The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-28
Esme Of Center Street Grammar
School To Dc Changed.
It viii Be Called Staples
School.
Resignation of a Teacher and
other A4tlers Disposed Of.

There was short meeting Of the
SCHOOL committee yesterday afternoon all
81 the members being present with the
exception OF Ar. Whitehouse.
The rasig natlou OF Miss Grace Il. Bur
sowss IS q teacher ia the Butler school
vas accepted and Miss Harriet E. =Arm-
strong was elected IN her place.
sllss Lizzie C Cole Of tbs West school
vas granted leave Of absence until tn q
end Of February and Miss Isabelle ".
Roanso ms leave Of absence was extend
ed until the Christmas vacation.
Dir Peabody Of the experimenting COM
mittee OF the Park Vaughan and McLel-
Ian school districts made q report upon
tie district lines and recommended some
changes. After little discussion It was
voted to adopt the following district lines
lor the school districts named: Park
ssseet district ali OF that territory lying
within che following streets: Deering
raca % Forest avenue, thence to Con-
erA street, 60 Temple. to Middle, to
Tree. to south to Maple including both
sides, to York to Brackett to Gray, TO
Winter. to pine, TO West, TO Carleton,
asst slde,to Congress including both sides
u Meliens thence 20 the Deerng line and
. TIE point Of beginning. This change
staishtens out the line on Carleton ana
Asllen streets 50 Mr.. Peabody said, the
ether changes not being great.
Ihe Mcclellan district Is as It was be.
street excluding the east side OF that
street 70 Congress and thence to Monros
pas Including both sides OF Congress
Ibe Vaughn street school district is d
lall8ws: Deering avenue at Deer1ng line
50 Grant, to Weymouth, rear Of the Mains
General hospital o West excluding the
aatherly side Of that, street to Neal Il
Aackett, to Vaughan, TO Congress.
Mough Congress, to Monroe place, ex
saaing both sides OF Congress to Meuen
Excluding both sides OF AIellen street e
the Deering line.
On motion OF Mr.. Brownson it was vol
I'd to purchase a lot Of arIthmetics for th
primary grades, the cost to be betwee
500 and $500 superintendent Lord ez
planned that the Portland Railroad com
pany had last year transported certain
pupils from one district to another for &
rate which was 80 and one-third per cent
Of the regu lar fare. It was voted tina
the same arrangements should hold goos
ihis year.
Miss Coolidge brought up this subject
regarding a large petition which had beer
presented to her praying that the Gram
mar and Primary grade should close one
week earlier every year than had been the
custom. She moved that a committee be
appointed to investigate the feasibility OF
this plan and the ma yor selected Miss
Coolidge ana Mr.. Hutchinson and DR..
Tester.
Mrs Brown moved that a committee
Be appointed to investigate the system Of
anking n the Grammar grades with q
view to having the system the same as IN
the High school. The mayor said that
he would appoint this committee later.
Mr. Merrill said that he had received
request from several old scholarssof the
Centre street school that the name of this
school be changed TO the Staples school
IN honor OF Mr. Staples,a former teacher.
Ar. Staples IS now superintendent IN q
Wisconsin town, is quite i'll and Mr..
Merrill suggested that the change should
be made at once. The board voted to
recommend the change to the city govern
ment and.that 1t bendopted by that body.