The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-07
THE SCHOOL. BOARD.
Interesting Meeting Held by the Members
Last Slight.

4 regular monthly meeting of the School
Board was held last eveping and considerable
business Of importance was considered. The |
Directors in attendance at the meeting were |
Mcssrs Dewitt, Hanna, Coughliu, Baush,
KEEPER. Edwards, Dove, McNealis Connors |
Higgins. Brcslin, Britt and James Solicitor
NJ. M Burke. Truant Officer James Smith |
and Superintendent J. w. Cooper were also
in attendance.
The latter placed in the hands Of the
secretary lengthy communication in answer
to % letter presented at the last meeting of
the Board, requesting an appointment on the
corps of night school teachers. The superin-
tendent stated that the Office considered it
uuwisc and unjust to reopen the examination
after all teachers had been elected, unless it be
done upon the express desire of the Board
and the united request of the committee on
teachers and salaries. His reasons for this
were that the substitute list slready contains
| the names Of 25 teachers who are normal
school graduates and the list is too large now
/ to encourage the substitutes to keep them
selves well qualified for the work. To es-
/ tabish such precedent, he continued,
would cmbarrass the Office and open it to
/ petitions for examination when any of the
/ teachers having relatives capable of qualify
/ ing and who desired a leave Of absence The
superintendent. said he might also be laid
open to the charge of seeking favors by ex-
amining and appointing substitutes not
elected by the Board and closed the COM
munication with the statement that should
it be the desire of the Board or the united
request of the committee TN teachers and
salaries. that the office should examine the
applicant, the Board should insert in the
town papers a notice for the examination of
the applicant in question and others, if there
may be any. The report was accepted and
approved
An application of Mrs. John NJ. Reeves, Of
South Jardin street, for eXOneration from
1897 taxes was referred to the exoneratiOn
committee, after Solicitor Burke, in response
to Mr. Dove for legal opinion on exonera-
tions, stated that the Board was to exercise
its best Judgment within the conditions i'm
posed by the law so far as real estate eXonera.
tons are concerned.
An application of Miss Hattie Jones for a
recommendation for normal school diploma
was granted.
Superintendent Cooper made his monthly
report Oh the schools, stating that the at
tendance during the first part of the month
was fair, but not so regular as the two pre-
]
ing among the pupils. During the month
there were on the rolls l 400 boys and 1,495
girls, a total Of , 500 The daily attendance
was ,233 boys and ,2s0 girls, average Off, ,522.
Boys percentage, 02; girls, 80; total of 81,
and 500 pupils were not absent during the
month. The schools had 1856 visits from
patrons and 20 by Directors In the evening
schools there were 275 boys and 27 girls, a
total of 3O2. The average attendance was lSS
boys and II girls, a total of 202 The percent
age was boys is, and girls 70, an average
Of 69 There were 36 visits by patrons and
10 by directors During the term of the
evening schools Cog different pupils were
admitted. The attendance at the schools was
quite satisfactory until the beginning Of the
second week of the fifth month, when the
fair weather set in aud pupils stopped. The
term of the evening schools should be made
. four months with the option of extending i
into the fifth month only so far as the schools
, retain their normal condition.
Truant Officer Smith presented a writer
report in which he stated that he visited tht
parents of 12l absent pupils during the montl
who had been absent five days or more
The reasons given for absence of most of tn
pupils was sickness IA legal excuse; but 9th
i cases the excuses were that tho pupils ha,
: been kept home to assist parents in house
- hold work, which were not legal excuses
+ More strict compliance with the law wa
% urged There were nine cases of truancy
p but all except one are back and in that cas-
- legal notice has been served on the guardian
1 Legal prosecution will be entered next Mon
; day uHless the Board should order otherwise
n This report was also accepted and filed.
5 The finance committee presented volun
i inous report in which was incorporated tn
4; rules of the postal savings bank system and
5, recommendation that Mr.. Coughlin be electe
d general treasurer. 1t was accepted and tn
l. Board elected Mr.. Coughlin by a unanimsu
e vote.
e Mr. Coughlin by the way, was the origins
7, protector of the system in our schools
g. The report showed that the balance due 0
NJ. j. Scanlan's duplicates Of 1895 and 1896
Sl5, ,3O2 80 and that on Edward Burke's dupl
Id cate (notalowing for eXonerations) is S., 500
v IL The Board, at present, is short Sl593.t
II to finish the school year. Tho report ais
IA contained statement showing that Trea
urer J. J. Franey received during the yes
to $50, 9Og II and disbursed S47, ,767.74, leaving
r, balance in the treasury Of $l2, 14l. 3
to against which there is an account Of S3l3'
Of in outstanding orders and temporary loa
d; of 81, 10000, making total of Si,3ls.s4,
of Mr.. Coughlin read bill of Sl2 due fl
p, tuition furnished a daughter of Villa
Jones, of Lost Creek. Superntendei
Cooper stated that repeated demands ha
pe been made fer payment and he believed the
ed were disclaimed on the ground that the pup
of was the daughter of an Old soldier Solicit
r. Burke was again asked for an opinion al
/ stated that Judges in three counties had d
/ cided that the tuition law under which Il
.s claim might be made had been declared u
( constitutional, but it had never been decid,
p on appeal After some discussion as
,rt whether it would be worth while to make
Is. test case on the amount involved the bill W
Iel referred back to the finance committee wi
instructions to try and collect the bill wit
out suit
There was an intimatiOn that hereafter
ke waiver of any claim of exemption under al
:. law will be required before a non-reside
pupil will be admitted to the schools, al
nc any dissatisfied parent can then test &
uus question in the courts of this county, and
"a appeal if desired.
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