Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-11

and conditions rs they may deem proper
for the admission OF pupils to Fhe
Schools &c. The corporate name is
The board Of Public Education in Will
mington clearly indicate that Tho
primal object OF the board was to con-
troll the public schools in the city, aud
the natural inference follows that the
board is to provide, for the pupils and
minors only who reside within the
corporate limits OF the oity VI Whining
ton, and inaspuuh as the schools within
tho limits ofShe city are supported by
taxes laid upon the real state within
the city, it was evidently the intent Of
tho law that only the children living in
the city should he provided Ivy the
board with school facilities. | am,
therefore, clearly Of the opinion that
the Board OF Public Education has full
authority to prohibit tho attendance Of
pupils in the schools who live outside
the city limits, and futher consider
it the duty Of the board to restrict the
use Of the schools to the pupils living
within the city, except whee these
from without the city can he admitted
without detriment or hindrance to the
resident pupils,l and then only by Fay
ing fixed and definite euarge, go that
II they enjoy the privileges, they shall,
in some measure, bear the burden of
the expense of the schools that pri.
mHrily are for the accommodation of
the children living thin the corporate
limits of the city of Wilmington. Aud
| am Of opinion that the board has
authority to IpakeTules whereby tuition
shall be charged for non resident pupils.
Henry @. Conrad, City Solicitor, "
Immediately after the opinion had
been read aud ordered referred to the
committee on teachers, With instruc-
tions to act in accordance with its Fro
visions, (which probably means the
drafting of resolution governing the
matter in the future, Mr., O'D0nnell
offered the following, which was also
referred to the same committee for its
consideration
Wilmington, April sth, l90l-To
the President and Members Of the
b ard of Pubic Education Gentlemen
beg leave to submit for your thought
full consideration the following pre-.
amble aud resolutions as Substitute
for tho motion made at the last mnetii &
concerning the non resident pupils in
| the public schools of Winnings Ton:
Whereas 1t has been known fact
to the Board Of Public Education OF
Wilmington for years past tnat the city
| charter has been inlringed upon by adj
hitting children from outside the city
limits, which is an imposition upon
the taxpayers Of the city ard has been
detrilnent to the children Of VIII.
mingtcn by crowding them out of the
public schools of the city; be it
Resolved, That on and after Tues
day, September 3d. 1901, and every , ear
thereafter, the principals of the pri-
mary, grammar and Wilmington High
School shall keep IN their respective
schools list Of all pupils, their names
and residences, and they shall inquire
from all children making application
their names and residences, and should
any non residents he received as pupils
of the above. named schools the princi
pals, upon receiving information of the
same, the said principals shall forward
TO the respective committee of the
school and upon such information being
received shall dismiss all children who
do not reside within tho city limits
from their respective school or schools
and that the Board of Public Educa.
tion sustain their action. And be it
further
Resolved, That any citizen of Will
mington keeping or boarding any non.
resident child or children shall show a
certified copy to the visiting committee
of the above named schools that the
said citizen is the legal guardian of the
said child or children Before they shall
be received as pupils in the public
schools of the city Of Wilmington And
be it further
Resolved, That the foregoing PRE-.
amble aud resolutions shall not inter.
fere with the pupils in the Wilmington
High School who are attending the
same at the present time
After the opinion of the city solicitor
and tho proposed resolutions had been
referred TO the committee on teachers
Mr.. O'Donnell read statistics which he
had complied, showing the number Of
non resident children attending the
schools OF the city. It was as follows :
High School, So; No. l, o; 70. 9, A;
No. 3, o; No, 4, 6; No. D, /; No. 6,
Q; No. Z, l.; No. s, O; No. 0, g.; No.
10, o; No. u, 2; No. IL, s.; No. 10, 3;
No. IA, A; No. 10, o; No. 16, A No.
II, o.; No. 19, o; No. 10, 9; No. 20, o;
No. q, s; No. %, o; No. 90, o; No.
"a, 49,; No. %, o; No. 26, 6; No. 81, 0;
No. 30. 8; total of 1879. Mr.. OiDon-
nell is opposed to moo residents attend
ing the schools under any conditions,
believing it is violation of authority,
the board having exclusive jursdlc
tion in the city, and claiming that to
charge tuition would virtually make
| the public schools nay schools.
! In view of the fact that there are
non-residents attending, some of the
! members take the view that the hoard
erred in admitting Them 10 tho first
; place, but as they were admitted the
proposed action should not operate
sgalnst those who are attending, but
should prohibit non-resIdents from
hong ADM Tilted in the future. The
committee IN teachers will probably be