The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-26

heating plant of School No. i; and
whereas, The amount needed to pay the
salary of said engineer could not be as.
c~ertained at the time of fixing the amount
OF the annual tax or tax levy of the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and the safety and
protection of the school mentioned require
that the usual advertisements be dis
pensed with;
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
De and they are hereby requested to APP
propriate to the use of this Board the
sum of one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars tSl2o) this sum to be used for the pur-
pose Of paying the salary of the engineer
Of School No. 1 for part of October and
Adopted.
The Chairman of the Finance Commit
zee that the committee would
meet at four O'Clock P. M. on the days
preceding regular meetings; he also re-
quested that various school committees
prepare and submit an estimate of the
amount of repairs necessary to be made
during the summer vacation of 1899.
Mr.. Culver, member from the Tenth
Ward, entered the meeting rooom at this
time and took his seat.
Teachers and Salaries. by Mr.. Egbert.
Chairman
Resolved, That Miss Lena Jacobus be
and she is hereby appointed model each
er in School NO 8, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss Morgan
at an annual salary Of one hundred dol
Is. 1899.
The yeas and nays having been ordered
ana taken on the call of the Chairman.
the resolution was adopted by the follow
Yeas-President Mulvaney and Messrs.
Succow. Kennedy. Ward. Lewis. Barker.
Witt, Birdsall, Cullen, Culver, Berger,
Egbert and Hulshizer-13.
NayS-None.
Absent-None.
Resolved, That Miss Alice o'Toole be
and she is hereby transferred from School
No. 4 to School No. 8. to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss Nor
gan, this transfer to take effect Tune l,
1899.
Adopted
Resolved, That Miss Emma Robertson
be and she is hereby appointed teacher in
school No. 4 to fill the vacancy caused
by the transfer of Miss O'Toole, ut an
annual salary of four hundred dollars,
this appointment to take effect u l,
The yeas and nays having been ordered
and taken on the call of the Chairman,
the resolution was adopted by the follow
ing vote:-
Yeas-President Mulvaney and Messrs.
Witt, Birdsall, Cullen, Culver, Berger,
Egbert and Hulshizer-l3.
Nays-None.
Ahsent-None.
Resolved, That Miss Sarah Cole be and
she is hereby appointed teacher in School
NO. 8, to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
death of Miss Susan McAghon, such APP
pointment to take effect une 1, 1899.
The yeas and nays having been ordered
and taken on the call of the Chairman,
the resolution was adopted by the follow
Yeas-President Mulvaney and Messrs.
Succow. Kennedy. Ward, Lewis, Barker,
Witt, Birdsall Cullen, Culver, Berger,
Egbert and Hulshizer-13.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
Janitors' Committee
Resolved, That William Kennedy be and
he hereby is appointed janitor of Public
School No. p, vice James F. Moran, de-
ceased, at an annual salary of $500, said
appointment to take effect June l. 1895.
On motion of Mr.. Cullen the resolution
was laid on the table until the next regu-
SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
Training School, by President Mulvaney.
Resolved, That the Training School
Committee be authorized to confer with
the Jersey City Kindergarten Association
with the view of taking over the kinder
garten now maintained by them at Mer-
Ger and Brunswick streets, as part of tho
Public School system of this city, the res
suit of such conference to be reported al
the next regular meeting of this Board.
Adopted.
BY request the President appointed M
Birdsall chairman of School No. "a i6
stead of School No. p, and Mr.. Culvef
chairman of School No. Il instead OF
School No. "a.
Nh. Lewis. Chairman of High School
Committee, reported that the annual COM
mencement of that school would occur on
Tuesday evening, June q, 1899.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
By Mr.. Lewis, Chairman Committee on
Rules for the Government of the Board
of Education:-
To the President and Members Of the
Board of EDUCATION
Gentlemen-Your Committee on Rules
report and recommend that the rules and
regulations now in force, for the govern
ment of. the schools of Jersey City and
this Board, be amended by the following
alterations and additions, and as thus all
tered and amended, that they be adopted
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
Rule XXIX.-Strike out the words the
position of and substitute therefor "ap-
pointment as so that the rule will read
as follows
XxIX.-Eligibility-No person shall be
eligible to appointment as principal OF a
primary department or an annex DEPART
ment who is not at the time of such ap-
pointment a head assistant or a vice
principal of a primary department.
Rule XXXI1.-Change so as to read as
follows
XXxII-Classwork and .Reports-She
shall have charge of a class of such
grade as may be assigned her in accord
ance with these rules, and shall conduct
the department and make all necessary
reports concerning the same.
Rule XL1.-Change so as to read as
follows:-
XLI-Absence-Any teacher absent from
duty shall report promptly in writing to
the principal of the school the cause of
such absence and state its probable dura-
ton. Any teacher who shall, without
good reason. fail to make this report
promptly shall forfeit his or her salary
for the period of absence preceding the
receipt of the report by the principal.
Should any teacher make a false report
of cause of absence it shall be deemed
sufficient ground for his or her dismissal
Whenever a teacher is absent it shall be
the duty of the principal to secure a sub
stitute without delay, and report at once
all absence in his or her school to the
City superintendent and Local Commit
tee. The Local Committee shall, on
investigation, nav the authority to ex-
cuse from duty, if necessary, for a period
not to exceed ten days.
Rule XLV-Strike out IS in the word
directions"
Add Rule LXxv., which shall read as
follows
Rule Lxxv.-When closing exercises OF
the grammar and primary schools are
held in June, they shall be held on the
last Friday of June.
RULES OF GOVERNMENT OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Rule 4-Strike out '9, Furniture" ana
change numbers of following s~ections:-
Rule 4. 12-To be designated as Rule
a, IL. shall be as follows
ll-Committees on Schools as folows:-
/. Schools No. / and No. 1 AnpA~
2. Schools Nos. 4 and q.
8. School No. 2.
4. Schools Nos. 8 and 5.
s. School No. 9.
6. Schools Nos. 13, 10 and %.
Z. Schools Nos. IS and 20.
s. Schools Nos. IA, is and "a.
8. Schools No. IL and No. II Annex.