Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-12
BIDS RECEIVED
FOR FURNITURE
Board of Education Defer
Awarding Of Contract Un-
til the Next Meeting.
ADDITION TO SCHOOL 8
Dicuss Plans for EnIarging
High School Facilities
Janitsrs Want Increase.
ADDITION TO SCHOOL 8

Bids for supplying furniture in the
| new addition to public school No.
were received and several other mat
ters OF Importance were taken up at
| monthly meeting of the Board of
| Education last night A petition
WAS received from the school 1ani-
tors for an increase in salary and
| the teachers committee reported ar
rangements made for the coming
commencement exercises In the high
school. A long list of teachers were
| reappointed and many applications
were received. Steps were also ta-
ken to provide room for the new
high school pupils that will enter in
| the fall.
May Enlarge High School
motion was passed that. the
building committee investigate the
enlargement OF high school facili-
ties to provide for the influx OF pu-
! pills next fall, and that 1t report to
the board at it's next regular meet
| ing. Commissioner Fletcher said
provision would have to be made for
the new pupils who will be listed af-
| ter the summer vacation, and he
made the motion to start the build
ing committee at work.
Estimates On Furniture.
| Three itemized estimates on pu-
pills desks, teachers desks, chairs,
| tables, etc., for the new addition for
school No. 8, were received, opened,
read and referred to the committee
of the whole to be reported on at the
next meeting. Albert Leon, Nathan
/ ofh AL, 1a
bidders. Messrs Roth and Leitch-
man offered samples of children s
desks. Mr.. Leon said samples Of his
goods could be found in all of the
class rooms of the grammar school
where the board met.
Janitors Want Increase.
| The petition asking for an In
crease In salary of Janitors signed by
Alfred Zeller and others, was re-
ceived, read and referred to the
| building committee.
Commencement June 16.
Commissioner Rossi reported for
the teachers committee that COM
mencement exercises will be held In
ProctQr.s theatre. JuQa L.. and that
a speaker had been secured at about
the same cost as last year. He stated
thirty-one applications for work Ger
ftificates had been received and TWEEN
n ty-seyen granted. A list of teachers
: ssoffered by the committee with recon-
mendations for reappointment, were
renamed. The list Of new appli-
cants for teachers positions was re-
ferred to the teachers committee
Board of Estimate.
| report of the action OF the Board
OF Estimate in making an appropria-
ton of SAT, ,00o for new and old
school work and for buying new
school property was received, read
and ordered spread on the minutes.
Medical Inspection.
The medical inspectors report for
the past month, which was received
and read, follows: Visits to schools,
IL; pupils examined, 200; conta-
gious disease cases found, three; pu-
Eptls excluded, three; general condi-
| tion of pupils, good; sanitary condi-
tion of school buildings, good.
The truant officers report for the
past month, as rendered, follows:
Pupils sent for, 277; returned, 40;
truants, 1o4; pupils sick, 80.
Supt. Shul1's Report.
The superintendent report for
the past month follows: Total en-
rollment: Boys, 2,712; girls, g.
$40; total, 5,282; average enroll
ment, 5,144.10; average attendance,
4,697.56; per cent. OF daily attend
ance on average enrolment, 9137;
cases of hardness, Lib; times
teacher WAS tardy, 10; pupils present
every day, 212S; classes or divisions,
218; sessions during month, 46; Wis
| Its by superintendent, 242; visits by
commissioners, s.; visits by citizens,
40 visits by Mr.. Klein, Mr.. Fletcher,
Mr.. Colyer and Mr.. Sheehy; fire
drills, Il; FL; IS; 5-2; G.
4; II; SIS; CRAM; High.