Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-10
READY FOR COUNCILS.

| The Central Board of Education viii Pre-
! sent Its Estimate of S451 $40 to That
Body yTo-Morrow-How the Money Is to
| Be Distributed.
The Central Board of Education met yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of fixing
the necessary amount to meet the expenses
of the next fiscal year, and to prepare the
estimate for the meeting of Councils on
Monday. The estimate is S451, $40. OF this
amount the Central Board requires So, $50,
| divided as follows: Salaries of officers,
$500; rent, $500; stationery, printing and
incidentals. $780, The High School asks
$4,000, this being made up by $1,000 for
repairing; janitor's salary, 1900; library,
5000; furniture, $500; commencement ex-
penses, 5000.
The Normal School asks $1,000. The
general items amount to S431, 600, made up
as follows: $500, 900 in teachers salaries;
$4,000, music; $4,000, evening schools;
81, 900 industrial schools. The recapitula-
tion is as follows: Genital Board, $50, $50;
High School, S9, 600; Normal School, 81, ,O9O;
general expenses, S431, 900, a total of S451,-
440. On motion this was increased by 5000,
an amount needed to repair and furnish
room in the Franklin school, the room to
be used as Teachers Room" This ad-
dition makes the appropriation that will be
asked s451, $40.
This completed the work for which the
board was called. but as the hour was early
a motion was carried that the meeting
called for Tuesday evening next be dispensed
with and the business that would come be-
fore that meeting be transacted at the pres
ent time. The general order of business
was begun. Secretary Reisfar gave the fol-
lowing statistics: Increase of Central
Board expenses over last year, $36, $40; in
crease of State appropriation over last year,
sl15, 500; decrease in appropriation for Cen
tral Board expenses by virtue of the in
creased State appropriation, S79, ,225
The report of Superintendent Luckey for
the month of December was read and ap-
proved. It showed the employment of SO
male and 627 female teachers, and the en-
rollment and average attendance of pupils
as follows: Primary department. enrolled,
%, 995; attendance, 19, ,S57; grammar depart
ment, enrolled, 4,17O; attendance, 3,771;
High School, enrolled, 1878; attendance, S1S.
Total enrolled, 2S,03S; attendance, "a, ,446.
The number of new scholars admitted was
243
The report of the Secretary showed that
during the month warrants to the amount of
S42, 555 10 had been drawn and paid.
The report Of the principal of the High
School showed an enrollme Mt for December
of 603 Ofthese 1872 were males and All
females. The average attendance was re-
spectlvely 1S4 and $751; In the normal depart
ment were 80 females; in the commercial
department 141 males and 70 females
The report of the Committee on Finance
showed: Balance of the appropriation De-
cember 8, 1891, Ss5, ,561 81; teachers salaries,
$40, ITO 81; officers salaries, S624 80; miscel-
laneous bills, 81, ,5s4 Sc; a total of S42,-
555 10; balance of the appropriation Janu-
airy Z, 1892, S45, ,006 o. In the report was
the recommendation that the lease of the
present board rooms be renewed for three
years..
The report of the High School Committee
showed the approval of bills amounting to
81, 13l AZ. The report of the Committee on
Printing recommended the payment of |
$3.50 65 for work done. All of the reports
were approved.