The herald., 1896-10-27
Matters Decided Before the Re.
gular Meeting
THE REPORT OF OCTOBER
The Attendance at Various Schools
Keeping Up Well
Report of the Teachers Committee
Those Elected at Last Nights Meet
ing-Routine Business

The city board. of education met in reg
ular session in the Wilcox block last
night.
The application Of r. NJ. Robinson for
a position as janitor at the high school
was the first halter of business that
came before the board. His application
was referred to the high school commit
tee.
The building committee reported that
the four-room addition to the Thirtieth
street school, to cost $1,000, was in course
Of construction.
A resolution was passed that drain
age RECONSTRUCTED for the basement of
the Olive street school.
resolution was passed that the
county superintendent be instructed to
draw a warrant on the Old Vernon
school for the sum of $50 month to
pay for pupils from that district who are
now attending city schols. In case the
Vernon district does not comply with this
condition the city superintendent is in
structed to notify them that the pupils
now attending the city schools from the
Vernon district will have to be with
drawn.
Mr.. Grubb moved for the construction
of pavilions to be used by the pupils to
eat their lunches in at the Santee, Nor
wood, Tweney-eighth street, Sentous
and Custer schools. The edifices are to
cost about $3.50 each. The question was
put, three out of the five members pres
ent voting in the affirmative and two IN
the negative. President Hale decided
that the motion was lost, as a rule of the
board regulating expenditures requires
a two-thirds vote of all members of the
board to pass any resolution to pay out
money In view of the fact that after
any work has been ordered done pay
ment for the same can be collected by
legal process regardless fthe subse-
quent action Of the board, Mr.. Hale held
that the rule quoted above regarding ex-
penditures would apply in ordering any
work done. Mr.. Grubb took an appeal
from the president and the resolution
was passed. A similara ppeal was ta-
ken in regard to the erection of wind
mill and tank, at cost of $95. for the
Harmony school. Mr.. Hale's action In
both of these matters was in accordance
with the rules governing the action of
the county board Of education.
The following reports were received
and adopted:
STATISTICAL REPORT FOR MONTH
ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1885,
Number Of days taught, 19; times
tardy, teachers, a. total days present,
2,5S7.5; total days absent, 5000; total
tardiness, pupils, 1405; boys enrolled,
| 1901; girls enrolled S031; total Is, ,632; av-
erage number belonging, 14,I79; average
daily attendance, 14,347; per cent of at
| tendance, 81; new pupils entered, boys,
| 1872; new pupils entered, girls, 1895; to-
| tai, 1857; visits of superintendent. 135;
visits of special teachers, 420; visits of
! board of education, 81; other visitors,
| Ills; number promoted, %; number de-
NOTED, 10 number suspended, z; num-
ber cases of corporal punishment, 81;
number INDECENT pupils furnished with
books, 701.
The teachers committee recommend
ed that the following teachers be elect
ed as substitutes:
Laura C. Fredenhall, Bertha c. Bos-
byshell, Annie J. Baker, Vesta A. Ohm
stead, Charlotte Sherwood. Edith A.
Nichols, Buena M. Senour, M. Alice
Pryor, Francis Nellis, Libbie s. Steph-
ems. May Mckee. Bertha Logic.
We further recommend that Miss Le-
liza and Bertha Fitchmire be granted
leave of absence until February l, 1897.
The finance committee approved the
following bills which were ordered paid:
]. b. Fulton, labor, 50. so; ]. A. Wilcut,
livery, So; Mrs. c. +. Ellis, making tow
els, $3.55; Southern California railway,
freight on supplies, "a; -. +. Erlckson,
electric calls, So; Brown & Ford, plumb
ing repairs, Sc; A. c. Brown, repairs of
locks, IS; ]. w. Robinson Co., zephyr,
..S.41; Meyberg Bros, drop-light, ETC..
| So. so; L. A. Holcomb, labor, $40; L. A.
Holcomb, labor. s2S.41; r. M. Robinson,
labor, $l2; E. Klingelcmith, labor, S12.50
A. II. S. Perkins, printing, $14.S0: Los
Angeles Furniture company, chairs,
| $1945; w. S. Allen, carpet, ,$20.50; G. F.
Watson, labor, s24; Thso Zeigler, labor,
| S24; John Hayworth, labor $24; b. Story,
labor, S24; M. McQuirk, labor s26; E. H.
Augustus, labor, $50; John Augustus,
labor, $50; w. c. Mathews, labor, $50:
w. B. Axtell, labor, $S2.5O; T. e. Con-
verse, labor, $32 so; j. NJ. Hale Co., crash,
$33S0; Harry Hall, kindergarten tables,
$56; Flunn & Wells, counter, etc, office,
S69.75: T.. D. Jones, erasers, $79.7O;(E. T.
Cook & Co.. supplies, S113se; Lazarus &
Melzer, supplies. $152.55; Lazarus & Mel
zer, supplies, $319.37; California Hard
ware company, sloyd tools, SS5S.S3;
Crescent Coal company, coal, $S.66.6O;
Glencross & Dawson, final estimate
eSventh street, 1920. Total, $432592.
w. E. Worden plumbing, $23623; Off &
Vaughn, apparatus, $14S.46 Grand total
$4692.71.