The Penn's Grove record., 1913-03-07
Board OF Education Meeting

ucation was held on Monday evening
with the following members present:
Cunningham, Layton, Trumbnll, Watson,
Cable, Hunt and Denny. In the absence
of the president Mr.. Cunningham pre-
sided.
The clerk reported that none Of the
apportloned railroad money had been re-
ceived from the State. 1t is greatly
needed.
No action WAS taken to elect another
high school teacher in place of Miss Nc
Cullough who did not accept. Two APP
plications were received TO fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF Miss
Nettie Sparks, but no one was elected to
fill the position.
b. w. Moon, of Philadelphia, was
present and spoke in behalf of some text
books published by the American Book
Company, for which he is agent.
Two architects presented plans for a
new school building. Que set was ac-
cepted by the Board to be voted on by
the people at the annual meeting.
1t was decided to ask for 3 5000 special
school tax to be voted for at the annual
school election March 18th.
SUPERVISORS REPORT
W. ID. Snyder, supervisor, in his re-
port stated that the attendance had been
decreased greatly during February be-
cause OF the measles. Number of pupils
Oh roll 583; average daily attendance
432; days possible present l0,423; days
present S,2752; days absent 2,1474; times
tardy 1857; rua 0.
There are 20 pupils in the high school
and 81 in the grades from outside the
Borough. Their buttons will amount to
about 1920.
The department work in the six grades
the past month seems to be working sue
cesstully and good results are expected
by the end of the year. The pupils in
the fourth and fifth grades are doing
nicely with the hand work which Miss
Cline introduced. They are much in
terested in it which is the first step in
the direction OF vocational training,
which is being advocated so strongly by
all the leading educators of the country.
ask the approval of the Board in re-
CARDS to a ruling in regards to the high
school pupils. Some are absent much
time. When they return ONE object to
making up tile lessons missed. l gave
the teachers orders to have pupils make
up all studies missed or to give them
zero for each recitation missed. | think
it is no more than just to those who at
tend regularly and recite all lessons, and
it is necessary that all in the high school
books should be studied in order to keep
up the scholarship and standing of our
school.
L will make a report later when there
will be more time, of what | saw and
heard at the National Educational Con-
vention in Philadelphia. 1t was the
greatest convention OF educators ever
iiCiu VI VIC Cilttu STATES, anu III WAS Ill
aid helpful to all who attended.
L hope to be able to use some of the
methods there discussed for building up
a school system.
The County Superintendent thinks
there is little probability of the districts
the school money apportioned
the railroad tax. Ii that he so then
there is likely to be deficit III the school
money needed to keep up the efficiency
OF the school,
BY failing to elect a high school teach
er this spring the Borough will loose
S4OO from the State school money for the
next school year. On three different &C.
casions in the past the failure to elect and
a teacher in the grades 5000 have
been lost, 5000 in all, i'll the. past three
years.
BY failure to provide a regular teacher
for second grade to fill the vacancy caus-
by Miss Nettie Sparks resignation, the
pupils will fail to get the instruction they
are entitled to receive from a regular
Such is worthy Of consideration by
taxpayers as well as those interested in
education OF their children,