Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-07-12
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Monthly Meeting Held Last Evening
Some Important Business.


The regular monthly meeting Of the
School Committee was held last evening,
Mr.. Chairman Eastwood presiding. Alb
sent, Messrs. Blodgett and McGregor.
Bills for the current expenses for IL @
month were received and ordered paid.
The Committee on Property recon-
mended long list OF repairs to the va
rious school buildings, and the report was
accepted and the repairs ordered.
The same committee reported a list OF
janitors for the ensuing year. The report
was accepted, and the janitors were
elected accordingly.
The Clerk was directed to apply to the
City Council for sewer IN Slerry street,
from Garden street to West avenue, for
the drainage OF the addition to the Garden
street school.
Mr.. Butterworth from the Committee
on Evening Drawing Schools presented a
report recommending the election of the
following teachers for the evening draw
Ing school the ensuing year:
Free Hand Departmental william A.
Newell, Principal; Charles II. Springer,
Alfred j. Roberts, Norman Isham. Me-
chanical Experimentation b. Babbitt,
Fred IL. 3. James, Fred Z. Brown. The
report was accepted and the teachers
| elected.
Mr.. Meiklejohn, from the Committee
on Promotions, presented report max
| Ing various recommendations, which were
disposed OF as follows: The matter of pro-
vidiDg two rooms for the overflow from
the Hancock street school and the matter
| OF opening another room In the Summit
street school house for the third and
fourth grades to relieve the pressure AT
Grove street were referred to the Commit
tee on Property with power to act; the
recommendation that no room be closed
In the Division street school was adopted
the recommendation that an ung raded
school be opened at the Middle street
school for the working pupils in that dis
trict was adopted, and the Committee on
Qualifications was authorized to procure
special teacher for this school; the rec.
ommendation that the fourth and fifth
grades In the Grove street school be con-
tinued In one room, as heretofore, was
adopted.
| Mr.. Tolman, from the Committee or
Qualifications, presen ed report recon-
mending an advance Of s100 to the salary
OF Mr.. Tuck; the engagement of lis,
Amy s. Rhodes for the place vacated by
Miss Carrie K. Strong in the High school
at salary Of $3.50; the engagement o.
Miss Elmira L. Whiting for the place va
Gated by Mrs. Lena b. Sheppard at tn,
Grove street school, at a salary of f72O
and the engagement of Miss A. f. Ams
for the natural science department, at
salary Of $3.50. The report was accepte,
and the recommendations adopted.
The report OF Supt. Fisher was pre-
sented and read. The Superintendent
calls attention to the act passed by tn
General Assembly providing for supplying
the pupils In the public schools with fre
text books and school supplies, which ac
goes into effect the first day of mex
month. This was not foreseen at the be
ginning OF the year, and necessitatei
an outlay of several hundred dol
lars not provided for In the esti.
mates In order to carry free tex,
books on three years more through
the High School. The Superintendent,
asks leave of abcense for a month to at.
tend the Worlds Fair at Chicago, anc
recommends that the paper read befor,
the United States history pupils on Patri
OTIS Day be printed for the use of tn,
schools. The matter of free text book,
was laid over till the next meeting, tn,
vacation to the Superintendent wal
granted and the recommendation that the
Patriots Day paper be printed was
adopted and 900 copies ordered printed.
The Superintendent presented his an
nual report, 1t was ordered that SOC
copies be printed.
Mr.. Wilson, from the Committee on FL
nance, presented a statement of the
finance, which was received.
Adjourned.