The herald., 1896-05-26
The End of the School Year is
in Sight
CHANGES IN SCHOOL RULES
Several Offered for the Con sideration OF
the Board Last Night
Action Upon Their Adoption Deferred for Two
Ws,ks-pians for HnIarglng the Sew
enth Street School Building

At a meeting Of the board Of educa-
ton held last night communication re-
questing that arrangements be made
for the regular payment In the future Of
the salaries Of the teachers and Janitors
in the recently annexed Vernon school
came from B. w. Reed, the Vernon prin-
cipal. 1t was ordered filed, the board
not deeming 1t advisable to interfere
in the matter.
A request from the Fourth Of July
executive committee inviting the
boards cooperation and the school
children to participate in the coming
celebration was received. 1t was the
sense of the board that the teachers
and scholars may or may not, at their
pleasure. participate in the celebration,
as the school term closes on June 20.
when the boards jurisdiction over teach
ers and scholars closes.
Bills to the amount of $655.51 reported
! by the finance committee, together with
the salaries in the department for the
current month, were ordered to be paid.
The committee on rules recommended
the following which, if adopted, will be
in force from and after the beginning
Of the next school year:
Kindergartens--Child between the
ages of AZ and years may attend the
kindergartens. Kindergarten schools
Of two teachers should not have more
than fortyflve pupils nor more than
sixty-f1ve pupils for three teachers.
Preference should be given to children
between 5 and years OF age.
Night Schools-Pupils in the night
rchools must be at least 10 years Of
age, and shall not attend any public day
school. They shall be subject, as nearly
as possible, to the same rules and regu-
lations as the pupils of the day schools.
Visiting Days-The superintendent of
schools may select a visiting day for
each school,, when the principal and
teachers shall be required to spend the
school hours visiting other schools of
the city. They shall send within one
week thereafter, to the superintendent,
a detailed report Of the visits made. in
GLIDING the time spent in each school
and the work observed.
Applications-Applic for position
as teachers must apply in person and
present a written application, which
must be accompanied by evidence of a
legal certificate.
No person shall be eligible to posi-
ton as teacher who cannot present sat
isfactory evidence of at least one year
successful experience in teaching, ex-
cept graduates Of Normal schools who
are recommended by principals Of nor
NAL. normal model and head of pedago-
graduates of universities who have high
school certificates.
Special Teachers-At the beginning of
each week they shall transmit to the
Superintendent of schools a. program of
visitations to be made by them during
the week, and at the close of each month
| they shall report in detail the visits
| made.
Final action upon the above was de.
| ferred for a period of two weeks.
The high school committee reported
recommending that stenography be
T, optional In the business course of the
l. high school, provided some other study
be substituted therefor; also that the
choosing of the day for the graduation
Of the senior class of the school, and the
day for the class exercises be left en-
tirely to Superintendent Foshay and
Principal HOush.
The report was adopted.
The building committee reported that
an architect had agreed to submit plans
for the enlargement Of the Seventh
street school to an 8-room building and
q formal report upon the subject will
soon be forthcoming.
Director Garland offered the following
which was adopted:
Resolved, by the board Of education
that the schools of the city close or
June 26th, except those schools recently
annexed, and that the latter close at
the end Of the contracts in force at the
time Of annexation,
Director j. B. Fulton was by Presi-
dent Hale appointed to fill the vacancy
upon the supply committee. vice Direc-
tor Kennedy, resigned from the COM
mittee.