The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-14
BOARD OF EDUCATION
M4TTERS BROUGHT UP Ar LAST
NIGHIvS MEETING.

Mr. whitney Presided in the Absence of
the President -Recommend dations for
Transfers of Teachers-Mr. Hewlett
Granted Three Weeks Vacation
Crowded Condition of Several Schools
Registration at the Various Schools
Winchester School to Open september23
The regular meeting Of the board of
education was held last evening, all the
members being present except Mr.. Avis,
Mr.. Belts and Mr. Morgan, In the alb
sence of President Avis, Mr.. Moran
moved that Mr.. Whitney take the chair.
The motion was carried. 1t was then
voted to reconsider the recommendation
of the committee on supplies in regard
to supplies and apparatus for the chem
ical and physical laboratory at Hill
house High school be reconsidered, and
the recommendation was referred back
to the committee.
The committee on schools, after rec
ommending the ratification of several
transfers and appointments of teachers
reported at the previous meeting, made
the following recommendations That
Sister Augustine Grady be appointed a
teacher in one of the new rooms at st.
Francis orphan asylum at salary of
$3.50 per annum, and Sister Pauline Ra-
gan as teacher in the other room at
salary of $3.50 per annum; the tenn
porary assignment of Miss Mary G. Har
rigan to the position as extra teacher in
the Washington district; the transfer
of Miss Annie Mclaughlin to the substi-
tute hist as extra teacher in the Strong
district; that Miss Ella G. Stein be
granted a leave of absence for six
months on account of ill health; the
transfer of Miss Margaret Egan from
the substitute list to the position of eX-
ira teacher at Hamilton school; the
transfer of Miss Annie Hinty from the
Substitute list to the position of assist
ant teacher i'm room at the Oak street
school; that a leave of absence until
January 1, 1896, be granted to Miss An
ME Brennan, and that the two series OF
standard literature known as Classics
for Children" and Riverside Litera-
ture" be added to the list of supplement
tary text books.
The committee reported that owing
| to the crowded condition of the Cedar
street school it became necessary 10
transfer the children from room OF
that building to the neghboring schools
| in order to accommodate all the chill
dren in grade / of that school; that II
was necessary to open two additional
ooms at the st. Francis orphan asylum
that Miss May Eicock has not accepted
| her position as teacher in Welch school
and that Miss Clara M. Dowd declines
| her appoin tment as teacher In Welch
school; the resignation of Miss Ida
Schneeloch from the position of substi-
| tute teacher, and that owing to the
crowded condition of Hamilton schoo
lit became necessary to open an addl-
| tional room, and recommended tina,
Miss Nellie McGinness be transferred
from the position of extra teacher ir
| Hamilton school to fill the position o1
teacher in said additional room. The
reports and recommendations were ac
lcepted and adopted.
The finance committee recommended
that a vacation of three weeks be grant
ed to the clerk of the board, Mr.. Hew
lett, and the vacation was granted.
The committee on special instruction
recommended the transfer of Mr.. b. A
Lanfest from the position of teacher II
the woodwork and machine shop at thu
Boardman Manual Training school t.
the position of teacher in mechanical
drawing in place of Mr.. c. l.. Kirschner
resigned and also recommended tina
his salary be increased from $1,000 Il
81, 100 per annum.
The transfer of Miss Margaretta Z
Simpson from the Fair street Nndergar
ten to the Welch kindergarten was rec
commended.
A communication was read from Chas
d. Hine, secretary of the state board o
education, calling the attention of tn
local board to the communication SOM
time ago regarding the turning over Il
the state board of the various stat
teachers salaries, that the salary from
the state and city may be paid togeth
err Mr.. Day, secretary of the boaro
was empowered to communicate wit
Mr., Hine in regard to the matter, an
the board appeared to be willing to com
ply with the request if the teacher
would be satisfied with that method.
communication was also read fror
Mrs. M. S. Breen, principal of the Fai
street school, and signed by ten teach
ers of that school, protesting agains
the soap factory nuisance across tn
street from the school. Some time ag
this matter was presented to the boar
of health, which notified the board G
education to show reason why the fac
tory was a nuisance. The board las
evening voted that a committee appea
with counsel before the board of healt
and present the matter.
Superintendent Kendall notified tn
board that the Winchester avenu
school would be ready to be opene
Monday, September %.
{ Mr. Kendall also read list of the es
. timated attendance in the various dis
tricts. with the seating capacity of eacl
, | The list is as follows, the number of PIT
pills being given in the first number an
the seating capacity following: Hill
house High school, TAT, 742; Boardma
Manual Training school, las, 20S; Wei
| ster district, 1,112, LIS; Eaton distric
: / .Os3. 1,OS7; Wooster district, 922, 1,06
Hamilton school, 1920, 1,O22; Dwigi