The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-28

mas requested leave or absence Tor the fall term for the purpose of travel and study in Europe, and the committee recommend that such leave of absence be granted; the resignation of Miss Ag- nes c. Newman, to take effect at the close of the present school year. The committee reports the resignation of Sister Valentine, teacher in the Hamil- ton school, to go into effect at the close o fthe present school year.
 The recommendations of the commit tee were adopted and the resignations announced were accepted.
 The following recommendations of the superintendent were also adopted: In order to promote the efficiency of the kindergartens, to unify their in struction and to give the Kindergarten | teachers the benefit of expert supervi- sion, I recommend that on and after | September l. 1899, Miss Jessie I. Scran- | ton, now head teacher in the Hamilton | kindergarten, spend part of her time in the supervision of the kindergartens | of the city. We now have upwards of | twenty teachers in our kindergarten service. The number will soon reach thirty, and forty is not remote possi- | bility.
 | As the committee on schools state in | it's explanation of it's recommendation | for the increase of Miss Scranton's salary, not more than $500 at the out side will be expended in this work of supervision, inasmuch as Miss Scran- ton will continue to perform her pres ent duties at the Hamilton school, only a portion of her time being required for supervision.
 I take great pleasure in making this recommendation relative to Miss Scran- | ton inasmuch as she has long been in the service of the district. Her ability 1 as a kindergarten teacher has long been recognized among the kindergar- ten teachers of the city, and her de- votion to the work is recognized by all with whom she has been associated in her long service. I propose the follow 1 ing notifications in the organization of | our kindergartens and recommend that, beginning with the fall term, Septen. Der, 1898, the kindergarten teachers l teach in the forenoon from to 11:15 and in the afternoon from 2 until 3:45. I recommend further that different class of children be taken by these teachers in the afternoon, provided there are enough children in the district to make up another class. In case | there are not enough children to make up different class, the teachers are to employ the afternoon hours in one of three different ways, as circum- stances in each particular school may | determine.
 First, in assisting the first primary teacher by employing their children in
 classes for brief periods in kindergar-
 ten occupations.
 Second, by teaching Tn another place
 in the afternoon, thus offering kinder garten advantages to another neigh
 borhood or locality.
 Third, in teaching the older children
 of the morning kindergarten class the
 beginnings of elementary primary | work
 My further recommendation is that
 there be a moderate increase in the
 salaries of these teachers, the amount
 of such increase to be determined by
 your honorable body as the committee
 on schools may recommend. By the
 adoption of these recommendations we
 will increase the number of children
 to be given Kindergarten advantages