The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
EH0DL BOARD
HAD MEETING
ub.r. Il the soard Met Last Even
4. and Were IL session Dyer a
Hour DisPosln1 q
Business
"a NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
rsst Nearing comRlstion and Ap
prOprIate Exerelsss WIN y
Arranged for IL
Opening.
~ NEW SCHOOL HOUSE

i meeting Of the school board was
III last evening in the board Of edu-
,.tiup ofBces It s o'clock. it being 9
4 ,erular session Of the board. All
msmbers we're present except w. J.
I Roberts who is out of the city at the
B assent time on business.
5Tbn minutes Of the previous meeting
s NE read and number of old bust
w matters were brought before the
1 kard, A petition written and signed
1 4 citizens near the Garfield
,nhllc school, was read and
3 Il RS decided to present the petition
4 de city council, asking that new
! tement sntter which was ordered In
IA locality be not laid. The mem-
MI Of the board decided That the
I e.tlxens were at much expense at the
Z rFesent time with the building of the
1bool house and many zninor repairs
ia the laying OF new gutter at the
4 uresent time would mean unnecessary
srpeuse and the old cobble stone gut
! ii viii do service for many years to
come.
1 4 report Of the text book commit
/ tee vas made and It was decided to nse
] lie high school word book in the high
schocl for the coming year.
a. estimate on work done by Grit
iey and swan was given at 1928. ~.
The purchase and supply committee
xiIch opened bids on July 70, have
4 awarded contracts to the following
bidders. they being the lowest: Gem
A erel Collier stationery Co, $2o1 !
priniers Leake Printing Co, $12S.S5;
janitars. A. Weber Co. s2S.6n; coal
Mississippi Coal and Ice Company.
T 1874 ton for coal.
The building committee reported
tAat tie chimney on the new George
Washington school had been raised
six feet. A drawing OF desks needed
4 for the new schools, were made and
( handed to S. Schmidt and Sons and to
fhe Carter Lumber Co.. the former
making an estimate On the desks Tor
tha eleven rooms. II was found nee
essary to order fling cabinet and
combination desk for the grammar
{ school teachers and the committee on
this matter was directed to order the
desks and table.
Along with the slate black boards
Z which have been ordered for the new
school, Griffey and Swan were In
structed by the board to purchase
boards for the Terrence school, s51.05
Garfield, s21.e5. Carey. $685.. The
boards for one OF the Wells schoo
rooms are included In the expense
for boards in one Of the other schools
The expense for the new heating plan
for the Lincoln school will amount K
4 1858.
The question came up again at las
evenings meeting. regarding the sal
aries OF teachers who were not re
ceiving the maximum. After mucl
discussion on this matter however, thu
: 49, +" Is, ~ opppu, tttc Liz seSA p~AsA'
referred to Hughes, Dunlap and Ham
u a motion, that all teachers in tn
employment Of the board for the pas
year receiving the maximum salar
oe advanced SIS per month.
ton was lost.
me president and superintendent
sre empowered to employ teacher
whenever necessary,
Ample insurance will be carried o
Inc new building at Ninth and Concer
streets, the insurance committee t
oetermine the amount after invest
ACTION.
Appropriate Exercises.
Before any one had thought an,
snlng about the matter. the ne
cnool building had advanced SO IA