The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-05
7HE SCHOOL BOARD |
All Teachers and Janitors
Applying Reelected.
A TERM OF TEN MONTHS
The Board TO Make Two Pu chases of
Reai Estate TO Give Additional school
Room and Improvement TO Property
Now IN Use.

The School Board held an important
meeting Tuesday evening, electing
teachers, janitors and mattresses for the
ensuing year, fixing the salaries and tax
rate and taking steps towards providing
for additional school room. The mem.
bers present were Messrs. Conry, Burke,
Morgan, Hanna, Dewitt, Ogden, Stanton
BauRh, Lehe, Muldoon, Hooks, Manley,
| Davenport and Lynch.
A communication from Miss Annie f.
| Coogan, teach-r and supervisor of draw
| ing and modelling, and Miss Jeanette II
| Ramage teacher and supervisor of vocal
music, requesting increased salaries on
account of increased duties by reason of
continued growth of Attendance at the
schools, was read and the board decided
that all salaries should remain as they
were during the last term.
superintendent Whitaker read his
report in which he said the past term
WAS one of undivided and earnest work
| on he part of a III concerned i'm the schools
| tons with the work of the teachers and
progress of the pupils. Tue following
statistics were furnished Enrolment for
| June-Y67 boys, 1921 girls total 2OSs ;
average daily attendance-1SO boys, SOS
girls, total, 1918: percentage of attend
of pupils present every session, 800; visits
| by citizens, IA; by directors, 49,.
The report of the High school com
| mittee showed that the receipts from sales
of tickets for the recent grammar and
| High school mmencements were 1920 %.
The school term of lS9+95 was fixed at
ten months.
All teachers attending the annual
teachers county institute will hereafter
be paid & per day, the maximum rate
fixed by law, instead of a rate in proper
tion to the salaries received.
The rules which governed the schools
last year will remain in force
An election of teachers was held and
all the old corps applying were re elected,
each receiving the votes of the fourteen
members of the board in attendance
The members OF the old corps who did not
apply for re election were Mr.. NJ. f.
Conry, second assisIan of the High school
who will 20 to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in
the fall to study law, and Miss Lizzie NJ
Carroll, who will assume the bonds of
wedlock in the near future.
The committee on heating and fuel was
empowered to purchase new heating
boilers for the Main street building.
A communication from G. w Langfleld,
of bloomsbury, was re d. The gentleman
owns the property al the northwest corner
OF Jardin and Cherry streets which the
School Board is desirous of securing as
sue Tor new ScnoOl building. The site
is 5ON6O feet in size and the owner wants
81 600 for it. The committee on building
and repairs was instructed to make the
best terms possible with Mr. Langfield.
The same committee was authorized to
employ Mr.. F, y. Reilly, of Pottsville, to
prepare plans and specifications for an
addition to the Union street school build
ing and to have all necessary repairs made
in and about the school buildings.
After deciding that the salaries shOuld
proceeded to elect janitors and mattresses
and reelected the old corps.
The committee on building and repairs
and the solicitor were instructed TO pur-
chase a part of the property adjoining the
ground on which the South West street
school building is located. The plot is
5Ox5O feet in size and Mr.. B. j. Yost, the
owner, asks 800 for it. The object of the
purchase is to acquire more space for the
Improvement of the heating and ventilat-
ing system of the new building.
The finance committee reported that in
view Of the expenditures to be created by
the requirement of more school room il
would not he prudent to reduce the tax
rate and the boar decided to leave it as
it was last teTm-eight mills for school
purposes and six mills for building
purposes
Upon the recommendations of the sup
erintendent the board decided that the
schools shall reopen on August 23rd, 1894,
remain closed from November 9th to 10th,
1894, for the county institute sessions, and
from Decem her 2lst, 1894 to January 2,
1895, for the Christmas holidays, and
close for the term on June 21st, 1885