Evening star., 1926-05-20
Report on Eligibility.

a report which had been requested
by the board from the Board Of t,X-
aminer$ concerning the eligibility Of
the teachers IS of June. 1924, was
read. L showed that six Of the
seven teachers held college degrees
at thar time.
During the course of the debate on
this question Or. Bennett renewed
his attack made At the preceding
board meeting on the grounds tho
teachers are heing prosecuted. lie
declared: Il feel and the city feels
his is Il matter Of persecution due to
who they are
Al the opening of the meeting
President =. {. Graham announced
hat the board aWayS was glad to
have representatives OF the parent
teacher associations present IS Ncii
as any parents Of the children. ana he
offered a representative of one OF the
parent-teacher associations access to
the records of the board at her pleas
ure.
Steps also were taken at the meet
ing yesterday afternoon to inaug-
urate a system where citizens and
parent-teacher associations requesting
specific Improvements in their various
sections can promptly be informed
whether their requests can be granted
and If 50, the approximate date.
Information Is Promised.
President Graham said he realized
he di1coura cement which the as
~0ciatiun must suffer when their re
quests are merely filed and remedial
action indefinitely delayed. DR..
Learned, chairman Of the committee
receiving the requests, l1uded the idea
as a wise move" and said he would
- int a+
organizations how far the board could
aid them and when they might expect
this aid.
Dr. Learned. as chairman Of the
committee on buildings, grounds and
equipment, recommended that the
Bunker Hin School be transferred
from the cujoreQ to the white system.
I)r Frank ". Ballou, superintendent,
requested that final action on this
matter be delayed until he would as
sure himself that the coIored students
could be taken care Of. DR.. Learned
said that his committee had gone into
his matter thoroughly and decided
the conditions warrant tho trans
Ter" y long petition had been re
cetVed from white residents in the
neiGhhorhoud pointing out that the
roiored population in the immediate
vicinity of the Bunker Hill School is
NtIItti4INIllllG.
The following changes in personnel
we're authorized.
Resignations-J r. Oliver. teacher,
class IA, Manual Training: NJ p.
Boots. teacher. class lA, now on leave
If absence. /. \. A,@rlin, engineer
.ianitor, Health Schoo. J. r. Tapscott.
ir., janitor, Taylor School; NJ. j. Davis,
clerk, class t, office of assistant
supelintendent Of elementary schools.
, Termination {. AIalvan, tempo
rary appointment. class "A, Randall
Junior High School.
Carrie Stewart. teacher,
class IA, EdmOndS School.
TranSterS-INah Richard teacher.
class IA, DentBrent School, from
grade 3 TO supplementary teacher;
Isabel Woyrich. teacher, class IA.
,'ranch-Tyler School, from grade to
grade ,.
Appointments-C. NJ Hays. teacher.
permanent. class Ia. Dent Brent
school; q. w. Hodgkins, teacher, per
manent, class "a, Central High
school; J. y. Tweedule, ianitor. pro
hationary, TAYLOR school: w. W.
stockton. engineer janitor. probation-
airy, Health School; |. {. Malvan.
teacher. probationary, class "a, Ran
dall Junior High School.