The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-06-05
ALL VACANCIES FILLED.
The School Board Holds an lmpOrtan mt
rIeeting.

The School Board Holds an Important
neeting.
The regular meeting of the school
board was held last night and niue n
business transacted.
A petition from West Mankato,
bearing $50 signatures, was received,
asking that a seventh grade be es-
tablished in the school there.
Supt. Kenaston advocated the es-
tablishment of a seventh grade, as
the building is crowded. Those pro
noted to the seventh grade will next
year have to go to school liz other
parts of the city,
L. G.. M. Fletcher spoke Of the eX-
pense of an addition to the building.
If the addition is built this year, the
money would have to be borrowed.
Chas. T. Mailman and W. G. Briggs
spoke in favor of the petition.
Lorin Cray thought that seventh
grade should be established, and
favored a tax levy for the purpose,
rather than more bonds.
! The petition was received and
placed on tlle for future reference, af-
ter some further discussion.
HThe matter of repairing the Pleas
ant Grove building was referred to
the committee on property and eX-
pense.
The May report of Supt. Kenaston
showed 252 enrolled at the High
school, 43O at the Union, $40 at the
Pleasant Grove, 275 at the FRANKLIN,
ZIG at West Mankato, and rs at the
East Mankato, total of 1881. The
number of pupils enrolled during
the year was 1900, of whom l, 500 were
entitled to apportionment. The
average daily attendance was 1867.
A number of bills were allowed.
The filling of vacancies in the
teaching force of the schools was
then taken up.
In the Franklyn building, Miss
Clara Kelly and Miss Ida Tuberg
were each promoted one grade, to the
second and first respectively. Miss
May Chapman. High and Normal
school graduate, was given the pri-
mary at S35 per month.
In the Union building, Miss Mary
Coon was elected to the first grade,
at $50 a month. Miss Nellie Mills, a
High and Normal school graduate,
was elected to the second grade at
S35 month Miss Corrinne Jacoby, a
High school graduate, was elected to
the fourth grade, at S35. John
Schmitt. High school graduate, was
elected to the fifth grade at $40. Miss
Vesta Cornish, of Pleasant Mound,
was elected to the seventh grade at
$50. She is a Normal graduate and
has taught a year at Elgin, Mimi,
and was last year elected to the eigth
grade at Rochester, but was obliged
to resign on account of i'll health.
A. H. Emerson was reelected prin-
cipal of the West Mankato school at
S55 month, an advance Of S..
This filled all of the vacancies ex-
cept that of ]. f. Chapman in the
High school, but that will not be
filled, as there is no room.
Janitors were elected as follows:
Union building, Frank Reichel,
$500 per year.
FRANKLIN building, Joseph Huettl,
$500 per year.
Pleasant Grove building. O. G..
Olson, $3.50 per year.
High school building, E. r. Brown,
$3.50 per year.
West Mankato building, W. H.
Hamilton, $3.50 per year.
East Mankato building, A. Deuser,
s75 per year.
All of these salaries are same as
last year except that Mr.. Olson's
salary is advanced $50 permanently.
Last year he received $50 extra
for additional work.
A motion was passed requiring the
janitors to do all the work around
their buildings without extra pay.
| The hoard adjourned