El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-06
Term Of the Public Schools
Ends December 10.
SCHOOL A MEETING.
Matters OF Importance We're Discussed
and Acted Upon By the Board Last
Night.-1he Disposition Of the
Bond Money Recommended By the
SUPERINTENDENT.

Last night the city school board met
in regular monthly session. with Pres
ident Race, Secretary Pew, Treasurer
Foster, and Mr.. Shelton present.
The secretary read a letter from w.
r. Martin regretting that he was I'M
able to attend, but was suddenly called
out of town on business. Minutes OF
the last meeting were read and ap-
proved.
his monthly report as follows:
Central School
Dec. 3, 1898.
the Hon. Board of Education,
Ell PASO, TEX,
Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to
submit herewith my report for the
school month ending Nov. 20: Tabu-
lated report is as follows:
The attendance and general work
of the schools during the month have
been much impaired by an unusual
ing cough, etc. Upon the advice Of
your president who is also, the city
health officer, on the 18th day of
November L sent out a circular note to
parents directing general vaccine
ton.
Teachers were instructed to send all
children home who were not vaccinat-
ed by December L. All pupils living
across the river were excluded on Nov.
II.
, 1 desire to state to the board tina,
we have beer as careful in guarding
against the spreading of smallpox
among the schools as it was in Oul
power to be. Teachers have exercised
uniform diligence in excluding chill
dren from the school Who were know
to have been exposed to it, and they
have been allowed to return Only upor
the statement of the health officer tina
it would be safe to receive them. A
yet there have come to my knowledge
four cases among school children
Two of these were from the Mexican
school. They are supposed to havt
contracted the disease from friend
who visited them from across tn,
river. OF the other cases doth whites
one of them was the son Of a dyer, o
clothes cleaner: the other ii
the child of a conductoreF 81
the Mexican Central. We ar,
lead to believe that neither case wa
contracted in school In fact, from tn,
number of cases developed in the cit,
out of the schools, and from the com
paritively few cases we have thus ia
had in the schools, and also from tn,
fact that every rchool child in the cit,
has pee vaccinated or required t,
stop, L am convinced that in reality
unless children were kept secluded a
home, and not allowed to go on the
streets, there is less danger in tn,
schools than out of them; but wher,
parent have preferred to take theiI
children out we have not discouraged
them from doing so.
AS bonds have been voted for tn.
erection of school houses and the i'm
provement of school buildings, 1 TAX,
it that 1 shall not be out OF order il
stating to the board and PARTICULAR,
the external committee, what | believ,
should be done in the way OF building:
and improvements. l would suggest
! l.. That a building be built on th,
ground already owned by the city il
the second ward.
2. That the board secure a lot an,
erect a building exclusively for tn,
Mexican population to be known as tn,
! Aoy school.
3. That the board ask the cit,
council to set aside, as soon as the it'll
to the same q be cleared. the plot o.
block of land bounded by Upson ave.
North Ell Paso, Franklin, and Santa F.
' streets for school purposes, and that /