Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-29
SEEKS TO AVOID DELAY
IN PAYING TEACHERS
Changes in Personnel Considered BY
the Board of Educa-
ton.

| Routine business occupied the atten-
. ton of the board of education when
| that body met at the Franklin School
yesterday afternoon. 1t was a special
meeting, called for the purpose of con-
sidering changes in the personnel so
that the payroll for the current month
would not be delayed
/ The regular meeting of the board in
the early part of November was post
F; poned until the week of November 9,
| in order that it might not interfere
| with the teachers institute, to be held
| November and 6. DIR. Charles Swain
! Thomas of the Newton, Mass High
''chooi was announced as another
! speaker who has been obtained for
! the institute. Night schools are TO he
closed November 6, because of the in
| stltute. but will be extended one night
longer 'at the end of the term. Day
schools are to be closed on both No
vember and s.
| Miss Sara Simons, head of the de-
partment of English, was granted
weeks leave of absence beginning No
vember 30.
/ The following changes were APP
! proved by the board
! Appointments.
| Mrs. kathrine Ruth, caretaker at 917
! 18th street northeast; Paul FinckeI,
night school teacher in Thomson
! school; q. E. Bittner, substitute teach
er IN night schools: Miss l.. l.. Graefe
substitute millinery, Mckinley night
school; b. a. Harlan, teacher in com
merclal law and legal business prac-
zee, BUSINESS Night School: Miss X. S.
SUNNY. substitute drawing, English
ana history teacher, white high schools;
Mark De Grange. substitute English
teacher; white high schools; Miss Mar
fret Il ~.
school: Miss e. Frederick, substitute
teacher in graded schools; Miss Ruth
McGoWan. substitute domestic science
teacher in graded schools: Edward
at NJ Street High and Armstrong Man
ual Training schools; R. l. Vaughn.
temporary teacher of mechanical draw
ing; Armstrong Night School; Miss NJ
r. vernon, temporary teacher of cook
ing, Armstrong Night School; Miss NJ
f. montgomery. teacher of second
grade; Miss e. w: Lark, temporary fifth
grade teacher. John F. Cook School;
MISS A r. Wiegand. temporary seventh
grade teacher. SmalIwood School: Miss
X e. Irving, temporary kindergarten
assistant, Deanwood School; Miss NJ E.
school: ]. D. Spaight, iaborer at pea
electricity. Mckinley Night School.
designations Accepted.
Miss K. E. Rawlings, teacher Thorn
son Night School; Miss E. A Thorn, first
grade teacher, Bryan School: Zachariah
Simmons, 1aborer, NJ Street High
Douglass and Simmons schools: W. E.
kerper, laborer, at Peabody School
Promotions.
S. H. Homer, from caretaker of four
portable buildings to laborer at NJ
schools; G.. c. Bannister, from fourth
grade to fifth grade teacher, Bruce
School; Mrs. E. Z. Burrell, from second
grade teacher to dressmaking teacher
at o Street Vocational School; Miss NJ |
B. Thomas, from first to second grade |
teacher, Webster School.
Transfers.
G. L. Sadwar. from Garnet Night |
School to Lovejoy Night School; Miss
H. K. Davidge, from Lovejoy Night
School to Garnet Night School, Miss p.
o. Flagg, second grade teacher, from
Fort Slocum School to Slater School;
c. o. Lewis, second grade teacher. from
Slater School to Fort Slocum School;
c. A. Johnson, eighth grade teacher,
from Smallwood School to Rowers
School.
New Glasses and Schools.
New classes and schools to be open
ed-A fifth grade at Bruce School, sec
ond grade at Webster School, seventh
grade at SmallWood School and night
school at Deanwood School.
Grades c1osed--Fourth grade at Bruce
School, first grade. Webster School;
eighth grade, Sma1lwood School; night
class in cooking at 73o Gath street