The Jersey City news., 1903-01-09
JOHN WARDS
APOL OCY
Els First Annual Report
Tries to Exp ain Mistakes
Of Pagan's School
Eoard.
M 1RB SCHOOLS NEEDED
s., Funds Muss Be Raised
sms .ow. But Just How,
ID DDS Mi stat,.
M ]RE SCHOOLS NEEDED

President John Ward of the Board OF
Education presented his annual report
last night al the meeting of the old
board. The report was read BY Clerk
James Wiseman and ordered placed in
full upon the minutes. 1t read as fol-
laws:
To the Mshbers q fhe Board of Eduea-
tom
Gentlemen III has been customary
for the President OF the Board OF Educa-
fion. at the dose of the Official year, to
present 40 the board an annual report.
In. presenting this, my first annual re-
port. it seenil to me advisable to be as
brief as possible.
At the beslning of the year, eight
of the membei were now appointees, and
therefore, una1 ustomed TO the duties Of
their positionss 1t would not have been
strange. thereto, If seme mistakes had
been made Tit none has been made is
the hest eviden of the good judgement
and ability posHsed by the members of
the Board. Ty all have shown the
Utmost zeal in .rthering the welfare of
the schools andsie greatest industry in
fulfilling flieiF Emo means easy duties.
You are, therefe. TO be congratulated
upon the exeellei results of your years
work. / sincers hope that the same
spirit Of endeav' and earnestness will
characterize you,aetivities in the fu-
tnre
During the yea two new schools have
been opened, ,-Stols Nos. % and 30.
School No. % i, grammar school of
fourteen rooms. much needed in the
Eighth. Eleventhfld Twelfth Wards.
These wards alfea feel the relief which
The schools namedford.
NEW NO. 2 MOST READY.
New School MOI viii be ready in a
few weeks, when 4 proposed to assign
TO It the grammar Dartment of School
y No. 9. This deparsnt, as well as the
grammar departme of School No. 4.
will then have full sessions.
Steps have been en- toward the re-
building Of School MI. The property
- an sIa I'D s. sse to se school,
has been acquired by the Board of FL
nance. and in short time arrange
ments will be begun foA the destruction
Of the present building and the erection
Of new building.
In connection with THE erection of a
new High School building. although for
years the Board of Edueatl ON has labored
earnestly, yet your efforts, combined with
those of the Mayor and THE Board of FL
nance have led to more profitable results
than have ever before BEEN secured in
connection with the same project. The
site has been definitely settled and ar
rangenlents made for its purchase While
the site selected, namely. the Harrison
estate, has very large number OF ad-
vecates, ret it must be admitted that
many others are opposed to it. 1t must
be stated. however, that its advantages
are numerous and obvious, and that ii
will in the end prove very acceptable /
am sure that the differences of opinion
which have heretofore existed regarding
the choice of site will not interfere with
the early erection of new tuilding.
It does not matter what site might
have been seleeted Some opposition to
it would surely have arisen. 1t has been
finally decided, as all such questions
must be. by the vote Of the majority
Now that. this puzzling question is out
Of the way, we may all unite in further
ing the Requirement of a new building.
MORE SCHOOLS NEEDED.
While you have done 90 much salts
factory work during the past year in the
direction Of the erection Of new schools
1t must be understood that your efforts
mrst not cease. You fully realize that
neither new School No. 2 nor new School
No II will add to the seating capacity
Of the schools, and that neither will pro-
vide additional seats for the increasing
population IN its neighborhood. In these
sections, as well as in several other