well as the difficulty of changing g \ the lines, the committee renewed it's former | recommendations that an eight-room build \ ing be erected as soon as possible and that | lot be secured as soon as possible, and that it \ be large enough to permit the enlargement of | the building when necessary.
 The last clause of the committees report was supported by the members present as 8 ! provident move. MT. Zunder thought that ! a lot 150x150 feet should be secured. In | this manner the cramped condition of land which if seen about High school and other prominent school buildings would be pro. vided against.
 The committee recommended that furni- ture for four rooms in the Rosette street building and one room in the High school building be purchased. This the board de- clded upon.
 Mr. Zunder, as the committee on schools, I recommended that the board sell the old Whiting street school building. The board ! adopted this recommendation. A communication from James T. Moran as president of the Fl. H. s. Alumni association asking for the use of High school hall for the \ usual exercises of it's annual meeting on April | IA was read and granted.
 Superintendent Dutton reported that ow- | ing to the falling off in attendance at the | night schools, only three were now open. Those are the two in High school building | and the girls school at the same place. The l Swedish school is one of those still in ses- | sion. If the attendance falls of much more | the remaining ones will be closed in a few ' days.
 On Thursday of next week the members of the board will examine the country about | the district where the new school building is I to be located, for the purpose of finding a ! suitable site.