The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-01
ONE WEEK MORE
Board Of Education Extended
the Vacation Last Night
Until Sept. Il.
LARGE NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS
Appointments and Transfers
Of Teachers-Progress Of
School Repairs.
LARGE NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS

At the meeting Of the Board OF Educa-
tion. last evening, a surprising number o.
n Of eachers were received
The designations were from Miss Meme
walker Of School No. q, Bertha Bsehr-
aduer of No. 10. Fannie e. Nash of No.
25. Laura d. Russell of No. II, NJ. Is.
Thomas of No. 4, Nellie D. LARCENY @
No. 81, Annie E. Daniels, Isabella w.
Harvey, No. %; Emma Buckley, Lizzie
Miller. All were. OF course, accepted
Applications were received for appoint
ment as teachers from Flora Hoag, 4.
r Stanley. N. Lauer of Greece, N. ~
Anna saul. +. B. Segall and Marion Chris
lie. which were referred to the Committee
on Teachers.
Mr.. Elliott Greene, Jr., in a
cation to the Board. expressed regret that
the termination of the summer vacation
and reopening of the schools had been
fixed for September 5, as generally the
first two weeks in September are very
warm weather. and recommending that
the vacation be extended to Monday, Sep
TENDER II. Director Berger had already
prepared a resolution to that effect on
account of the impossibility Of getting the
work of repairing and ~renovating in most
of the school buildings completed in time
for opening on the former date.
A communication from Mayor Hoos,
stating that the insurance money Of $1,000
on the furniture of No 20 School, de-
stroyed by fire. has not been paid. and
he is confident that, upon presentation of
the proof of loss to the London Instr-
ance Company the money will be paid,
was referred to the Finance Committee
to attend to the matter at once.
Communications were received from the
Board of Finance giving notice of the
appropriations for the use of the Board
of Education the sum of $50, 1000 for en-
Urgency repairs on the public school build
angs. loo on account of Is per cent. of
liquor license fees set apart for construc-
tion ana furnishing new school buildings,
and s3S2, BOG for the different a%ppropria-
tions for the next fiscal year.
ing December l.
The following appointments of teachers
we're made. TO take effect on the reopen
ing Of the schools, Monday, September II:
Eta Meyer, to School No. %. Mary
Trumbull, No. A: Ida Plenty. No. %; Grace
Hill. No. I: Katherine Harvey, No. II;
Louise Mckay, No. p.
The following transfers of teachers were
ordered:-Miss Mckay, from School No.
q to No. 6; Miss Robinson, from No. 6
to No. 81; Miss Harvey. from No. Il to
No. 4; Miss Trumbull, from No. 4 to
NO. IL
Leave of absence for thirty days was
granted to Miss Anna Breslin on account
OF sickness.
The different members as Committee
men on the respective schools reported
that very few of the school buildings
would be in proper condition for opening
on Tuesday next, the 9Th inst. the re-
pairs and -renovations. painting. ETC., in
most of the buildings not being suffi-
GENTLY advanced to be completed before
the middle or latter part of e week,
notably No. 1 Annex, Nos. 2, 8. 5, 6. Z, II,
IA. Is, IS. 10, 20. % and "a all of which
are far from being finished. In conse-
quen of this the resolution of Director
Berger extending the vacation one week
TO Monday, September II. was adopted.
A resolution was adopted requesting the
Board of Finance to transfer for the use
of the Board of Education the sum of
$12,s2S.& of the % per cent. of liquor
license fees. collected prior to November
80. 1898, and in addition the amount COLI
1ected since that date up to the present
time