Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-29
N%EIGHBORlNG "
ALL BIDS ARE
TURNED DOWN
Exceeded Appropriation for
South Amboy School Addition
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, June 29:-The
Board of Education met in regular
session last night in Supervising
Principal Fitch's office in school No.
/. There were present Messrs. Davis,
Oliver, Wyckotf, Sutliff and Pearse.
of the Board of Education. Also
Supervising Principal Fitch and
Architects Dayton and Smith, also
Solicitor 'Coan.
The following gentlemen present
ed bids: William Moore, OF this
city; A. X. Jensen, Ira It. Grouse and
J. n. Wester, of Perth Amboy, we're
bidders on the construction of the
building. Zimmerman Company,
Kelly e McAlinden and V. N. James
presented bids on the heating of
buildings presented the bids to the
board with the recommendation that
no bids be awarded and their checks
returned to the several bidders as
the total costs as estimated by the
bidders totalled the sum of $15,879
when the appropriation that had
been estimated for the r~emodelling
of School No. | was only $4,000. On
LiONIOi IhC bOdIb pubLdlItu me It.
port of the committee on building
and ordered their checks returned
to each bidder.
The next in order of business was
the opening of bids for the supplying
of schools Nos. / and 2 with coal.
II. d. Lettell and Howell & Gordon
were the only bidders and as each
bid was $5.75 per net ton delivered,
| bn contract w1G ourar1ni that noph
one supply one-half of the coal as
needed.
Counsellor Coan read a notice in
reference to the appeal to the State
Board of Education by the common
council to appear before the board
Monday, July /. John Sutliff made
a motion which was seconded that
Solicitor Coan represent the board
on Monday at Trenton. President
Davis objected to his representing
the board as he thought they were
able to represent themselves. The
motion was carried as made.
The report of the school physician
at this time was read as follows:
Number of pupils examined, 692;
defective teeth, 37G; defective eyes,
70; defective o suffering from
catarrh, 40; defective throats, SO;
defective hearing, "a; spine, 2; heart
trouble, 2; chronic bronchitis, 8;
rupture remedied by truss. l.; hip
disease, /. The report was that the
general conditions of the pupils were
very much improved since last year.
A communication was read from
Miss Katharine O'Connor and Miss
Martha Buchanan stating as the
board had employed a new teacher
at a salary of $3.50 that their salary
be increased to $3.50 per year. On
motion it was ordered that the conf
munication be received and placed
on file.
A communication and oorrespond-I
ence at this time was read between
Mrs. G. s. Voorhees,, substitute teach,
er during Miss A. Everett's absence,
setting forth that they had not as
yet reached an agreement. At this
time the supervising principal stated
he had up to the present time been
unable to get the report card from
Miss A. Everett and by this neglect
he had been unable to make the ad-
vancement of the pupils of those de-
serving to the higher grade. The
secretary of the board was instruct
ed to communicate with Miss Everett
stating the decision of the board was
the substitute teacher receive from
her pay for twenty-eight days at
$1.25 per day and that the report
card be sent to the supervising prin-
cipal Immediately. A communica-
ton was read by the secretary from
the State Board of Education ap-
proving the plans for the alterations
and addition to school building No.
2. 1t vas also brought before the
board by the supervising principal
that the amount of tuition due from
other sources for attendance at the
high school were: From Monroe
township, $50; from East Bruins
wick, $50; from Madison, $50; from
Sayreville, $337.50.
The report of the secretary show
ed a balance on hand up to July l of
S686.11.