Evening star., 1900-10-11
ROARDOF EDUCATION MEETS
APPLICATION FOR REAPPOINTMENT
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
List of Promotions and Transfers
Presented and Approved-Other
Business Transacted.

An interesting question considered at last
nights secret meeting of the board Of edu-
cation involved the appointment of newly
married woman to a leadership. The case
is that Of Mrs. Grace Ravenburg Stephens.
a former teacher of an eighth-grade school
in the Franklin building. who resigned last
spring prior to her marriage. She now ap-
plies for reinstatement as teacher and
the board thought wei enough of the mat
ter to refer it to uperintendent Stuart
Under the former regime married women
We're ineligible for appointment as school
teachers. and those who entered the matri-
monial state were compelled to relinquish
their appointments.
The board denied the application of the
Womans Club of Kcnsington to purchase
old desks and furniture from the public
schools.
TIL" applications Of the supervising prn-
cipal of the eleventh division for permission
To use the library room at the Franklin
building for meetings every Friday was
granted.
The Washington Humane S0ciety'S re-
quest that its agent might continue his
work of distributing literature and forming
of hands Of mercy among the children of
the schools was refused en- the ground that
il was undesirable that the children should
solicit money from their parents for such
purposes.
Promotions aud Transfers.
The following promotions and transfers
Were approved by the board:
Ninth division-Transfer Rebecca j. Gray
teacher of third grade to the tenth divis-
ion; promote Nellie E. Dyson, second grade
model teacher. from salary of $500 to $3.50
per annum.
Tenth division-Transfer Marie A Mache,
teacher of fourth grade. to the eleventh
division; transfer James \. Richardson.
teacher of first grade. To the eighth divis-
ion, salary, S42I per annum; promote
Blanche f. Colder from first to third grade,
from salary of Sht9 to $3.50 per amman: pro-
mote Margaret q. Taylor. first grade model
teacher, from salary of 5000 to 5000 per
annum.
Eleventh divison-Promote Leonora c.
Randolph. first grade model teacher, from
sd !ary of 5000 to 5000 per annum.
Cooking School-Promote Ella Freeman,
teacher of cooking. from salary of 5000 to
$3.50 per Hnnum
Miss T. f. schoenborn, primary teacher
in the Normal School. was at her own re-
quest, transferred to q second-grade teach
ership, and Miss Sarah Greer. teacher in
the second division. was transferred to her
place in the Normal School.
The Citizens Association of Georgetown
thanked the board for aba ndOning the plan
of fencing in the Western High School. and
asked the board to use its best efforts 10
secure for educational purposes the lot ad-
Joining the school site.
MIR. Bell, from a special committee ap-
pointed at recent meeting of the board to
take into consideration the question of edu-
eating pupils from Porto Rico in the public
schools of this city. reported that the COM
mittee can only offer free tuition to such
pupils and that maintenance could not be
attempted.
The board decided to ask Congress for an
appropriation of 81 .Goo for the benefit OF the
summer school heretofore taught gratui-
tously by Mr.. r r. RiOrdan