The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-07
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
IMPORTANT ACCOMMODATIONS
AZ LAST NIGHTS MEETING.

To Sell the Fair Street School-New Equip
ments for x-superintendent
Curtis Report Observation-Disclosures for
the Various Schools-Estimate Receipts
and Expenditures for the Ensuing Year
District Meeting.
A regular meeting of the board of
education was held last evening at
the board rooms on Center street. The
committees on schools, special instruc-
tion and ON supplies had no report to
render, but that on buildings reported
on the new school buildings and the
conditions of old ones, describing plans
and noting the progress of work. The
zunder school will probably not be
completed in time for the opening of the
winter term. II was recommended that
appropriations be made large enough
to keep the new buildings In repair.
Attention was also called to the inn
proper heating, lighting and sanitary
conditions of various old buildings.
The committee then reported the ap-
pointment of the following janitors in
the various schools most of them being
reappointments:
High school, Frank t. Clark, 81 900,
Hamilton school, Michael Hughson,
$780,
Hamilton school, Thomas Carney, as
sistant, $500.
Eaton school, Joseph e. Rice, $3.50.
Webster school, John Shaughnessy,
$3.50.
Welch school, Charles Weidig, $3.50,
Dwight school, Wilfred c. Talmadge
$3.50.
Wooster school, Timothy j. O'Don-
nell, $3.50.
Washington school, Charles P. Brown
$3.50.
Woolsey school, John w. Hill, $3.50
Lowell school, Chas. P. Blakeslee, $3.50
Day school, James S. OBrien, $3.50
Shelton avenue school, John H. Fos-
ter $500.
Skinner school, Henry S. Loper, $500
Fair street school, Hugh ]. McManus
$500
Cedar street school, H. w. Blakeslee
$780, u
Edwards street school, Joseph Miller
$500.
Strong school, John Dillon, $500.
DixweH avenue school, ]. A. Good.
man, 5000.
Ferry street school Francis Ray.s7o0
Hallock street school, Thomas Nc.
Kiernan, $500.
Oak street school, Mary Hannah, $40o
Davenport avenue school, Patrick
Stanford, $4oo
West street school, Patrick Donnelly
| $40O.
Humphrey street school, Patrick Rey
nolds, $400.
Greenwich avenue school, Ellen Rear
don. s400.
Lloyd street school, William Graham
5000
orchard street school, f. L. Talmadge
$4oo.
Carlisle street school, Julia Coxson
| $4OO
Woodward school, Erwin b Lille $400
Quinnipiac street school, c. B. Bur
we'll, $400.
Boardman Manual Training school
Isaac w. Bishop, 5000
Whiting street school and office jaime!
]. Campbell, $400.
Day kindergarten, James S. o'Brien
$50.
State street school, Francis Ray, 800
Dwight kindergarten, w. H. Tai
madge, $50.
Fireman at Boardman Manual Train
gin school, w. w. Benton, $3.50.
The salary of the janitor of the Wash
ington school has been reduced from
| $S75 to $3.50; of the janitor of the Dix
we'll avenue school from $500 to 5000 anC
of the janitor of Quinnipiac stree
school from $500 to $400, while the sal
airy of the janitor Of the Lloyd stree
school is increased from $3.50 to $500
and a new janitor for the Dwight kin
dergarten has been appointed at a sal
ary Of $50 per year. A fireman has beer
appointed for the Boardman school a.
a salary of $3.50
The finance committee was then call
ed upon for a report, and Mr. Moran
chairman of the committee, preparatory
to reading the estimated receipts anG
expenditures of the year said that they
had been made on the basis of a A.!
mill rate of school tax. The followins
recommendations voted by the com
mittee were then read and approved:
That the town of New Haven bt
asked for the usual annual appropria
ton of thirteen thousand ($13,0OO dol
lars for the purchase of free books anG
supplies for the schools of the town.
That the board of education be anC
is here authorized to expend a sum mo-
to exceed fifteen thousand ($15,00O dol
lars for the remodelling of each schoo
house, as the board may direct.
That tax of four and one half az
mills on the dollar be laid on the pol
and ratable estate of the New Haver
city school district on the grand list o.
1895, payable September 1, 1896.
That the bonds of the treasurer an6
collector of taxes be $4,000 each to tht
satisfaction of the board of education
That the board of education be an6
is hereby authorized to borrow in the
open market at the lowest rate of in.
terest such amounts of money as MAY
be required from time to time to meet
the obligations of the district, and the
notes of the district be given for the