Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-03

ceiooJ. BoARD.-At the monthly
.,es.iro of The City school Board held
-, MONT Col. Smith presided. All the
members were present except Messrs.
RYAN! ana S%eeney.
T1..ianitor was Instructed to have
,,a a9,..,s Of the members placed on
tseir respective desks.
the .lperiniendent reported that the
,.n ,,s rec n!jy elected, Messrs. Man
I'm i,arbury, Uarne, Sweeney and DR..
bad qualified before the Corpo-
- Court and their certificates were
asi with the clerk of the board.
y-ral bills for supplies and repairs
y.-- Of cred to be paid.
-p .iutendent Kemper moved to
ta.e M the report of the finance com.
,S.,.5c resarling an increase in the SAL
nv ct the principal of Washington
school!
Mr. Harrison moved to lay the re
o,r. over iadefuitely, and on an aye
md 20 vote called for by the superir-
,-o5ert. Mr. Harrison's motion was
iss, tie vote s.a, ding ayes 5, noes 5.
ne superinteudent then moved that
,rs ,aoorl be adopted and spoke in ia
E5r al the motion.
gIr. Carue was willing to Increase
s.,s-iss ii the board could afford it.
Mr. MAXIM said according to the su.
nariaraadent's own report he did not
- how salaries could be raised.
The super;ntendent's motion to
at the report was lost-ayes D.
canmunicstion from Mrs. S. Y.
NcIlRiel, eFiacipai of Lee school, ask
nv an inerease of salary, was re-
fred TO the Ii ance oommittee. Mrs.
tlcD3siel SET firth that she tad never
been raid the maximum salary 81
lowed by law. whereas the maximum
s.5uy Of tie principal of Washington
seaa5l rad bsen exceeded by 5000 and
flst ar the vice-principal of that school
py SEQ. Sle closed by stating that if
t5e finances of the board will not ed
uisot an increase to any but the as
sis,ant teacler vino are below the max
.la!a. then sue asks for nothing more.
T1e superintendent reported that -
@oiored girls, all of the primary grade,
we're waiting admission, there icing no
room for them; there seemed 10 be but
little falling off in the sttendaLce Of
small children us the winter comes on
ana the only remedy was the establish
n.ant of a new girl school; he would
not recommend this at the present
tim. 5owever. There were only II
c0lored boys awsiting admission and
little or 40 waiting among white Child
reD.
Mr.. Harrison asked if the second
grade of white girls were not taught
orly in half day schools, while the same
grade OF boys attended full day schools,
and asked why this discrimination was
made.
The superintendent replied that he
hoped after the FIRST of the year to make
iull day schools for girls of the second
grade.
The Christmas holidays were fixed
at from the close of the schools on the
evening of December 23d to Monday
morning, January 3.
Mr.. Carne moved to reconsider the
vote on the finance committees report
in reference to an increase in the salary
of Colonel Ficklin-carried, ayes g,
noes i. He then moved to postpone
the matter till the next meeting, which
was carried
II was ordered that the salari,s OF
she teachers, janltors, clerk and treas-
arer for the current year tie paid IN &C.
cordance with the provisions of The BY
laws.
The chair appointed the standing
committees, making 20 changes except
substituting DR.. w. NJ. Smith for Nj
W. F. Vincent, retired, on the commit
tee on schoolhouses and furniture.