Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-27
THE STONE SCHOOL
School Committee Decides
Upon Its Resuming.
Parents Of Pupils Must Keep Up Uni
ted, Lively Interest.
Facts Regarding This Agitation Committee
Want no More Wrangiing.

The experimenting school committe.
at it's first meeting, last spring, fel
that the circumstances justified then
in suspending the Stone school. Sew
eral important considerations led t,
this decision.
After arrangements We're made TO
the transferring of the pupils as tn,
superintendent thought. with thu
greatest cordially and approval. OPP
position developed. A petition wa
brought, but before action could b.
taken by the committee. another peti
ton was laid before the city council
Here a question arose in regard to tn,
regularity of the proceeding and thu
whole matter was referred to the edu
cational committee.
Thus quite a delay seemed inevitable
The people had practically taken tn,
matter out of the hands of the schoo
committee by their appeal and th'
answer of the city council was delayed
The following petition was therefor,
laid before the school committee: I'VE
SO long as the petition is before the cit,
government, the school committee i.
powerless to act, do herewith presen
you the petition which was made tt
the city government. and do. in view
of the feeling which has been created
request that we may have the order o
the experimenting committee reversed
and school continued at the Stone
school. and do hereby pledge ourselves
to faithfully maintain the same
This was signed by the different in.
dividuals in the district and although
petition withdrawn from the council
the committee made the following re
ply:
Augusta. April "a. 1896.
In granting this request for the CON
tinuance of the Stone school. we sub
nit the following explanation: The
suspension was not made without
cause or consideration. The school has
given the committee not little anxi-
ETY. in years past. The committee have
felt that the parents We're not taking Il
proper interest in the school: that the
teachers have not been supported as
they should have been: that scholars
have been detained from school for in
sufficient reasons.
Now. we do not propose to con-
tinually be in a wrangle with the peo-
pie. You know the law or may know it
tapply at State House for copy. and
if you read the several sections es
pecially sec. q, sec. 81. sec. IA. sec. IL
and sec. 116. you will be impressed with
the fact that the school committee
have upon them no slight RESPONSE
bility. When it comes to the question
of schools. you deal directly with the
committee, who have taken their oath
to administer the school affairs with
fidelity and without Partially. The
committee felt that if your interest
was not sufficient to enable you to rally
about the school there. we would give
you good one elsewhere. Parents
have as much as, or more, to do with
having good schools than the children
do. Now, we gladly grant your re-
quest. because we believe that you will
each support that school. and so long
as you furnish pupils and take II
united, lively interest, satisfactory to
the committee, the school may be
maintained We would lay the burden
however. upon you. and hold you re
sponsible for carrying out the spirit Of
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