Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-25
MAKE BIG GAINS
IN ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLS SHOW UNUSUAL IN
CREkSE
Superintendent Finds Many Requisi-
tions for Free Text Books Due
to San Francisco Disaster and
Relief Body viii Act

At a meeting Of the board of educa-
tion last evening considerable routine
business was transacted.
Following was the report of the su-
perintendent which was adopted:
The total attendance on the opening
day of school was 2S,920, as over against
26,020 last year, showing gain of 1900.
The total enrolment at the end of the
first week was 81 ,045, as over against
2S,S96, showing n gain of 2649. The
total number enrolled up to Friday
evening at the Los Angeles high school
was 14S4, and at the Polytechnic nigh
school was 1457, the same being 1426
and 1850 for the corresponding days
last year, showing an increase of So
and 376 respectively
There is an unusually large number
of acquisitions for free text books this
year, evidently due, it would seem, to
the San Francisco disaster. | have
taken the liberty of appealing to the
relief committee to furnish them wher-
ever they are due to this cause, and
am assured that its officers will give
due consideration to all such cases.
owing to the crowded condition of
the two high schools, 1 respectfully sug-
gest that the board thoroughly canvas
the question of ways and means of
handling the high school situation in
the future. outlining the function Of
plan of high school enlargement, If pos
sible. a
recommend that Home telephone
switchboard be installed in the offices
of the board of education, and in order
that the principals of the two high
schools may have every assistance
when they know that children are not
present. in informing their parents, who
do not know that they are not present.
| recommend that a Home telephone
be placed in each high school.
The building committee reported as
follows, which was adopted:
We have advertised for and received
bids for installing steam pipes, ETC., at
the Polytechnic high school, and the
following bids have been received:
Warren & Bailey Co, $126.25
II. w. Johns Manville Co, $l47.61.
We recommend that the bid of War
rem & Bailey Co. be accepted.
We have obtained from B. F. Con-
way an option on strip of land 10X150
adjoining the Loreto street school site
on the south, for $500 We recommend
that the same be purchased and that
the president and secretary be author
lied 10 issue warrant in favor of the
said 3. #. Conway, upon his furnishing
deed and certificate of title showing
the title to the said property vested in
the board of education, free from in
cumbrances.
The architects have issued certificates
that the Micheltorena and West Jeffer-
son street school house buildings are
complete and ready for acceptance.
We recommend that the same be ac-
cepted and that warrants be drawn for
the acceptance payment, and that thir-
ty-fiVe days from this date warrants be
drawn for the final payment upon the
said buildings.
The statement was made that the
Micheltorena street school and the JEFF
ferson street schools had been COM
pleted and that the Fortieth street
school was nearly completed. In about
two weeks the following school build
ngs will be completed: Fifty-fourth
avenue. Gates street, Twenty-fourth
street, Thirty-ninth street, West Ver-
non avenue, Boyd street and Cornwall
street.