The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-23
SCHOOL BOARD m REGULAR
SESSION
Charge For Use OF School Property
Field Meet For White Schools
At North East May 18th

Field Meet For White Schools
At North East May 18th
The Board of Education met in
regular session on Tuesday, Feb.
18th. Those present were Mr.. Fred
Lewis, President; DR.. T. B. Moore,
vice President, and Mr.. j. e..
Crothers.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing Of January 9th were read and
approved, and sundry bills order
paid.
After consideration and deliber-
alton, the Board of Education decid-
ed to establish charge for the use
Of the school property and set the
following scale: For the high
schools at North East and Rising
Sun, it established a charge Of $500
to outside organizations for use dur
ing the time that heat is in the
building, and 5000 at the time
when there is no heat. $1.O0 OF
this amount is to be paid to the jan
itor for service duty. At the other
schools in the county, charge OF
$500 for the time that heat is in
the building, and $500 al the time
when there is no heat. The same
amount to be paid to the janitor for
care during the time Of use.
The Supervisor of the Elementary
Schools, who was to have reported
her work at this meeting, was un-
able to do so. Her report was de-
ferred to the meeting in March.
The County superintendent pre-
scented to the Board Of Education,
the enrolment at several schools,
namely, Pleasant Hill, white school,
which was below the number in at
tendance for the maintenance of two
teachers. He, too, called attention
to the number of children now en-
rolled at the Cecilton elementary
School, white, number which JUS
tilted the placing of an extra teacher
there, provided such attendance con-
tinued.
A letter was read and delega-
ton was heard from the Chamber
of Commerce of North East, both re-
Questing that the Fiel,l Day for the
White schools of Cecil county for
1884, be held at that place. Fa-
vorable action was taken upon these
requests by the Board of Education.
It decided then to hold the Field
Meet for the white schools of Cecil
county at North East on Friday,
May 18th.
The County Superintendent was
requested to ask the Playground
Athletic League to change tine date
for the Field Meet of the Colored
Schools from Friday, April goth, to
Saturday, April 21st. Conditional
upon this transfer, the Fled Meet
for the Colored Schools of Cecil
county was set for April 21st.
A transfer of contract for carry
ing children from Principle Furnace
School to Nonacher's Lane and re-
turn was acted favorably upon. This
transfer was from Mr.. R. j. Van
Pelt to Mr.. George L. Thompson, eff
fective February 18th, payment to
begin February 1st.
A delegation from the Calvert
High School asking for improve
ments at the Calvert High School
grounds was received. MIR. Croth-
ers was requested by the Board of
Education to see the Trustees, whose
ground the Board of Education
leased for school purposes at Cal
vert, to secure their Willingness for
any improvements which might be
decided upon.
Leave of absence to attend the
meeting of the National Education
Association at Cleveland was grant
ed to the County Superintendent.
The meeting then adjourned.