The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-04
THE SCHOOL
DIRECTORS.
They Held Regular Monthly
Meeting Last Evening.
THE MONTHLY REPORTS
Superintendent Whitaker on the COndi-
tiOn Of the Schools Erection Of the
New Building May be Delayed.

Aregular monthly meeting of the School
Board was held last evening and consider
able important business was transacted in
a very short space of time. The members
present were Messrs. Conry, Hanna Burke,
Manley, Muldoon, Lynch, Hooks, Lee,
Trezise, Dewitt, Morgan, Baugh, Stanton
and Ogden.
Mr.. Frank X. Reilly, the Pottsville ar
chitect, was present and presented rough
plans for the school building to be erected
at the northwest corner of Jardin and
Cherry streets. They were favorable in
the opinion of the board and Mr. Reilly
was authorized to prepare the plans and
specifications for the structure.
Applications for positions as evening
school teachers were read and numbered
eleven. The applicants were Misses
Anna B. Bierman, Katie A. Eisenhart,
Mary E. Whalen, Sadie Baugh, Katie
Brogan, Annie E. McNealis, NJ. Jessie
Glover, Hannah Scanlan, Ida Lewis,
Maggie E. Palmer and Lydia Eisenhower.
The papers were referred to the committee
on evening schools with the understand
ing that there shall be a report at the
next regular meeting, unless the circum-
stances warrant the committee in calling
a special meeting of the board.
Superintendent Whitaker made his
report for the month of September as
follows; Term enrolment: boys, 1881 ;
girls, 1895; total, 1876 Monthly enroll
want. hove 11QE. rrirIs 1880. total OkOQ
Average daily attendance; boys, 961
girls, 1881; total, 2142 Percentage of
attendance; boys, SO; girls, 81; total, 90.
Present every session, 7S5 Visits by
citizens, 2T7; by directors, 40.
The Superintendent also gave detailed
statement of the attendance in the
several grades of the schools and added
that there is an increase in the attendance
at the higher grade of schools, which is
due to the operation of the free text book
law and the appreciation of the benefits
of the public schools by parents.
The committee on teachers and salaries
reported having moved Miss Bells class
from the White street building to the
Primitive Methodist church, and the
change was endorsed.
Director Lynch without mentioning
names) presented the application of par
ent to have child placed in the White
street building instead of following the
change to the Primitive Methodist church,
but the board decided not to consider in.
dividual cases, as it might lead to endless
complication, and ruled that the matter
was entirely in the hands OF the commit.
tee on teachers and salaries and the su.
perintendent.
The report of the committee on text
books and supplies showed that there had
been an additional expenditure of 81, ,419 2s
during the month of September.
Mr.. Ogden, of the finance committee,
stated that Receiver of Taxes, Scanlan,
paid into the School Board treasury an
aggregate of 1900 for September.
A communication from Henry Geary,
presented by Director Burke, was read
and referred to committee. Mr.. Geary
claims that his rate of taxes is greatly in
excess to those he has been paying.
John r. Coyle, Esq, the solicitor for the
board, stated that the tenants of the
buildings at the corner of Jardin and
Cherry streets, the property selected fol
the new school building, were unable tc
vacate on account of being unable tc
secure suitable premises to move to, al
| though Mr.. Snyder, one of the tenants
was willing to move out within a week
providing the board would pay him $500
and Mrs. Kerns would move out in con
sideration of 500.
The board decided to offer Mr. Snyder
SIS and Mrs Kerns $40, and at the same
time decided that if the offers are not
accepted the tenants shall be allowed tC
remain in the buildings until next April
when the leases expire, and the erection
of the proposed building will be post
poned until the vacancies occur.