Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.
Old Question of Tuition BObs Up
Agnln Win sercnitN.

Ola question OF luitton bUbN VI
Again with serenity.
The question of collecting tuition from
nonresident pupils Of the public schools came
up for consideration again at the regular
meeting of the Board of Education last
night. The secretary reported that he had
sent personal letters to the parents and
guardians Of each Of the foreign pupils noti-
flying them that unless arrangements were
made to pay the tuition or orders from the
board were issued relieving them, the chill
dren would be excluded from the privileges
OF the schools. The majority Of the parents
and guardians treated the communications
with silent contempt but fe OF them ap-
peared and made all sorts Of excuses AMI
representations which they thought would
relieve them Of the necessity for paying the
small amount demanded. Not oHe, however
had paid a cent The secretary asked for
specific instructions as to whether he vas
to let the matter rest as it Is or notify the
principals of the various schools to exclude
all nonresident pupils whose tuition had not
been paid. The board decided to let the
matter rest until the next meeting and in
the meantime have the principals make
new list of these delinquents
Mrs. Sarah Pool reported that two of her
grandchildren, whose widowed mother is
employed in the Iowa School for the Deaf
were making their home with her and were
being sent to the city Schools and asked
the board to exempt them from payment OF
the tuition fees. A similar request rame
from Mrs. Casey, living on Grace street and
both were granted
Member Spruit from the teachers COM
mittee reported the designations of two pri-
mary teachers. Miss Thompson and Miss
Zipf and the promotion of Miss Slyter and
Miss Bohn from the substitute list 10 I'll
the vacancies The action was approved by
the board. The salaries Of the promoted
=,
Maude Pierce was appointed a substitute
teacher. Spruit reported that it had
been necessary to appoint an assistant
teacher from the substitute list for work in
the Pierce and Madison street schools and
that Miss Evers had been appointed. she to
receive the regular salary of promoted
teachers.
Chairman Thomas from the finance COM
mttee reported that his committee had
found it more advisable to borrow a machine
for canceling the vouchers than to eXpend
the Sl5 authorized by the board in the pur
chase of one.
The furnace in the Harrison street school
was reported to have collapsed, and Member
Moore from the committee reported that he
had ordered repairs by wire.
Member Sims announced that the methods
that have always been in vogue for pur
chasing school supplies were scarcely what
ought to be expected to prevail in country
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permit the jantor to run out and Duy
single broom a the top market price, and
all other small supplies in the same man
ner. He said Secretary Grason and himself
had evolved a plan which he believed would
save the board annually a good deal of
money. The plan was to require an estimate
each year of the amount of supplies re-
quired in each department and let the con-
tract to furnish them to the lowest bidder.
The board ordered the secretary to submit
his plan in detail at the next meeting.
Superintendent Hsey submitted the report
of monthly attendance as follows:
Number enrolled December, 4.344; Novem-
Der 4,309; gain 35. Average number
belonging December, 36SO9; November,
3,793.4; loss 1925. Average daily attendance
December, 3359.3; November, 1894; loss,
240.1. Number of cases of tardiness Decem-
ber, $40; November, 384I increase, 156.
d. w. Bushnell, custodian of the school
books, submitted a proposition to furnish
the board with a new SIS pencil sharpener
with which the janitor of each building
could sharpen all of the pencils used in the
schools and prevent the annoyance to teach
ers and pupils. The remainder of the even
ing was devoted to the reading and allow
ance of the monthly bills.