The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-14
The BOARD OF EDUCATION
INTERESTING REPORTS At IN
NUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT


to Many Needs of the schooIs-Febru-
ary 20 TO be Observed as Fall Holiday
Reference to Miss Gorhsm's Death
Entered ON Minutes. !
The annual meeting Of the board Of
education was held last evening. r.
The committee on schools recon-
mended the acceptance Of the follow
ing designations:
A. II. Bartlett, Boardman; Edith r.
Adams, Eaton; Cora B. Stoddard, A.
D. Mullen, James McDonough, j. B.
Sullivan and Mary C. Gleeson, Hill
house, evening; J. w. Mariani, Fair
street. evening; Louis A. Doroff. zun-
der, evening. '": "~'S' It 4<+@
The following recommendations were
made:
Rocco Ierardi was appointed princi-.
pal of the Fair street evening school.
Mr.. Ierardi's compensation will be 81
per evening. LIZ
Carl F. Schulz was appointed instruc-
tor in German at the Boardman Man
ual Training high school, his salary to
be 5000 per year.
Leave of absence was granted to
Grace M. Bristol Of the Strong school
kindergarten from March to Septem-
ber i. 1903.
The committee announced the death,
February 8, of Mary G. Gorahm Of the
Lowell school. Miss Gorham had been
teacher in our schools for nearly
thirty-two years. She served first in
the Fair street school for one year, then
III the Wooster school for twenty-six
years, from 1872 to 1898, and in the
Lowell school from that time to the
time of her death. She was an earn
est and conscientious teacher of un-
+ usual efficiency who won the confidence
and affection Of all with whom she was
associated. Ordered entered, on the
minutes. -
AS Washington's birthday falls on
Sunday, it was voted to observe the
following Monday, February %, as a
full holiday.
The committee on finance of the
board recommended the appropriation
for the year for all items to be $780,
89S. .
The superintendent reported the fol-
lowing assignments from the list of
unassigned teachers.
Airline B. Walton to Worthington
Hooker school, room s, grade v.
Bertha B. Littell to Edwards street
school, room 4, grade III.
The annual report Of the superin-
tendent was then presented. 1t con-
tains many items of much INTEREST,"
The report consists of four parts,
first, statistical tables; second, a
statement of important changes and
events In the work of the schools for
the past year; third, recommendations
and suggestions for the future: and
fourth, the reports of supervisors to the
superintendent.
summary of StatiRtscs
Number of school buildings occupied,
4S; number of class rooms, 1868; valua-
ton of school property, $1,SOS, ,696.9S;
number of rented rooms additional, II;
total number of class rooms, 374; total
number of seats, 1882. From report of
committee on finance.
Total number of teachers and super
visors, 462.
Pupils December 81, 1899
Total number of pupils in all schools,
1884; total number of pupils in HILL
house high school, 790 total number
Of pupils in Boardman Manual Train
ing high school, 591.
The cost of school maintenance as
reported by the board of finance, $780,
340.10.
Salaries.
The salaries paid at the present time
in all our schools to teachers, princi-
pals and supervisors aggregate $780,
00O
Per capital cost per pupil for calen-
dar year 1902, reckoned on average