The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-30
EXPECTED
IN SCHOOL
BOARD
to Board Tonight to Act
on Report Of Board Of
Examiners.

Tonight's meeting of the Board of
Education promises to be an exciting
one. as the commissioners will be called
upon to either sustain the action of the
Board of Examiners or repudiate them
and sustain the textbook committee
of the board in the selection OF text
books in the public schools. In June
the examiners recommended a series
of music books to the committee and
the committee approved. Later they
held a meeting resembling their preVi-
Gus action n selected a series of
books thai did not meet with the APP
proval of the examiners. Then, again
al the meeting of the committee last
week, they again ignored the recon-
mendation of the Board of Examiners
and selected a geography other than
that recommended by the examiners.
Commissioners Claude Scattergood, chair
man of the committee, will explain the
stand of the committee at the meeting to-
night. and Superintendent A. B. Poland,
1t is expected, will state to the board the
action the board of examiners will take If
their recommendations are ignored.
This Is the first time in the history OF
the Board of Education that the recon-
mendation of the examiners as TO the Sc
lection of textbooks has been turned down
by the textbook committee. and 1t is said
that the examiners will be upheld by the
board tonight, a number of the commls-
sioners expressing the opinion that 1t would
be establishing a bad precedent to go CON
trary to their recommendation.
The board will also be called upon to act
on the resignation of Commissioner John
G. Eisele. of the Ninth Ward. which was
nlaced in the hands of Secretary Robert
d. Argue several days ago. In his letter
the commissioner states that he wishes
his resignation to take place Immediately
giving as his reasons that he is about
to move into the Eighth Ward.
After the April Grand Jury, In a scatn-
ing presentment, found fault with the
manner in which school sites were pro-
cured by the school house committee
Commissioner Elsele declared that ne
would resign, and at the last meeting or
the board declared that the probers had
some grounds for what they said. This Is
not mentioned in his letter of resignation
The teachers salary schedule Tor the
coming year has been prepared by the
teachers committee and will be taken up
by the board. There will be ffty-fve al
ditionnl teachers this year, two principals
and two vlce-prlncipals, one for Olivei
street. and one for South Eighth street
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purnet Street School, which will be ready
for occupancy early next month.
The salary Increase will be approximate
ly $4,000 over last year, when $969,0oO wal
paid in salaries for teachers in the dag
schools.
There is a possibility of the proposed
Technical High School matter, which hal
been causing the schoolhouse committee 81
much trouble, being brought up. AS hn'
ben told. the total of the lowest bids OF
the plans of Architect Nathan Myers wa
about 1882, 900, or twice the, amount on hant
for the erection of the school. and ate
the last meeting of the committee Com
missioner ]. Edward Smith declared tina
if the architect stuck to his declaration o
not drawing new plans for a building tina
can be erected within the amount granite,
to the board by the Board of School EST
mate, without enumeration, he .woul'
start suit against Mr.. Myers for the re
. lcovery of the $500 received by him II
partial payment for the plans, on tn
grounds of non-performance of contract
Mr.. Smith may bring the matter up to
night.