The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-12-04
AN INTERESTING COUNCIL OF
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Eighteen City Schools to BE Visited by
Board Members-Tabu Taken Off
Pringle-Land and Maps.

/ ton OF ITS president, W. y. Smith, the
Board of Education has hit upon
new plan which is sure to prove ben
eficial to the educational department
locally. There are eighteen pu0iic
schools i'm Honolulu district and there
are six members of the Board of Ed
ucation. Each member has been as
signed three of the cty's schools, for
his or her personal supervision, thus
bringing the board in closer touch
with the educational work.
President Smith stated that he
found that the plan worked admirably
with the Board of Health. of which he
is president, and he saw no reason
why it would not do so in the educa-
tional department
Each member will endeavor to make
a monthly visit to each one of the
schools. assigned him, and acquaint
himself with all the details of the
workings of the institutions. He will
be expected to make a monthly report
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schools and make recommendation
for any changes or improvements
which he may think necessary.
THE plan is a good one, | think"
said President Smith at the Board
meeting yesterday afternoon. ut will
give the Board a clearer idea of the
matters pertaining to the Honolulu
schools, which may come up from time
to time and will enable the Board to
act with a full knowledge. While each
member is held in a way responsible
for the condition of the schools as
signed to him. there is no interference
with the work of the Inspector Gen
eral or his deputy. | believe that the
public instruction bureau win he
greatly benefited by such an ac ion
on the part of the members OF the
Board"
The Board passed a resolution auth-
orizing the unemployment of c. d.
Pringle in the educational department.
He will be given the next suitable
vacancy.
The matter of closing the night
school for the holidays was again
brought up for discussion. Deputy
Inspector General Scott stated that
the school kept running through the
holidays last year and that the teach
ers were unwilling that it should be
closed down this year if their salaries
were shut off for the same period.
President Smith thought that it was
not fair that the Board should pay the
salaries of the teachers during the hol-
idays when they would not be engaged
ceived 50 per night each for a couple
hours teaching. He did not see why
they could not secure labor during
the day time also.
The Deputy Inspector General re-
marked that it would work a hard
ship on them in case their salaries
were cut off during the holidays. On
motion of Mr.. Bowen the matter was
deferred for week to enable Deputy
Inspector General Scott to ascertain
whether or not the pupils cared to at
tend school during the holidays.
The Board authorized the curtail-
ment of the staff of teachers of the
night school from seven to five. This
has been necessary on account of the
e
from the roll owing to the opening
of stores in the evenings during the
holidays OBTAINING some and the lack
of interest taken in the work of 9th
ers.
Beretania street school is filed to
.overflowing again. Mr.. Scott reported
that a number of the children were
forced to sit out on the open lanai at
tachng to the main school room on
account of lack of space. In bad
weather il was necessary to crowd
them inside.
The matter was discussed thorough
ly, 1t was the general opinion OF the
Board that as the Beretania street
school was central point some day
there should he large school build
ing erected there. TO obviate the
present difficulties the deputy inspect
or general was authorized to build an
addition room on the rear of the main
building and to coufine the cost OF
, such within 500.
The Board refused to accede 10 the
request of Principal Dumas, of the
, Normal school, for the removal of Mis-,
Alice Smith, teacher in the Practice
school, The Teachers Committee re
ported her work as being satisfactory
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