The herald., 1895-01-15
YEAR APPOINTED
The FruitlaDd School DistrIe Again
Occupies AttentiSn-Othr
Matters

A meeting of the board OF eacation
wes held Last night in the city all, oil
the memboru being present.
The following committees wsA aps
pointed by the chair:
Finance -Simonton. Wills and Gubb.
Building-Kennedy, Simonson and
BaGeett.
Teschers and schoels-Pitman, sas-
soft and Simonton.
Educational supplies, sto.-Gfbb,
Garland Ead Fulton.
InsuraRes-GGrlend, Kennedy md
BGssstt.
Rules sud egulationa-Bsuaett.W Wills
er6 Pitnsn.
Waiting hnd Internationally. FL
ton Hnd Gfubb.
High ashool Wills, PitmA
and FultoE.
kindergarten and industrial-FultoE
Pitmaa aad Garland.
Hssth--Dr. Wills, Prof. Searsh anG
tbs health officer.
Furniture, repairs. fuel and building
Hupplies- Grubb, Garland aud Simontot
APPLICATIONS AND DEMANDS.
A number Of applications from differ
ent peraens, requesting jsnitefships
were received and read. These, on mo-
ton OF MIR. Grub, were referred to thI
jAnlsGr committee.
A petition signed by 10 people, asking
for the ramoval of Miss Fuller, one o
the tescAers in the Eighth-strest school
on the charge of being unamiable il
deposition and unnecessarily sewers IL
treatment of children, was read, and on
motion of Mr.. Kennedy referred to the
teacheri committee.
The demand of Edward Polkinh0ru
for $3.50 in return for tuition of 10 pu-
pills at 80 each in the Fruitland school
district WAS brought up in connection
with the refusal of the city auditor to
pay flowing to a statement made to
him by the superintendent of schools, to
the effect that it was an illegal one.
Considerable discussion followed, and
finally Mr.. Grubb OF the Seventh ward
stated that the city auditor certainly
had not refused to pay the demand un-
less he had found good grounds for do
ing go, and he believed special COM
mittee should be appointed to investi-
gate ths matter. This motion was car
ried, aid the chair appointed members
Grub, Simonton and DR.. Wills as q
special committee to report at the next
regula meetipgof the board.
A JOINT MEETING CALLED,
Professor Search announced that next
Wednesday ct 2 o'clock there would be q
joint meeting of the city council and
the board to discuss the estimates for
the school buildings. In reply to q
question MI Search stated that he ha d
not thoroughly prepared the estmat
and did no know the board desired to
eee them efore the joint meeting wit b
the cound. As it appeared, howeve r,
that the members of the board did Q.
eire to lok them over first, Mr.. Garlan d
moved that the board meet mex,
Wcdnedsy, at l 80 p. N. for that pur
pose.
Tn following statistical report of the
Los Angeles public schools for the
mosh ending January II, 1895, was
tho submitted by Superintendent
Serch:
times tardy, teachers, IS; total days
resent, 1S9, 65S5; total days absent,
3,207. times tsrdy, pupils, 1886; boys
,nroled, 5556; girls enrolled, 500; to-.
tai number enrolled. 11,466; average
number belonging, 1925; average daily
attendance. 1882; per cent of attend-
ence, 92; number of new pupils en-
rolled. boys, $50; number of new pupils
enrolled. girls, $50; total number OF new
pupils. $50; superintendent visits,
999; visits OF special teachers. $50; visits
of board OF education, 243; other visit
ors, 1894.