The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-21
Proceedings OF School
Board

regular session on TUESDAY, DSCeln-
Der 18th. Those present were Dr.
T. B. Moore, President; Mr.. Fred
Lewis, Vice President, and Mr.. j. E.
Crothers.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing of November 18th were read and
approved, and sundry bills ordered
paid.
The County Superintendent re-
ported that as yet he had received no
reply from the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company concerning the set
ting of price on piece of land ad-
Joining the Elkton Elementary
School.
TRANSPORTATION to the Elkton High
School from Cherry Hill 10 relieve
congested condition upon the regular
bus on that route was settled by pro-
longing Big Elk-Cherry Hill bus
route, Mr.. Paul w. Peterson, Con-
tractor, to Elkton High School, as
per the instructions of the meeting
of the Board OF Education minutes
OF November 10, 1884. Relief for
congested condition on the bus
route from Rising Sun to Colora to
Vinegar Hill, Mr.. S. S. MacCauley
Contractor, was had by instructing
Mr.. MacCauley's bus to run 70
Barnes Corner two trips-one in the
morning and one in the afternoon
in addition to the regular trips which
were already scheduled for the bus,
This relieved the condition on the
bus
The County Superintendent re-
ported that attendance at the Chesa-
peake City Elementary School for
average belonging" and at the Ris-
ing Sun Elementary School for 'ay-
erage belonging" had dropped below
the number required for seven
teachers. Solution for this problem
Education lay in one of two adjust
ments-1. Teachers at these schools
might be transferred to other school
vacancies-one of which existed at
Perryville Elementary chool, and
when another vacancy arose, the ex-
cess teacher be transferred to that
vacancy, or secondly, schools which
were in low attendance in numbers
belonging" near to Chesapeake
City Elementary and Rising Sun
Elementary be closed and the chill
dren brought to Chesapeake City
Elementary and Rising Sun Element
airy. The teachers there in those
schools so closed be transferred in
solution one. Costs in this way
would be decreased.
The resignation Of Miss Mar
guerite Van Valkenburg, teacher in
the Perryville Elementary School,
who resigned to accept a position in
the schools in Washington City, was
accepted, as was the resignation of
Mrs. Mary NJ Mccoy, teacher in the
high schools.
Miss Ann Sadowsky, upon recon-
mendation by the County Superin-
tendent, was appointed, unanimous
ly, by the Board of Education, as
teacher in the elementary schools of
the County. This was in pursuance
and conformity to the Sections of
Article II OF the School Code OF
Maryland
The County Superintendent re-
ported that the colored schools of
Cecil County had made first place
standing in standardized tests in
reading and in arithmetic This was
a most excellent record:
Tuition charges which were estab-
lished by the State Board of Educa-
tion as standard between the Coun-
ties of the State of Maryland, was
accepted by the Board of Education.
The Board of Education, subject
to confirmation by the State Super
intendent of Schools, sold the Row
landville Colored School, No. 1, Dis
trict 6, for the sum of $4,000 to
Charlie Smith Yeattes. This pur-
chaser to pay for the deed and re-
cording thereof.
Y The Board of Education unani-
mously decided to go on record as
condemning the practice of contract
ing school bus drivers from carrying
passengers on their buses other
than school children and school Of
ficials This practice was an unwise
one in their opinion and tended 20
yitiate their bus insurance.
The Board then adjourned
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Mrs. r.. Il. Western