The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
LOCAL MATTERS.

Meeting of the School Board.-The
School Board held meeting at Towson on
Wednesday, the president, Mr.. Reister Russell,
in the chair, and Prof. Ebaugh, secretary
After transacting some routine business the
members went before the County Commits
sioners and asked for $4,000 for school pur-
poses for the year ending May /, 1901. The
total estimate for running expenses is S175, O0O
which is $40, 600 less than was appropriated for
running expenses last year. For new build
ings $4,000 was asked, which is the same sum
that has been appropriated annually for several
years. Last year the total was s205, 900.
Following are the items upon which the es-
innate was made: For Office expenses, 81 500 !;
rent, $4,000; fuel, $4,000; repairs 5000 ;
items, DC, 500; furniture, black boards and stoves
300; books and stationery, Bis, 500; salaries,
3l76,0 total, S228, 600.
To be deducted from this is S58. 900 received
from State tax, ETC., leaving $4,000. To this
was added IS, 900 for increase in attendance,
etc., making the $4,000 asked for running
expenses. Secretary Ebaugh at first made an
estimate, the total of which was $3.50 less
than had been appropriated last year. but
majority of the members thought that the
scaling down was more than should be made
and decided upon an additional 5000.
The estimate was handed the County Com.
missioners by Mr.. Russell, who said his Board
had been exceedingly careful and had cut
down the amount to $40 900 less than last year
out of consideration of the indebtedness Of
the county.
Mr. Knox replied that as the School Board
had paid debt of $4,000 last year there was
no reduction from last year in the expenses.
He was very sorry the Board was not able to
cut down more.
Mr.. Slade asked if the estimate included the
kindergartens. He was told that il did, and
School Commissioner Todd said the people
would have them whether the County COM
missioners appropriated the money or not.
ssThey can't be stopped" said Mr.. Todd.
his Board would take the matter under consid-
Grafton and notify the School Board of the
result.
The School Board received from the County
Commissioners check for S24, 675. With
this money the teachers will be paid their
salaries for the second half of the term which
closed April 18th.
Among the bills ordered paid was one of
81, 4934S for books, stationery, furniture, kin
dergarten supplies. etc.
Mr.. ID. H. Emory, counsel to the Board was
asked for an opinion as to when the terms of
the members of the present Board expired.
He said be thought they went out of office the
first Monday in May. AS to the time the
terms Of the officers of the Board expired Mr..
Emory said he was not certain, but that the
officers could claim their pay until the expira-
ton of the two years, for which, he was under
though he would advise such officers to ask to
be kept in until August, as a matter Of
courtesy.
The Board heard a statement from Mr.. w.
H. Kinney and his counsel. Mr.. r r. Boarman.
in reference to a claim of 1897 so of Mr. Rim
mey for balance due for constructing the
school house at Mount Winans about Is wears
ago. The Board decided to hold a special
meeting at Towson on Thursday at 10 o'clock
to conclude the hearing in the case.
A petition was received from residents of the
18th district, asking for the erection of new
building for School 5. The petition was re-
ferred to the commit tee on schools and school
property.
Mr. R. K. Wood, manager for the Maryland
Steel Company at Sparrow's Point, accom-
panied the members of the School Board 10
the Office of the County Commissioners and
made strong appeal in favor of the appro-
priation for the schools and spoke especially
in the interest of the kindergartens. He said
that less than one-fourth of the children of
the county attend school after the age of IL,
because they are removed by their parents to
help in the support of the family and it is I'M
fair to these children-mostly of the poorer
classes--to deprive them of two years of
school training, which can be more effectively
provided by the kindergarten, where they
acquire at an early age habits of order clean
illness, discipline and methods of thinking for
themselves that make them better scholars in
the higher grades.