Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-12-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
irving Avenue School to be
opened With Appropriate
Exercises.

EAcfc1SoSs
The regular nor thly meeting of the
Board OF Education was held Monday
evening, Dec. II h.
members preser t.--Messrs Lambert,
Mcdear, silvers, Albertson, Peck,
(PFesiden), Milford, Ogden, Hort,
Nichols, Jonas and Supt. Turner.
Minutes of the last regular meeting
were r9ad and adopted.
supf. Turner reported as follows
Balance At last report, $436.O2; re.
celVed FROM City Treasurer, $4,000; for
tuition, $500; total, $2442 02. Paid out:
for repairs, $l.54; books ana supplies,
$42 Is; furniture, $3.50; incidentale,
$29 "; j4nitors' salaries, $95 80; teach,
efs' salaries, $l67250. Tot Al, $1S51. .98.
Balance on hand, 8590.04.
Bill ordered paid-D. Bacon & Son.
$3.50. for supplies; Geo. W. MCGOWAN,
$12.C0, services as Secretary; Geo. W.
McOowan, $14. 40, for printing annual
report.
Mr. Hort, from the Committee on
Teachers recommended the appoint
ment Of Mrs. Louetta Hubbs as sub
stiture sacher to fill the vacancy In
the Second ward school caused by the
transfer of Miss Clara L. Horner to the
Irving avenue school. The recommen-
dstlon was concurfed in.
Mr. Nichols, from the Special Com.
mittee, appointed at latt meeting to
Inquire into the status of the case of
Leslie Brooks, non-resident scholar of
the Third ward, reported as follows
REPORT.
The special Committee named by
the Chair at the November meeting of
the Board submit the following:
CASE OF LESLIE BROOKS.
1t appears that Leslie Brooks, an al
legged nonresident pupil was admitted
10 the 5th grade, Primary Department,
Third ward Public School, under Sec
Sion 63, Rules and Regulations of the
Bridgeto on Board of Education.
Since the admission of said Brooks,
the question arose as to his status un-
der the Stets School law, and the
right of the County School Superin.
tendent to grant permits of transfer
of nonresident pupils from the town
ships to the city schools.
County School Superintendent
Hampton holds that he has the power
20 grant permits in Ger tain cases. He
is sustained by State School Superin-
tsndent Poland, TO wit:
TRENTON, Oct. 80, 1894.
There Is no douot as to your power
under the general law to issue trans
fers to children emitting them to ad-
mission to the Bridgeton CITY School.
The general law
provides that the County Superin-
tendent may transfer child from one
di. trict to ano ther where the distance
to a school In the district In which he
lives is greater than the distance from
the residence of such child t , school
10 an adjoining district. IG does not
give the Superintendent the right for
any other reason,
THIS opinion does not however, agree
with that found on page 139, OF N. j.
ScnooI Law edition of 1S94) under the
caption of "Decisions by State Super
intandept, as appapded:l
No. 6, SCHOOL RESIDENCE OF Chill
DREN--A child has the right to ait md
the school In the district in which he
Is actually liviog and In no other dis
trict. The fact that he comes into
the district on Monday morning and
remains until Friday, simply for the
purpose of attending the school, does
not give him such right. The resi-
depcs of a child is generally deter
mined by the residence OF Its parents
or guardian, etc.
This conflict of opinion is probably
based upon Section SO, OF the State
School Law, which reads:-"All chill.
dren shall be required to attend the
schools In the district In which they
reside; provided, that any child living
remote from any public school In the
district In which be resides may be al
lowed to attend the pubic schools In
an adjoining district, but only with
the consent OF the County Super1n-
aepdent. which consent must be In
writing, etc."
Section 100 of the Act is explanatory
of Section 80 1t reads:--"When In
anv district there are children living
remote from the school, and VINO are
unable on that account to attand suon
school, such district may order raised
by special tax an amount OF money
sufficient to enable the Board OF Edu.
cation to transport such children TO
and from school, etc.
1t does not appear that the provl,
sion named In Section 100 was referred
to at any time, but that the county
School Superintendent proceeded 10
grant transfer permit upon the state
ment of the father of said nonresident
pupil.
The committee have made searching
inquiry among those familiar with with the h
81 uatlon of the Brooks domiciIe' To-
Gated on the Shiloh turnpike. Tnere
is a wide difference of opinion, some
averriug that 1t Is In the City OF Bridge
ton, others that it is In the township
of Hopewell. Mr.. Brooks father o!
the nonresident pupil, declares tnet
he does not know where bis residence
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