The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-28
WINSTON CITY SCHOOLS.
NEW Laws ADOPTED BY THE
COMMISSIONERS.
Teachers Elected aud Their Salaries
Hours OF Opening and Closing
Schools-Dates of Opening.

Schools-Dates of Opening.
The Board of Commissioners of the
Graded Schools, composed of Messrs
]. q. Buxton, B. J. Sheppard, A. B.
| GorrelI, M. A. Walker and G. W. Hin
shaw, have given great deal of time
to the matter, and after hearing a
great many persons relative to the
management and best interests of the
schools, have. unanimously adopted
the following recommendations or a
special committee:
To The Board of Graded School Com
misSiouers:
The undersigned committee, ap-
pointed by your Board to consider the
Superintendent of Schools, respect
fully report that we have considered
the same and herewith submit our
conclusions.
First. This committee recommend
that an additional building be erected
at the West End school for the accom-
mediation of additional pupils as soon
as we are assured that the building
can be erected without mourning a
debt and that the assessment for
school purposes is sufficient for that
purpose. We hope that the way may
be opened for this building to be
erected or at least gotten under way
during the school year.
Second. We further recommend
that estimates be obtained during
this vacation as to what the cost Of
heating our present building by hot
water or steam will be.
Third. We recommend that one of
our teachers be employed or that an
arrangement be made with one teach
er by which the library is to be kept
open for couple of hours twice a
month for the convenience of those
entitled to use the books during the
vacation.
We further recommend that the
sessions Of the school hours be chang
ed so that school shall begin in the
morning at nine O'Clock and run until
twelve o'clock with recess at ten and
a half o'clock of fifteen minutes.
That the afternoon session shall begin
at one o'clock and close at four o'clock
in the afternoon with a recess of fif-
teen minutes at two and half O'Clock.
That during the hour Of recess given
fer dinner one or two Of the teachers
be requested to remain on the school
grounds in charge of the building
and the scholars who remain on the
grounds and that this be arranged by
the teachers alternating among them
selves for a week at time.
We recommend that more attention
be paid to writing, reading and spell
ing in all of the grades Of the school
and that the proper spelling books be
added to the course and more atten-
tion be paid to them in the future
than in the past.
We recommend that the schools
shall open this year on Monday, Sept.
Bird, and close for the holidays on
Friday, the 21st day of December,
1894, and reopen January eth, 1895,
and close May 9th, 1895. This ap-
plies to our white schools. That the
cOlored schools shall open Sept. 18th
and close December 2lst, reopen jan
uary 18th, and close May 10th, 1895.
The same hours of school shall prevail
in both white and: colored schools.
We recommend that the following
holidays be given: Thanksgiving,
Washington's Birthday, Good Friday
and Easter Monday.
We recommend that our superinten-
dent collect monthly in advance the
tuition of the scholars who are requir
ed under the law to pay tuition. We
further recommend that parties liv
ing outside the corporations who de-
sire to send their children to school
and who have property in the cor
porate limits on which they pay cor
poration taxes be credited on their
school bills by the amount of their
corporation taxes paid for school pur-
poses to the city, upon their prOduc-
ing receipts Of the tax collector to the
school superintendent.
This being public school supported
by taxation, in case OF overcrowding
of any grade in the school preference
shall be given to scholars whose faml-
lies or guardians live in the corporate
limits or pay taxes towards the sup
port of the school over those who re-
reside outside of the corporate limits
and do not pay taxes towards the sup
port, and pay scholars shall only be
admitted to the grades when there is
no danger of overcrowding the grades.
The rate shall be as follows: 1st to
5th inclusive, per month 81 so: 9Th and
7th, 81 per month; 9Th and 9th, $3.50
per month. We urge the parents to
enter the children as early in the term
as possible. All complaints made by
a patron Of the school shall be adj
dressed to the superintendent or prin-
cipal of the schools, and shall be laid
before the Board of Commissioners at
the next ensuing meeting for their
final determination and advice.
No expulsion from the school shall
be made without the cause being laid
UCIOTC UIlC DOdEu duO UuclT SdHCOlOu
had thereto. The Board may give the
parent or guardian an opportunity to
be heard before any scholar shall be
expelled.
Applications for the withdrawal of
scholars before the close of the school
shall be made in writing by the par
emit or guardian, and the Superintend-
ent or Principal may grant the request
provided the reason given for the
withdrawal Is deemed of sufficient i'm
portance.
Pupils may be transferred to one
building from the other by the Super
| intendent by and with the consent of
the Board of School Commissioners.
The teachers will be expected to
prepare themselves to continue the
vocal music in their several depart
ments. A. b. GORRELL,
M. A. WALKER, Com.
J.. Q. BUXTON,
The Board unanimously ordered
that the first grade be divided int
two sections, one to attend in the
morning and the other in the evening,
| the division to be made by the Super
! intendent and teacher. Families not
to be divided.
Superintendent, principal and
| teachers as follows have been elected
! Teachers are subject to change OF
/ grade by the Commissioners and Su-
1 perfntendent as they may deem 1T to
the best interest of the school. The
salary OF each grade has been fixed ano
all new teachers without previous ex
perience in teaching receive from S.
to 80 Der month less than the salary