Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The Board Will Consider the Matter
of a New Bond Issue OF Tues
day Next.
An Executive Session to Consider
Charges Against a Teacher
Other Matters.

There was a full board of" trustees eX-
cepting Will Hanks present last night at
President Pomeroy's office when the
meeting was called to order, and the
ante room was crowded with people who
were interested in the proceedings. After
the reading and approval Of the minutes
Of the preceding meeting, Principal
Largent made ID report on the subject of
pupils from outside the district attend
ing the schools. He recommended that
they should be received only when there
was sufficient rom to spare in the
grades they desired to attend, and that
a tuition fee be charged, as follows:
From the primary to the fourth grade,
Sl.75 per month. From the fourth grade
to the High school, 50 per month. High
school scholars, So per month. The
amounts received as tuition from out
side scholars ale to be turned into a fund
for purchasing reference books and sci
entitic apparatus for the schools.
After some discussion the recommend
alton of the principal was adopted. The
rule will take effect March /, 1895.
A petition was received from a num-
Der of taxpayers and parents at Ulm ask
ing that Miss Edna Craig be removed as
teacher in the school and an older and
more experienced teacher employed.
The matter was referred to the teachers
committee for Investigation.
A communication was received from
the Hotter Lumber Company, claiming
to own the Coon district schoolhouse on
account of a foreclosure of lien, and
Offering to sell it to the district. An alb
stract of title was enclosed. The matter
was referred.
A long discussion ensued over the dis
tribution of the insurance OF the school
houses, during which it developed that
the insurance board had raised the rate
on the North and South side buildings
from so to 80 per year. 1t was finally
decided to divide up the insurance
among the agents, as follows: Richards
g. Stanford, $1,000; B. P. McNair, $1,000;
Myer Harris, $4,000; and the remainder,
amounting to $4,000, between Frary &
Hanson, Gibson, Fullerton. Wilcox &
Rogers.
A large number of bills approved by
the auditing committee we're passed and
warrants ordered drawn.
r. E. Brady made an explanation to
the board regarding the supreme court
decision on the bonds. He said the OBJ
lection raised by the court was vital and
knocked the " hole foundation out from
under them and that they were now
as worthless to any one that held them
as though they were blank paper. How
ever, he advised the board to get them
and destroy them, making a record OF
the fact on their minutes. He then
gave them some advice regarding hold
ing a new election to vote new bonds.
Chairman Pomeroy said that a certain
gentleman was in waiting to make q
charge rejecting seriously on n OF the
teachers in the public schools, and sus
gested that the board 60 into executive
} session, which was done.
} When the public was again admitted
it was announced that A. r. Kellisor
!, had been removed, and his place would
!, be filled by a substitute. The board de
clined to give any explanation to tn
public Of the nature OF the charges, ant
requested the reporter to suppress tn
, stories which came to his ears in the in
7 t~erests of the public schools and some o
the innocent parties concerned.
t The question of holding a epecia
, school election was again taken up an
discussed, but, as it was getting late, i
was finally determined to adjourn tn
q meeting till Tuesday evening next, a
which time definite action or the matte
: will be taken.