The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-12-23
SCHOOL,
DIRECTORS
Proceedings at Special Meeting Held
Last Night
LARGE ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN.
The Registrations Made by the ward
Assessors Show That There Are over
Three Thousand Within the
School Age Limits IN
the Borough.

special meeting of the School Board was
held last night for general business. The
main object of the meeting was to draw
orders for salaries, so that the teachers and
others could receive the money due them be-
fore Christmas. The Directors in attendance
at the meeting were Messrs. Baugh, KEEPER,
Dove, Edwards, Britt, Connors Dewitt, Hig-
gins and Sullivan.
superintendent Coopers report for the
month ending on the 21st inst was as follows:
Monthly enrOllment-Boys, 1869; girls, 1864
total 1888. Average daily attendance-Boys,
1865; girls 1896; total, 1869. Percentage sof
attendance Boys 93; girls, 92; total, 02.
Pupils present at every session. 960. Seventy
five citizens and Directors visited the
schools. Barring sickness, the attendance in
the day schools has been quite satisfactory
The evening schools had an enrolment Of
446 boys and 80 girls, a total of 476. Average
daily attendance-Boys 295; girls, % total,
317. Percentage-Bo ~; girls, 80; total,
70. There are still remaining on the roll
40 pupils. In these schools So pupils
attended every session. Sixty-nine citizens
and four Directors paid visits to the schools.
A report was made to the effect that the
Assessors of the different wards had taken
great pains in connection with the enroll
ment Of children between the ages of 8 and
l6 years and had secured a very full registra-
ton. The lists have been carefully compared
by the Assessors and Truant Officer Smith
with the school enrollments. The registra-
tion shows that there are over 300 children
within the ages specified in the borough.
The report also developed the fact that there
are still large number of children between
the ages of and 16 years who are not at
tending school,
Truant Officer Smith stated that he had
paid attention in securing more regularity of
attendance than in searching for truants,
but nine cases of truancy we're investigated,
while 116 cases of pupils detained at home by
their parents were given attention. Three
hundred legal notices on parents, whose
children were absent from school more than
days during the month, were served
There were also served on parents 250 notices
requesting more regularity of attendance Of
children.
Tax Collector Scanlan presented list of
exonerations for 1894 showing that many of
the people assessed could not be found and
many had moved out of the town. He also
presented batch of letters he sent to delin-
quents and which were returned because the
letter carriers could not find the parties The
papers were referred to the exoneration com
mittee with instructions to report at the next
meeting, if possible.
was stated that two teachers had
mi complaint that they had not received
| thl ull institute pay. One teacher claimed
a age of one day and another claimed a
ha y pay. After discussion of the matter
ana bearing statement from Secretary
Hanna it was conceded that a mistake had
been made in the case of Frank B. Williams
and he was entitled to "a days pay, but as to
the other claim no mistake had been made
The Board granted orders to the supern-
tendent, teachers, janitors and the inter
prefers who were employed in assisting in the
triennial assessmentand registration Of school
children. An adjournment was then taken
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