The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-15
FOREIGN" PUPILS.
Twenty-Eigh Non Resident
Children VINO Attend
Our Schools.

The inquiry set on foot by the Board
nonresident children attending Jersey
City schools resulted in the report to the
Board at their last meeting of the names
of twenty-eight children who attend the
schools of this city while they reside else
where. In the majority of cases the chIl-
dren have lived In this city and when
they moved away preferred not to
change their school. In the cases Of the
children who live across the Hackensack.
the Jersey City Public School is the only
accessible road TO knowledge.
Out Of the twenty-eight children who
are educated in this city without expense
to their parents, eight attend the High
school. They are Aida Wood of Clifton,
Addison Ely Of Rutherford, Sadie Buck
ley of Arlington, Harold Buttenheim OF
Creskhill, Georglana Grimes OF Snake
Hill, and Palmer Lyon, Mabel Bills aud
Nettie Reigner Of New York. The father
OF Lyon draws large salary from the
government OF New York City and his
son is educated at the expense OF this
city.
The children who attend the grammar
schools are Miss Ryan, Snake Hill, at No.
school; Christina Grimler. Carrie Wei
gand, Addie Ehler, Henry Eickman. Anna
Vinger, Minnie Brock, Barbara Grimier
and Edna Ehler at School No. q; Harry
Morris, of West Hoboken at School No. s;
w. G. Lewis at School No. IL. The
father of this boy is a bridge tender at
the Hackensack river, and the family
live on the other side of the river. Belle
Lewis. who lives on the other side of the
Hackensack, and John Cuthbertson, Of
Kearney, attend School No Q.
called on Superintendent Poland this
morning TO ask him about these children.
He said:--"When the Directors of Educa.
ton adopted the resolution that ali chill
dren not residents of Jersey City should
pay certain sum for the privilege of at
tending the Jersey City schools, the Di-
rectors failed 10 state to whom the money
should be paid. The principals were not
authorized to receive the money. and of
course were unwilling to take the respon-
sibility of collecting IL. This rule there
fore hung in allegiance.
There is quite some unoccupied room
in the High School and no one has been
refused admission for lack of accommo-
dation. As to the other schools it see emed
in some cases a hardship to refuse the
children admission to the school-in the
case. for instance, of Warden Grimes, who
is probably taxpayer in tnis city, aud SO
situated that he cannot send his children
to school at his home. was surprised at
the small number Of nonresident pupils
reported at the last meeting of the Board.
Were this city surrounded with suburbs
the number OF pupils in our schools who
did not live in Jersey City would prob
ably be 500. suppose In the majority OF
cases the principals were unaware of the
presence of such pupils until diligent en-
quiry was set under way by the resolu-
tion of the Board.
mo blame is attached to the employees
of this department, as the whole question
was in a most misty state for some time
previous TO the passage of the late reso-
luton.
1T is very probable, besides, that many
children of Jersey City who cannot enter
the schools of this city, are probably at
tending those of West Hoboken and other
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