Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-10
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The New City Boards Settlement with
the Districts-A Worthy Task
Successfully Inaugurated.

The city school board met last night,
there being present Messrs. Sena, Con-
way, DeFuuri, Vigil, Seward and Castillo;
absent, Messrs. Read and Quinlan. Prof.
Schneider, county superintendent and the
district directors were also in attendance.
A report from the special enumerators
on school census was received. The
enumerators for the city board were M.
Vigil, Aniceto Bustamente, John Con-
way and Albert Garcia; for the county
school superintendent the enumerators
were: B. Vigil, Miguel Ortiz, q. Uroiste
and Nestor Sena. These parties took the
census in each of the city wards and also
in the two districts, three aud four, out
side Of the city limits. The figures show
the following number OF children of school
age.
In the lst ward, 254; % ward 232 {;
81 ward, 1863; 4th ward, 164, or a total of
$40 in the city. In district 3 outside
Of the city are 221 district 4, 81 children.
tllO NNhNho ItpDIJ Was ItGtlNGu anu
adopted as the basis Of official action in a
division of the funds between the city and
districts.
The special committee consisting of
Messrs. Seward. Vigil and Conway,
named to confer with the county superin-
tendent relative to the transfer of school
property to the city, made its report.
The city directors agreed to accept, in
the division, the brick school house in
ward 2 at $4,000, provided the district
could deliver it with clean title, and the
district outside of the city to take the
small adobe school house on the Aqua
Fria road at $3.50. This proposition was
agreed to by the district directors and the
county school superintendent.
The school house in ward No. |, Upper
Santa Fe was accepted by the city direct
ors and the district board agreed to take
81 $50 therefor.
The school furniture in the several
school houses were divided on basis of
the number of city scholars to the number
OF district scholars. For instance, in the
second ward, the city directors took five
desks and the district directors took
one
The schools funds then came up for
division, and this WIS effected in the
same way, according to the number of
children out of total Of $5,476, the city
directors received $2,045,74 district No.
3, $72392, and district No. 4, got the
little adobe school house and $706.5O.
Under the school law the city school
funds are cared for by the city treasurer
| T II Nopt,hn o,,I ba
passed resolution fixing his bond fol-
school purposes at 100000.
Under an amicabls arrangement be.
tween the city and district school boards
it was decided to continue all schools as
at present for one month from yesterday
| Monday, May 8, the spring term to con.
clude at the end of this time.
On the whole, last nights session was a
very interesting one, and discussion
brought many facts of public moment.
1t is probable that during the summer
vacation the city board will map out its
work so as to start in next September
under the most favorable auspices, and
with ample funds in hand to provide fol-
tirst-class school system throughout the
year. During the past year the revenues
III Tue CITY anu TWO ulslrlCIS nave been
over $1l 900, and about $4,000 have been
expended in improvement of school
property and maintenance of schools.
On September next, it is estimated that
there will be about $4,000 in the hands oil
the city treasurer for public school pur.
poses, and the income during the winter
will swell the sum to at least 10000,
which amount, judiciously expended, will
maintain an excellent system of public
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