Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-28
SOUTH AMBOY
SCHOOL BOARD
Financial Report for Past
Halt Year Received.
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South Amboy, Jan. 2S:-The reg
.Nlar business meeting OF the Board
= Education was held last evening
In the City Hall. There We're pres
emit Messrs. Coan, Oliver, Davis,
Pearse and Wyckoff, also Superyis-
ing Principal Fitch.
ton from j. N. Pearson & Son, arch
fleets, submitting report made by
Mr.. Lee representing the John l..
Reed Heating Engineering Co., of
Newark, on the steam heating plant
in school No. 2. The communication
war. received and placed on file n
upon motion Of Mr.. Pearse the
steam heating man was given the
privilege of going over the plant to
locate the trouble at their OWL ex-
pense.
All the members of the board will
attend the meeting of the County
School Board Association to be held
in Perth Amboy next Saturday. The
board also extended an invitation to
the supervising principal, vice prin-
eipal and medical inspector.
The financial report for the school
year, July LIST to December 31st, was
read and showed total amount of re-
ceipts s~18,883.80; expenditures,
~$12,66f.42, and a balance on hand
January list, $6,222.38. The report
from January LIST to date showed:
Total cash to January 27, 1911, &c.
713, less expenditures amounting
to S461.12; leaving actual amount
In band $~6,251.SS. The reports were
ordered received and spread in full
upon the minutes.
Seceral bills were ordered paid.
The bond Of Secretary Oliver,
with the American Surety Co., of
New York, was read and ordered
filed.
The special committee on building
sites reported that definite figures
on a piece of property had been
given by one gentleman, but in the
oother instances the parties would
not name a figure as yet,
Prof. Fitch reported that Miss
Mack had requested him to bring be-
fore the board the ACCESSIBILITY OF
having that section of the law re-
Iating to time of entry in the schools
of small children, published In the
papers 80 as to avoid having the
small children enter school as sooll
as bad weather was over, as 1T was
impossible to properly classify them
when entering at odd periods; that
IL the parents would hold OF until
the first week of April and then have
the little ones enter, they could all
be started and kept together. The
matter of publishing a notice was re-
ferred to the Committee on Rules
nd
Resolution Way adopted ~ for
lows: That note In First National
Bank. on which there is due some
st9,025, be paid and that a draft be
drawn on the custodian OF school
n for the amount.
Also the following: That an adj
ditional compensation of $40 per
month be paid the janitor of school
N. | for the extra work incurred in
caring for the primary room In h
City Hall.
Upon motion the secretary was re-
duested to communicate with the
mayor and council asking them to
kindly place crosswalks over John
street at the foot of Clinton place,
for the accommodation of school
children, teachers and the general
public.
President Davis appointed Messrs.
Coan and Wyckoff committee on
Board OF Estimates for 1911.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Coan the
same rules which governed the
board last year will govern the cur
rent year.