The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

AAu UVAND VT uUUUHllVN
 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMIT.
 TEE ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
 WestvilIe Scholars VIII Have to Fur
 nish Their Own Text Books-Report of
 the Finance Committoe-value of
 School Property Over a Million and a
 Half.
 The regular meeting of the board of
 education was held last night, Messrs.
 Kendall and Belts being absent. The I meeting was called to order at S:10 and
 after the reading of the minutes of the
 previous meeting reports of the several
 committees were heard. The report of
 the committee on schools was aa fol-
 lows:
 l The committee announces the resig-
 nation of Miss Flora I. Crouch Of tho
 Hillhouse high school, to take effect on
 Friday, February ?. 1900. Miss Crouch has been offered a much larger salary to teach in the high school at Austin. Ill., one of the suburbs of Chicago In- | asmuch as Miss Crouch came here to fill temporary vacancy, the committea feels that she should be released to ac- cept this position which has been offer- ed her. The report was accepted. The superintendent report for tha month ending January and for the corresponding month last year was as follows
 Average number of pupils registered 15, ,141.S, one year ago 1475S.5; increase over last year 383.3.
 Average daily attendance 14,25s.S, ona year ago 13,47S1; increase over last year 7S1.7.
 The total number of different pupils registered during the year to January s. 1900, was 16,601; for the corresponding period one year ago 16,127; increase over last year 474.
 Following is the report of the evening school average attendance for the week ending January IS, 1900, and for the cor- responding week last year:
 Advanced-1900, 143; 1899, 166.
 Hillhouse elementary-190O, 1S1; 1899, 152
 Webster-1900, 47; 1S99 60.
 Fair street-19OO, "A; 1899, 35.
 Whiting street-190O, 23.
 amilton-19OO, Al; 1899, 54.
 Decrease in 1900, 58.
 Superintendent Kendall'a report was accepted by the board.
 1.o os,,.~, Ll.~ tee on school buildings read the report of that committee relative to the base ment room applied for in the Wooster school for kindergarten room. The report was as follows:
 That upon further inquiry and inves- tigation we learn that there are thirty- five pupils at the present time awaiting seat accommodations in the primary department and some twenty five more that could be brought in. We, there- fore, have directed that this room be fitted up to make it adaptable for a primary grade room. The necessity of a kindergarten school in this section Is, however just as apparent.
 The board recommended that the committee go ahead and make further investigations with regard to using vacant store in that vicinity for the A report will be made < at the next meeting.
 The report of the committee on finance was the heard. The property owned by the district is estimated as nearly as possible at a value of $1,500- 51736. A list. of the different school lots, buildings and furniture is given in full in the report, the sum total to $3S5, ,4SS.52.
 It was voted to accept the report and to transmit copy to the mayor, with the other annual reports. It was also voted to send to the members of the board of finance copy of the annual 'eport of the committee on school build- ngs, which in part is given below.
 President Whitney read three opinions rom the corporation counsellor the damden question, the question of fur lishing free. text books to Westville pu- ,ils and the East Haven question. Cor ,oration Counsel Robertson was of the opinion that the guarantee from the cit zens of Hamden saying they would pay he $60 for each scholar attending school n this city was enough sufficient.
 The corporation counsel was strongly f the opinion that the pupils of Vest file attending school here should fur- fish their own text books.
 The guarantee of the selectmen of last Haven to pay the tuition of the cholars in that town who are attending chool in New Haven was not enough, 0 further guarantee will be asked for y the board of education.
 The annual report of the committee | n school buildings was submitted by hairman Harmount. It gave an accu- ate account of the progress made dur lg the year and was most complete ne. The report was accepted. Frederick L. Talmadge, janitor of the rchard street school, resigned in Au- ust last, on account of i'll health, and fed October 5, 1899. Henry G. Boyd- ton was appointed from the civil ser- Ice list to fill the vacancy. The board prepared the advertise- ents for the bids on the new school to 9 erected at the corner of Gamer and livingstone streets last night.
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