Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-06
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WORK AT GRAMMAR SCH
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ton Of a heating system in the new
buildings, which will cost abou
$4,000, it is believed. Furnishings
for the buildings will bring h cost
up another $4,000, it is expected,
making the total cost of the Inn
provements about $4,000. Inc
Board of Estimate recently agreed to
issue bonds for $4,000 to cover the
cost of this work.
Building Committee Report.
The building committee made the
following report: Sanitaries and
improvements, as required by the
Board of Health installed in schools
Nos. 3 and z elimination of the real
estate transaction with the Masso-
pust Realty Company, whereby the
board becomes the owner OF prop
erty In zeal of their twenty lots IN
! Lehigh Park disposed Of benches at
high school the fence between schooi
NO. 2 and the Langan Lumber Com
pany has been reconstructed 40
tons of coal have been ordered, ana
parity delivered; janitors' supplies
have been purchased and delivered;
a thorough inspection has been
made in most of the schools, with
the following results: Painting 1s
needed in many of the buildings;
the grounds of several schools need
attention, and several fences or
walls should be erected, especially
around school No. 5. The committee
will do this work If they have the
necessary funds.
Teachers Have Resigned.
NH <111l&-r 4N, ~ ~ iffnn rnnnrtnd
the following designations: Fanny
Hunt, Jennie Brogger, Marjorie
Brown, Hettie Dromey, Florence
feathers, Jane Williams, Carrie
Gregory, Matilda Petersen, Edna
Coutts. Sadie Kintner, Evelyn Qu1gg
and Florence Wyant. The following
new appointments were made! May
Brownlee, high school; Leroy F. Ell
lott, manual training; Maude A.
Brandon, cooking; Juliet Sell, Agnes
E. Moffett Myrtle Warren, Agnes
Yorgensen, Ethel Van Dusen, Jane
Warren, Ida Halpern, G. Brennan,
Belle Dorsey, Esther lessen and
Kthryn Kleckner. 1t was decided to
increase the salary of the music
teacher from $3.50 to. $500 per year.
The book committee was authorized
to purchase books, as submitted on
list.
Truant Officer J.. W. Meshroy
made the following report for June:
Number sent for, 108; returned, 40;
truants, % sick, Is.
Supt. Shull Reports.
Supt. Of Schools S. E. Shull ro-
ported that 248 pupils took the
eighth grade examination, and 232
passed. In the spelling examination,
80 per cent received a passing mark,
which is a very high standard, Mr..
Shull states. His report for June
was as follows:
Total enrolment, boys, 2,809;
girls, 1852, total 5,501; average en-
ance, 5,0S5.37 per cen Of daily at
tendance, 91.22; cases of hardness,
$50; times teacher was tardy, 7; pu-
pills present every day, 1922; classes
or divisions, 211; sessions during
month, 80; visits by superintendent
during month, 147; visits by commits
sioners, Z; visits by citizens, Al;
homes represented, 5.401; homes
visited, Abb fire drills, 2; visitors,
President Sheehy and Commission
ers Fletcher and Klein.
Contractor Is Considering.
Contractor Overgaard called up
the EVENING NEWS just before
press time today and informed a re-
porter that he has reconsidered his
acceptance Of the award of the con-
tract at last nights meeting of the
board and may refuse the work. He
stated that he has talked the matter
over with his associates and has
l-c-ched. the conclusion that he would
lose money Oh the work II taken for
$20,230. He said his hid in total.
for the three buildings, would net
him a fair profit, but not il sub
divided. Mr.. O~vergaard will leave
today for Boston, Mass, where he
expects to enjoy a few days vacation.
On his return the matter will be
taken up with the school commits
%sioners, he states.