The herald., 1896-11-24
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Business TrarS acted at the Re-
gular Meeting
MACY ST. SCHOOL SITE
The Whole Matter Referred Back to the
City Council
The Children to Be Allowed to Make
Their Thanksgiving Offerings for
the Poor-Statistical Report

A regular meeting of the board of ed
ucation was held last night at the rooms
in the Wilcox building.
The report of Superintendent Foshay
was accepted and the request that the
teachers be furnished the use of the
Spring street school building for their
meeting to be held next week was
granite d.
The recommendation from the city
council that the school board purchase
of William Mead the piece of property
S0Xl50 feet adjoining the Macy street
school a an amount of $500 and that s10O
be allowed to the property owners abut-
ting the alley into which the schoolhouse
projects was referred back to the council
with the following recommendation:
Your communication has been re-
ceived in which the board learns that the
new Macy street school stands upon
property not decided to it. The board
declined to act upon the matter and
would respectfully ask the council to
make them a deed to the property upon
which the school stands"
This action is intended to dispose of
matter that has been hanging fire for
some time. This bill has been continu-
ally referred back and forth between
the council and school board. The board
claims that it had nothing to do with
the selection ard purchase of the site
of the Macy street school, and now that
it is learned that somebody's territory
has been encroached upon, proposes to
let the council dispose of the matter as
best it can independent of any action of
the board.
A motion was carried that the letter
frsT II Il roir t,o
Gift of a piano to the Santa Fe avenue
school be engrossed in the minutes of the
board.
On motion, bills in the sum of SIS each
from j. II. Francis and Charles A. Ku-
non respectively for services rendered
during July and August in organizing
classes were added to the report of the
finance committee.
The following recommendation from
Mr.. Pitman was adopted:
Whereas, The custom of contributing
to the poor by the pupils of our schools
during the last two years has been the
means of not only helping the needy but
also of teaching the important lesson of
charity to our own children; therefore
be it
Resolved, That the superintendent be
instructed to permit the children to
bring such contributions for Thanks
giving day as they may choose, he to
over to the associated charities.
On motion, a resolution was passed in
structing the building committee to re-
ceive bids for a sidewalk in front of the
Sixth street school.
A motion was adopted to confirm the
bills for the sewering expenses incurred
on Ninth street and for the placing Of
telephones in tWenty-eight schools.
The following bills reported by the
finance committee were ordered paid,
together with the salaries of the depart
ments for the coming month.
j. b. Fulton, labor. 81 so; Flynn G.
Wells, shelf S525: Los Angeles Light
ing Co. October. $685. Nauerth & Cass
Hardware Co.. stove, IS; C. Alexander,
filing cesspoo, sS05; H. Kreim, labor
$40; II. NJ. Lee & Bro. printing, S15.50;
Geo. Rubsch, repairs, $17.25; l.. A. Hol
comb, labor, $23 l., A. Holcomb. putting
in drain pipe. S2S.65; w. H. Collins, labor.
SIG; Jno. Hayworth labor. S2S; E. H. Au-
gustus, labor, $27. 50; r. P. Amin, labor,
$3.50; A. H. S. Perkins, report cards,
$2S; T. L. Converse. labor. $50; w. c.
Mathews. labor, $50; G. F. Watson, la
Dor, $780, S.A. Wilson, labor, October. $50;
S. A. Wilson, labor $50; w. B. Axtell, la
bor $50; Byron Story labor, $50; John
labor, $50; Kingsley, Barnes
& Neuner Co. books etc. s3425; c. F.
Weber & Co, hyloplate $780, +. 7. Cook
~ Co, SuppileS, 2ob.iu Harry f1dll. XIII
dergarten tables, $40; V. LacroiX, clean
ing cesspool, $64; p. H. Mathews, glass,
etc, S6Si0; Wilcox Building Agency,
rent of office, December. $40; Geo. L.
Mills grading street (Truman), SS5.79;
Crescent Coal company, coal, $50. 55; S.
j. Smith, windmill (Harmony), $9o;
Gardner & Zellner Piano Co., rent of
pianos. S116; Off & Vaughn, chemicals,
$140.42; Off & Vaughn, apparatus Oh. 81,
$219.S6; j. A. Foshay. superintendent
institute. 5000; Theo Lutge, second pay
ment. Thirtieth street, $S7S25. Total
s2677.07.
The following is the statistical report
for the school month ending November
13, 1896:
Number days taught, 10; number times
teachers tardy, 10; total days present
272 1888; total days absent, 1860; total
tardness pupils, 1913; boys enrolled
1888; girls enrolled. $780, total enrolment,
Is. 500; average number belonging, 15.-
07S; average daily attendance, 1880;
per cent of attendance, 95; new pupils
entered boys, 230; new pupils entered
girls, 233; total new pupils entered, 463;
pupils entered from state, boys, 50 pu-
pills entered from state, girls, 63 total
pupils entered from state, 113; visits of
125; visits of special
teachers, 476; visits of board of educa-
ton, "a; other visitors, 1887 number pu-
pills promoted, 80; number pupils de-
NOTED, 65; number INDECENT furnished
with books, 135. 4