Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-14
Calls ItThe High
School Number
This Year.
BIG INCREASE.
Will Need Two More Rooms in
High School Building for
Pupils Of That Department.
ALL MODERN BUILDINGS
No. Z Is in The Worst Condition
Small PayfOr Teachers Takes
Experienced Ones Aw ay.

The eleventh annual report of Su-
perintendent of Schools S. E. Shull
was presented TO the Board of Educa-
ton last night The report is re-
view in detail of the educational work
during the city's fiscal year ending
February 2S, and calls to mind the
few instances where conditions should
be better and are being made so as
far as possible.
On the subject OF teachers, the re-
port deplores the fact that the
small that most of the teachers who
come here are without experience and
many leave, after gaining some eXper-
fence, to give other communities the
benefit of that experience, for larger
salaries.
Regarding the school buildings,
Mr.. Shull states that all eight are
modern, with the exception of No. 2,
and that could be made so for Sc, 900
or $1,000.
In connection with attendance it is
noted that 4,S37 pupils were enrolled
during the year, nearly one-fifth of
ou;; entire, population. The percen-
tage of attendance was "a the
highest on record in this city The
truancy question is touched upon.
Mr.. Shull calls this report the
High School Number in the series
of annual reports, and he tells min
utely of the work of the high school
&c oil nj n d.
yates, with their present occupation
and residence.
The High School.
The high school department will
require two more rooms in the build
ing next year, and the two seventh
grade classes will be moved, one to
No. /, and one to No. T. which will
fill those buildings.
Mr.. Shull urges better under
standing by parents that mental pow
er should not be measured by the
ages of their children.
The superintendent expresses his
appreciation for the efforts of the
Board of Education and the teachers.
The report is as follows:
Report in Detail.
"To the Board of Education:
Gentlemen: Il have the pleasure
of submitting my eleventh annual re-
port herewith.
cit has been customary to begin
our annual reports with record of
the enrolment of pupils and other
statistics connected with the city's
educational system. Since this is the
most convenient and lucid method
of recording our growth, the custom
is observed in this report.
"The last report for the year end
ing February 2S, 1905, showed a
corps of teachers numbering seven
ty-nine, pupils to the number of A.
331, percentage of attendance of
SO. 1, and a total number of days of
school attendance of 566,533."
Then follows a list of the teachers,
with the schools from which they
graduated and the dates of their ap-
pointment.
An age table is next given in the
report showing the number of pupils
of every age in each school from 4
to 20. There are most between the
ages of and 8, being 500. There is
but one between 10 and 20, and that
one is in the high school.
A table of the grades in each school
is the next feature in the report
School No. 1 has 1852 pupils; No. 2,
700; No 8, 1856 No. 4, S28; No. .,
597; No. G, 1922; No. Z, 524; High
School building, 4SS.
; A table showing the percentage of
attendance is next presented. The
percentage at the high school was
6.OS9; No. l, "a. "a; No. 2, 95. 40;
No. 8, SO; No. 4, "a 81; No. .,
9S 292; No. G, 90. $685. No. Z, 95. IT,
Average, 94.9 plus.
The general statistics for the
schools are:
General Statistics.
No. days schools open ..... l92
No. boys enrolled ........ 2,4Sl
No. girls enrolled 1856
Total no. enrolled 4,S37
Total no. days present 80. 624,726
Total no. days absent .... 20, ,501 R
No. not absent or tardy -. 2O6
Total no. tardy marks 80. 1896
Average enrolment 1900. 3,445.5 s
No. pupils in Nsindergartcns 495
No IN srfinarytclasscs ~ 3.03S