Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-09
SUPER|NTENDENT'S REPORT
or the Various Matters Concerning
the Great Falls Public
Schools.
Transfers Of Pupils to Be Made When
the Central Building Is
Occupied.

The school trustees held regular
meeting Saturday and transacted much
important business All the members
were present except Trustee Holmes.
The matter of fuel for the ensuing year
was up for consideration and bids ex-
amined. After much discussion tho
Goodrich Lumber Co. was awarded the
contract for Lethbridge at "a % per ton;
Sam Dean, nut at - and lump at So 50;
and Tod N Kelly, slack at S175 per ton.
The Goodrich Lumber Co. were awarded
The contract for pine ard cottonwood
hindling at SJ,05 per cord.
Superintendent Hathaway mgde q
lengthy report, which was acted on in
sections, as follows:
Section l. This section Included re-
poIt OF the perintendent's visits to the
various buildings and tho number of
scholars enrolled, as follows: South Side.
~ pupils; North Side, 4G3; West Side,
LA; Old South Side, Al; B. GS G.. f. adoh-
| ton, %; Copper Smelter, 80; Silver
Smelter, %; total, 1,lS5.
| sec. = On account of large number
OF pupils, 1t has been necessary to have
haii day sessions in two primary grades
on North side and one on West side,
Sec. 3. A careful study and exami-
nation OF the conditions of our schools
and the accommodations needed for
them leads me to make the following
recom:mcndations in regard TO occupa
| ton OF the new High school, North Side
and SnDt u A,i,ia ,,,il1,,,., I i
that the rooms on the lower first floor
only Of the new High school be opened
and occupied at present. | would further
recommend that the southeast corner
room and the recitation rooms on
the north side of this build
ing bo opened and used for High school
purposes only; also that the Houthw west
corner room be uged and occupied by the
eighth grade pupils, with Miss Mitchell
"a teacher; also that tho two rooms be-.
tween those said corner rooms be used
and occupied by the pupils of the sixth
and seventh grades, who are now taught
respectively by Mrs Ewing and Mrs.
CulbeTteon; that Miss Biodgett and
her pupils b3 transferred 10 tho room by
the South Side building made vacant in
the High school scholars; that the Dor
ton Of the seventh grade now taught by
Miss Blodgett be transferred. if neces.
eary, 10 The room in tho rev High school
building to be taught by Mrs. Cubert.
son.
Sec. ). When the rooms now taught
by Miss Mitchell and Mrs. Ewing are
vacated we shall have left two rooms
which can be occupied by the half of
the scholars now taught by Miss Conner
and NlGE linDppunv Il
two new primary teachers be appointed
for this purpose.
Sec. q Recommends that teachers
contracts be drawn so rs to provide for
transferring them to other grades or
buildings at the pleasure of the board.
Sec. +, Provides for the appointment
of principal in each building by desig
mating some teacher in that building to
so act.
Sec. S. Provides for allowing each
teacher one half day in each two months
to visit other rooms Of similar grade and
giving every scholar, below the High
school, neither tardy nor absent perfect
in department, and standing 90 per cent
IN all studies, a monthly half-holiday.
Sec. 9. ke"ommends certain repairs
and alterations in the West Side aud |
North Side buildinge.
These recommendation were adopted, |
and to carry tEem out the superintend- |
ent was given authority to employ two
additional primary teachers and Mrs !
Bena Mitchell was appointed substitute
teacher.
Complaint was made of the NUISANCE
caused by Jack Enright's pigeons at the
North Side school bulldog, where it il
claimed they maize a roost of the roof
and caves to the detriment of the chili-
ren's wearing apparel Chairman Cooper
and the superintendent were appointed
a committee to abate the same and given
power to act.
a number of bills and estimates were
read and acted on.
The clerk WAS instructed to pay off
the teachers Monday. and will be in his
1Ilice TIL 8 p. m. for that purpose.
The beard then adjourned.