Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-03-12
SCHOOL BOARD
INSISTS UPON
VACCINATION
Pupils Must Take Precau.
tions, Say Commissioners
at Monthly Meeting.
AMEND RULES WHICH
GOVERN JANITORS
Fix Dates for Spring vaca.
tion-- denominations to
Be Held Later.

All the public school children who
have not been vaccinated within the
past five years must have 1t done at
Dnce in order to attend school, as the
Board of Education last night passed a
motion to that effect. Another motion
was carr led to the effect that in the
future all new pupils must produce GER
tiicates of vaccination within FIVE years
to gain admittance.
A communication was received signed
by G. C. Sibley, president of the Board
of Health. The letter stated that, as
there were several cases Of smallpox in
the city, the board recommended that
the state law in regard to vaccination
be carried out.
Superintendent Shull spoke on the
subject and said that the inspectors of
the state board recommended that the
vaccinating be done within week If
possible. He said that he thought ii
advisable to defer the annual spring
examination until the final. The board
agreed with Mr.. Shull, who stated fur
ther, that, If held, it would undoubtedly
have to be given over again, because
of the vaccinating.
School No. Fire Insurance.
Mr.. Harrington, who was appointed at
the previous meeting, to have the FIRE
insurance adjusted at School No. 6, re-
ported that the matter had been settled
and that he had the checks. The claims
were $958.90 on the building and $69e
on the book and supplies, but, on ac.
count of the 20 per cent clause, the
board only received $S32.3S on the
building and $522.74 on the books and
supplies, making a total Of 81 ,355.12.
The total damage in the school, ac-
eording to the claims, was s1 ,654.90.
Repairs at Burned School.
After the report had been accepted
and plans and specifications for repairs
at School 8, which were prepared by
Architect j. X. Jensen, had been exam
ined, the building committee was on
motion instructed to advertise for bids
to be received on March 25. Commits
sioner Larson suggested that the burn
ed class room in the school be repaired
during the Easter vacation and the
other repairs left until the summer va.
cation. His suggestion was adopted
and although bids for the entire jot
will be secured, the contract will be
let with that proviso.
Make Rules Strict.
Amendments to the rules and new
clauses governing janitors were taker
up and adopted. The printing commit
tee was instructed to have the rules
printed in proper form and copies giver
to all the janitors and paced in proper
places at the buildings.
The rules as they now stand are very
strict. Some of the rules are in brief
as follows:
Janitors must not leave buildings dur
ing school hours. If they do, on being
reported by the principals, they may be
dismissed. This rule does not apply to
extra janitors.
They are to be under the direction of
the building committee during the sum-
mer vacation. The janitors shall make
all repairs possible and report all 9th
ers to the superintendent. They must
also assist in keeping order outside Of
the buildings and shall not employ any
ether person to assist or do their work,
except in case of illness.
The rules only apply to janitors in
schools of five or more rooms.
Want to Sell Land to Board.
A communication was received from
Koyen & Ostergaard offering twenty
lots of land as a school site, near AM
boy avenue, and north of Alpine ceme-
tery for $4,000. The signers stated
that, in view of the fact that school
would be needed in that vicinity some
day, they had made the offer. The
matter was referred to the building
committee.
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