Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-19

school purposes shall be available unless
the meetings of the board of education
and all of its committees shall be open
to the public Several members Of the
board at once stated that the school law
under which they were appointed declares
tina. none of it's meetings, or those of
it's committees. shall be secret, except
those of The committee dealing with the
appointment of teachers.
I'VE should report that we follow the
law and see no occasion for this reflection
on u.s." a member declared.
The board decided to report. in relation
to that provision of the bill, that it Is
observing the law in regard to open meet
ings. and that 1t sees no need for the pro-
vision in question.
In the report OF Mrs. Hill on the entire
bill. it was stated. in regard to the third
provision, that through such procedure.
in the event of closed meetings being
held. the officers. teachers and other en-
ployes in the public school system would
be severely punished. being deprived OF
their salaries, and the operation of the
entire school system would be arrested
because of the impossibility of meeting in
cidental expenses. On the other hand. the
persons responsible for the holding of the
tahooed secret meetings. the members of
the board of education. would not be
punished at all. since they serve without
salaries. The proposed amendment would
seem. therefore, to be illogical as to
be unworthy of Endorsement by the board
Of education
Dismissal of Janitors.
G. H. Parker. janitor of the Addison
School, was dismissed on the ground that
he was caught seemingly under the in
fluence of a drug which he smoked. c.
L. Reed, janitor at the Carbery School.
was dismissed, the report stated, because
of an investigation in regard to the preva-
lence of disagreeable Odors in the build
ing where he was employed. The report
stated that it was found that he mad
allowed the odor to arise to mislead the
school officials and health officer. Inc
suspension of ]. A. Richardson. the col
ored teacher who was adjudged guilty In
the Police Court of whipping one OF the
children in his school, was continued. A
recommendation by Assistant Superln-
tendent r. c. Bruce that the suspension
continue for thirty days and that the
teacher be reprimanded was referred to
the committee on elementary schools for
report.
On recommendation of Supt. Stuart the
hoard decided to celebrate Arbor day in
the schools March -.
Money for Fairgrounds.
In a report presented by Mrs. Mussey
the committee on Fairgrounds recon-
mended. that s.. 800 be raised this year for
extending and equpping school play
grounds, that the collection Of the money
by the envelope system among the chill
dren and in other ways. be left to the
supervising principals and building prin-
cipals. that the collection begin about
May I, that the money raised in each
division be used for Fairgrounds in that
division, and that school cinders be used
for resurfacing Fairgrounds. The report
was adopted.
Supt. Stuart submitted a report in re-
gard to the proposal to buy additional
land, now available. adjacent to the Jack
son School, in which he stated that the
land is not needed Immediately but that
its purchase would be desirable. providing
the expenditure did not prejudice other
proposed purchases which are now needed.
The Public Education Association was
granted permission to give series of
free lectures in the schools, provided the