The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-10
THREE DROPPED OUT
IN ELECTION OF TEACHERS BY
SCHOOL BOARD.
SCHOOLS CLOSELY WATCHED.
ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BY
PRINCIPALS.

Superintendent AshmOre, Assista mt
superintendent r. II. Ferguson,
and All Principals and Teachers,
Except One in Fifth Grade OF
Chatham Grnmmer School No. L
and Teacher and Assistant in
Fourth Grade of Thirty-eighth
Street SchOOI-SchOoIs to Close
June 81 Instead of June 30-Tench-
ers Examination to BE Held June
2I.
All but three teachers in the public
schools were reelected yesterday by
the Board of Education.
An innovation this year was the re-
quirement that the principal of each
school submit at the annual meeting a
written report dealing with thSgeneral
condition of his schol and with
the fitness and qualifications of
the teachers. These reports were read
yesterday and two or three of the prin-
cipaIs were called before the meeting
and asked for supplementary verbal
reports.
Most Of the reports were favorable to
the teachers, but the principals were
nevertheless frank and, did not
hesitate to express their opinions of the
character of the work the teachers are
doing.
Three Teachers Dropped.
The members of the board have taken
more than usual interest in the prin-
cipals and teachers as individuals dur
ing the past year and were perfectly
frank and unbiased in dealing with the
problems presented them by the re-
ports of some of the principals. This
resulted later in the failure to re-elect
three of the teachers in the white
schools, the teacher of fifth grade B.
of Chatham School No. l, and of the
assistant teacher and teacher of fourth
grade at the Thirty-eighth Street
School.
Superintendent Ashmore, Assistant
Superintendent F. H. Ferguson, and
all the principals and other teachers of
the white schools were reelected. Be
cause of illness, Mr.. N. B. F. Close,
principal of Anderson Street School.
was unable to attend and submit his
report.
All the principals and teachers of
the colored schools likewise were
elected, with the exception of the
teacher of the sixth grade and that of
the third grade in the Anderson Street
Colored School. 1t was because these
teachers have recently married, that
the board, acting upon the suggestion
in Mr.. Ashmores report refused to re-
elect them.
Must Show Improvements.
Though only the teachers of these
grades were refused reelection
a few others received somewhat I'M
favorable reports from their principals.
The board directed Superintendent
Ashmore to write to these teachers
and advise them that unless their work
improved during the coming year they
would be refused a reelection at the
end of that time.
1t was decided that all the public
schools shall close June 81. 1t is GUS
tomary to close on the last day of the
month, but as that day this year will
fall on Monday, it was deemed best to
close on Friday. The annual examina-
ton for teachers will be held June II.
superintendent Otis Ashmore sub
mitted a general report of the schools
in which he included several matters
pertaining particularly to the annual
me citing He stated that he was salts
fed with the conduct of the principals
who had faithfully performed their
duties, that the schools now number
315 more pupils than they did at this
time last year, that they are likewise
in better condition and will compare
favorably with any schools in the
country.
Married Women ms Teachers.
In his report Superintendent Ash
more called attention to the i'll effects
of employing married women as teach
ers. He was prompted to do so, he
said, because of the fact that a num-
Der of the female teachers in the col
ored schools had recently been mar
ried, and it had effected their work in
the schools seriously.
Col. Mercer reported that he had Wis
tied the High School and found the
conditions there entirely satisfactory.
Mr. ]. r. Saussy made a similar re-
port relative to the Cathedral School
Col Mercer reported that at the re-
quest of the parents of the pupils it
had been decided to continue through
June the school at Bona Bella, and at
Montgomery. 1t has been customary to
close these schools before the city
schools.