The San Francisco call., 1896-01-17
TO CARE FOR WANDERERS,
School Directors Are Figuring
on a Place of De-
tention.
Superintendent Babcock Receives In
formation on the Boston
School.

In pursuance of its idea of providing a
school near this City where wayward and
truant children can be cared for, as thev
are in other cities of the country, the
Board of Education has been in CORE
spondence with other municipalities, with
view to ascertaining how such institu-
tions are conducted. Superintendent OF
Schools Babcock received the following
letter from Superintendent Seaver of the
Boston public schools yesterday:
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE, Jan. IL, IS96I
Mr. N. BGbcOck Superintendent Of Public
Schools, San Francisco, CGl.-DEAR SIR: With
this l send you copies of the laws of this com
monwealth, under which the Parental School
OF this city has been established.
The school was opened in September last
and its operation thus far has been full oi
promise. Its career has been too brief for any
one to draw conclusions therefrom, or for there
being any literature IN relation to the instruc-
EDWIN P. SEAyER,
superintendent of Public Schools.
Chapter 282 An act to provide for the estab-
llshment OF school for truants and absentees
from school in the county of Suffolk.
Be it enacted, etc, as follows:
Section l. The city of Boston shall forth
with, upon being requested thereto by the
school committee of said city, esta blish on the
mainland, at some place removed from insti-
sons, parental school for the confinement
discipline and instruction of minor children
convicted in the county of Suffolk under sec
tions 10 and IL of chapter 48 of the Public
Statutes.
Sec. 2. AS soon as said school is prepared for
the reception of pupils, all such children then
under commitment in said city, at Deer Island
or elsewhere, shall be transferred thereto, and
thereafter all such children convicted under
said sections shall be committed to said school
Sec. 3. Said school shall be under the general
charge 3 DtIh liz IN.
uons OF said city. The school department of
said school shall be subject to the visitation
and inspection of the school committee of Bos.
ton, and the studies and examinations therein
shall be under the supervision and regulation
of said school committee and Commissioner of
Public instructions Jointly. Every teacher en-
ployed in said school shall hold certificate of
his qualifications from said school committee
Section 10 OF chapter 48 ofthe Public Statutes
of Massachusetts:
Each town shall make all neeQful provisions
and arrangements concerning habitual truants
and children between and Is wears of age
who may be found wandering about in the
up in ignorance; and shall make such bylaws
shall be most conducive to the welfare of
such children and to the good order of such
town; and shall provide suitable places for the
confinement, discipline and instruction of
such children. Such bylaws may be approved
by the Judge of Probate of the county, as we'll
as in the manner provided for the approval of
other bylaws by section 81 of chapter 81
Section IL of chapter 4S of the Public Stat
II tes OF Massachusetts,:
Any minor convicted under bylaw made
under section 10 of being an habitual truant
or of wandering about in the street and public
places of city or town, having no lawful em-
ployment or business, not attending school
and growing I'D in Ignorance shall he cow
mitted to any institution of instruction or
suitable situation provided for the purpose.
under the authority of said section or bylaw
for term not exceeding two years.
The department desires if expedient to
establish such a school here to prevent the
sending of ignorant and wandering chill
dren to penal institutions where they are
in danger of corruption from contact with
confirmed criminals.