Report of the city of Somerville 1914, Part 21

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 596


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Grade.


NAME AND RESIDENCE.


Salary.


Began Service.


BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL. Willow Avenue and Josephine Avenue.


9.


GEORGE I. BOWDEN, Master, 92 Monument St., West Medford


$1,900


1908


9.


Annie G. Smith, 59 Maple Street, Malden


875


1901


8.


Martha R. Taylor, 26 Simpson Avenue


5.00


1914


7.


Ida M. Record, 37 Benton Road


800


1899


6.


Gladys Stimson, 26 Lowden Avenue


700


1914


5.


Annie Sanburn, 20 Ashburton Place, Boston


800


1906


4.


Mary T. Ford, 26 Gibbens Street .


800


1911


3.


Anna N. Johnson. 33 Everett Avenue


600


1913


3, 2.


Alice M. Dorman, 159 Morrison Avenue


800


1903


2, 1.


Mrs. Grace H. Bliss, 28 Fairmount Avenue


800


1900


1.


Katherine T. McMahon, 168 Summer Street


750


1913


HIGHLAND SCHOOL. Highland Avenue and Grove Street.


9.


FRANK W. SEABURY, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue


$1,900


1911


9.


Grace M. Clark, 10 Vernon Street, West Medford


875


1893


9.


Marguerite Burns, 15 Kidder Avenue


825


1907


9,8 8.


Sarah E. Pray, 58 Liberty Avenue


825


1877


8.


Mrs. Nellie G. Stewart,1105 Broadway .


800


1908


7.


Elsie M. Ross, Ipswich


800


1908


7.


Bessie M. Royce, 16 Dover Street


700


1914


7,6


Mary H. Joyce, 76 Boston Street .


800


1891


6.


Lillian F. Richardson, 33 Wallace Street


800


1904


6.


Marie Clifford, 1583 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge


800


1907


5.


Marion Allen, Danvers ·


800


1911


5.


. Eva E. Perkins, 35 Langdon Street, Cambridge ·


750


1911


9.


ARTHUR L. DOE, Master, 27 Spruce Street, Malden


$1,900


1896


9.


Edith W. Emerson, 135 Central Street


875


1896


8.


Alice S. Hall, 135 Central Street


800


1896


7.


Mrs. Gertrude W. Leighton, 26 Gibbens Street


800


1895


7.


Augusta M. Harris, 37 Cogswell Avenue, Cambridge .


750


1914


6.


Isabel M. Brunton, 19 Hanson Street


700


1910


6, 5.


Flora A. Burgess, Arlington Heights


800


1894


5.


Catherine A. Burden, 28 College Avenue


800


1902


4.


Genieve R. Barrows, 52 Westland Avenue, Boston


800


1905


4,3.


Katherine M. Fox, Stoneham


800


1896


3, 2.


Inez Prentiss, 27 Hall Avenue


750


1913


2,1.


Nellie F. Wright, 897 Broadway


800


1912


1.


May V. Powell, 47 Centre Street, Malden


800


1913


CUTLER SCHOOL. Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue.


9.


HARLAN P. KNIGHT, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


$1,900


1897


9.


N. Irene Ellis, 29 Newbury Street


875


1903


8.


Elizabeth R. Henderson, 93 Ossipee Road


800


1912


8.


Lilla E. Mann, 30 Conwell Avenue


800


1902


7.


Katherine A. Breen, 81 Avon Street


800


1912


6.


Edith A. Maxwell, 10 Whitfield Road .


800


1906


6, 5.


Bernice J. Andrews, 76 College Avenue


750


1914


5, 4.


Anna L. Brown. 14 Irving Street .


800


1912


4.


Olevia M. Woods, 116 Powder House Boulevard


750


1908


3.


J. Elsie Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road


600


1914


2. Almena J. Mansir, 77 Albion Street


800


1899


.


2. Edna F. Gordon, 10 Locke Street .


800


1912


1.


Annie H. Hall, 97 College Avenue


800


1906


Mary L. Bryant, 24 Hall Avenue .


800


1903


WILLIAM H. HODGKINS SCHOOL. Holland Street.


283


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29 .- Teachers in Service January, 1915 .- Concluded.


Grade.


NAME AND RESIDENCE.


Salary.


Began Service.


LINCOLN SCHOOL. Broadway, near Teele Square.


HARLAN P. KNIGHT, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


1914


Eliza H. Lunt, Principal, 50 Curtis Street


$850


1889


Mrs. Clara L. Roberts, 62 Chandler Street


600


1914


Hortense F. Small. 91 Electric Avenue


700


1912


1.


Mrs. Ethel W. Cutler, 24 Brastow Avenue


600


1914


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL. Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street.


4.


MAY E. SMALL, Principal, 12 Day Street, Cambridge


950


1900


4.


Stella M. Holland, 16 Chester Place


800


1903


3.


Maude C. Valentine, 1098 Broadway


800


1901


3.


Mrs. Jane M. Taaffe, 159 Morrison Avenue


800


1888


2.


Katherine E. Hourahan, 15 Summit Street .


800


1892


2.


Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street


S00


1897


1.


Martha A. Jencks, 96 Orchard Street


800


1898


1.


Eleanor J. Homer, 82 Hudson Street


650


1914


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.


HARRY L. JONES; High


$6.00


JOHN S. EMERSON, Bell


5.00


CHARLES E. BRAINARD, Highland


4.00


CADET TEACHERS.


Margaret Beattie, 401 Washington Street


$200


1914


Anna R. Canfield, 205 Cedar Street


200


1914


Ethel V. Chisholm, 43 Franklin Street


200


1914


Lillian F. Commins, 24 Hanson Street


200


1914


-


Julia N. Riordan. 165 Albion Street


200


1914


Eva E. Sprague, 36 Albion Street


200


1914


-


Marguerite Stetefeld, 43 Bonair Street


200


1914


Anna R. Walsh, 27 Avon Street


200


1914


13-7. 6-1.


S. Henry Hadley, 46 Pearl Street .


.


$1,700


1868


Charlotte D. Lawton, 11 East Newton Street, Boston


1,000


1898


9-1.


Clara M. Gale, 7 Westwood Road SEWING.


1,100


1911


8-5.


Mary L. Boyd, 74 Heath Street


800


1888


8-5.


Emma J. Ellis, 56 Locust Street, Winthrop


800


1900


8-5.


Charlotte Holmes, 24 Cambria Street .


800


1913


8-5.


Jennie Williston, 3 Monmouth Street .


500


1913


PENMANSHIP.


William A. Whitehouse, 32 Central Road .


1,500


1895


MANUAL TRAINING.


Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 137 Powder House Boulevard


+200


1911


9,8.


Kathinka Fessman, 68 Warrenton Street, Boston


850


1912


9,8. 9,8.


Eva G. Hardy, 64 Avon Street


850


1912


PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


Ernst Hermann, 9 Humboldt Street, Cambridge


1,000


1914


ATYPICAL.


Mary A. Holt, 72 Boston Street


850


1910


Bertha M. Martindale, 21 Highland Avenue


850


1913


*Additional to salary as Principal of Girls' Vocational School.


t.Additional to salary as Principal of Boys' Vocational School.


9-1.


DRAWING.


Mary H. Brown, Supervisor, 85 Rockview St., Jamaica Plain


*200


1913


Mrs. Christabel R. Winslow, 90 Marshall Street


800


1912


SPECIAL TEACHERS. MUSIC.


3. 2, 1. 1.


FRANK W. SEABURY, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue .


1912


284


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 30 .- OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1915.


NAME AND ADDRESS.


Salary.


SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY.


Charles S. Clark, 82 Munroe Street . ·


$3,500


CLERKS.


Justin W. Lovett, 29 Cambria Street


1,300


Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland Avenue


800


Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street


650


ATTENDANCE OFFICER.


Benjamin R. Jones, 25 Loring Street .


.


TABLE 31 .- SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1915.


School.


Name.


Residence.


Weekly Salary.


High School, S


John H. Kelley


7 Madison St.


$25.00


High School, assistant


Lewis G. Keen


56 Prescott St.


16.00


High School, assistant


Michael A. Mullin


16 Bowdoin St.


17.00


High School, assistant


John N. Quirk


202 Somerville Ave.


14.00


High School, fireman


1


George A. McGunnigle


88 Glen St.


17.00


Prescott, S, 12


Charles F. Rose


15 Brastow Ave.


15.00


Hanscom, S, 10


George H. Clapp


35-A Franklin St.


12.00


Boys' Vocational, F, 4


Michael Mullaney


467 Somerville Ave.


17.00


Bennett, S, 12


Israel Winterbottom


46 Laurel St.


14.00


Baxter, S, 6


John H. Lane


5-A Belniont St.


17.00


Knapp, S, 12


Henry C. Bradford


662 Somerville Ave.


17.00


Pope, S, 12


William Meskill


53 Partridge Ave.


17.00


Bell, S, 12


George W. Libby


215 Pearl St.


12.00


Cummings, F, 4


Charles P. Horton


22 Everett Ave.


17.00


Edgerly, S, 12 .


Roy C. Burckes


249 School St.


18.25


Glines, S, 14


George W. Coombs


30 Tufts St.


18.00


Forster, S, 18 .


Jerry M. Brennan


9-A Glenwood Rd.


14.00


Forster, assistant


John F. O'Brien


347 Lowell St.


21.00


Bingham, S, 16


James W. Rich


206 Highland Ave.


23.00


Morse, F, 12


Charles T. McGrath


320 Lowell St.


14.00


Durell, S, 4


Charles Gallaway


160 Hudson St.


15.00


Burns, S, 8


Othniel M. Pote


23 Howe St.


15.00


Brown, S, 10


E. Parker Cook


398 Highland Ave.


16.00


Highland, S, 12


John J. Shca


406 Highland Ave.


17.00


Hodgkins, S, 14


Daniel Campbell


85 Lexington Ave.


20.00


Cutler, S, 12 .


George Q. Marshall


19 Wesley St.


13.50


Lincoln, 4


John F. Richardson


190 Morrison Ave.


15.00


Lowe, S, 8


George H. Griffin


25 Virginia St.


7.50


Girls' Vocational


Girls' Vocational, assistant .


George W. Hooper


166 Lowell St.


14.00


Buildings heated by steam are marked "S," by furnace "F." The numbers show the number of rooms.


The high school is heated from the Central heating plant,


17.00


Proctor, S, 8


Ellsworth C. Lundgren


50 Harrison St.


12.00


Carr, S, 16


John W. Cremen


69 Oxford St.


14.00


Perry, S, 6


John J. Kilty


72 Boston St.


16.00


Charles Hoyt


18 Trull St.


1,350


285


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


CONTINUATION OF TABLE A, 1909. Attendance by Grades For a Series of Years. Attendance by Grades-Boys


Grade


1913


1912


1911


1910


1909


Kindergarten.


103


110


116


100


98


1


795


700


564


421


830


2.


662


495


462


709


736


3.


519


505


673


702


672


4.


559


678


660


650


648


5.


605


609


601


632


669


6.


626


571


638


618


619


7


525


546


535


521


558


8.


464


452


439


473


449


9.


376


332


373


372


371


10


295


334


30%


273


304


11.


236


224


186


223


194


12


175


155


170


138


159


13


123


142


107


135


110


Attendance by Grades-Girls


Grade


1913


1912


1911


1910


1909


Kindergarten


117


100


101


100


109


1.


787


641


519


405


765


2.


620


496


462


649


668


3.


488


491


641


652


674


4.


492


593


630


619


659


5.


613


639


605


626


580


6.


632


582


601


547


580


7.


530


560


541


546


564


S.


463


443


475


480


501


9.


388


386


403


462


388


10.


342


338


352


296


333


11.


268


271


230


270


278


12


230


202


208


215


201


13


165


182


205


170


175


Attendance and Promotion by Grades-Both Sexes.


Grade


1913


1912


1911


1910


1909


Kindergarten.


220


210


217


200


207


Entered.


1,314


1,048


947


*521


1,222


1


1,582


1,341


1,083


826


1,595


2.


1,282


991


924


1,358


1,404


3.


1,007


996


1,314


1,354


1,346


4.


1,051


1,271


1.290


1,269


1,307


5.


1,21S


1,248


1,206


1,258


1,249


6.


1,258


1,153


1,239


1,165


1,199


7.


1,055


1,106


1,076


1,067


1,122


S.


927


895


914


953


950


9.


764


718


776


834


759


Promoted.


691


781


805


743


741


10


637


672


660


569


637


11


504


495


416


493


472


12.


405


357


378


353


360


13


288


324


312


305


285


Graduated.


297


296


277


266


264


*Age of admission increased to six years.


286


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE C. Number of Children of Each Age From 5 to 15 as Shown by the School Census for 1914


No. Children


Ages


Boys


Girls


Total


5.


730


632


1,362


6.


742


787


1,529


7.


755


777


1,532


8 ..


673


694


1,367


9. .


635


684


1,319


10.


672


688


1,360


11.


636


685


1,321


12.


644


640


1,284


13


606


648


1,254


14.


575


610


1,185


15


469


516


985


Total


7,137


7,361


14,498


CONTINUATION OF TABLE B-1909. Proportion between number entering each class and its membership in subsequent grades.


Year begun Grades


1897


1898


1899


1900


1901


1902


1903


1904


1905


1906


1907


1908


1909


*1910


1911


1912


1913


1.


1.480


1.569


1.581


1.532


1.376


1.338


1.414


1.372


1.347


1.235


1.266


1.279


1.305


1.585


1.144


1.279


1.204


2.


1.164


1.219


1,299


1.293


1.160


1.139


1.219


1.260


1.255


1.120


1.053


1.116


1.112


1.774


1.047


1.223


3


1.095


1.149


1.236


1.214


1.163


1.080


1.144


1.170


1.171


1.091


1.112


1.076


1.075


1.912


1.063


.....


.... .


1.062


1.099


1.186


1.156


1.161


1.076


1.106


1.157


1.113


1.057


1.049


1.026


1.040


2.017


....


.....


.....


5. .


1.050


1.107


1.137


1.177


1.089


1.047


1.061


1.125


1.065


1.018


.997


1.992


.. 997


.....


... ..


.....


6.


.978


1.061


1.097


1.126


1.016


1.014


1.037


1.037


.992


1.003


.953


1.000


...


.....


.....


.....


7. .


.924


.939


.952


.981


.936


.961


.960


.923


.916


.895


.872


....


.....


.....


.....


8.


.815


.859


.858


.813


.792


.802


.816


.790


.761


.750


....


.. .


.....


.....


... ..


.....


.661


.746


.777


.754


.637


.704


.664


.621


.651


Promoted.


.614


.679


.731


.725


.623


.680


.669


.598


.. .


....


.....


.....


.....


....


.....


.....


.....


10.


.501


.546


.588


.623


.477


.557


.575


551


....


.....


.....


.....


.....


.....


11.


.393


.423


.465


.482


.349


.418


.431


12.


.305


.337


.347


.370


.300


.342


13. .


273


.286


.307


.317


.242


....


...


..


....


. .


.....


.....


....


.....


.....


.....


Graduated. ..


.257


,259


291


.291


...


...


....


. ..


Proportion Between Boys and Girls in Membership (Girls equal 100.) Figures are per cent. Boys.


Year Attending


1909


1910


1911


1912


1913


Kindergarten.


92


100


115


110


88


1.


108


104


109


109


101


2.


110


109


100


100


107


3.


100


108


105


103


106


4.


98


105


105


114


114


5


115


101


99


95


99


6.


107


112


106


98


99


7.


99


95


99


98


99


8.


90


99


92


102


100


9.


96


81


93


86


98


10.


91


92


88


98


86


11.


70


83


81


83


88


12.


79


64


82


77


76


13.


63


79


52


78


.....


....


.....


.....


. .


...


...


....


.....


.....


.. ...


....


.....


.....


.....


....


.....


.....


.....


.....


....


.....


.....


.. . ..


.....


. ...


.....


.....


. ....


..


. . ..


. . .


. .


.....


9


....


. ..


75


.....


4.


286


ANNUAL REPORTS.


287


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN EFFECT MARCH, 1915


Extracts from the City Charter Relating to the Public Schools.


SECTION. 28. The management and control of the public schools shall be vested in a school committee, which shall exercise the powers conferred and discharge the duties im- posed by law upon school committees. The committee shall consist of the Mayor and the President of the Board of Aldermen, ex-officiis, neither of whom shall serve as chair- man, and fourteen other members, two from each ward, elected as follows: At the first municipal election held under this charter, two members of the School Committee shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of each ward, one to serve for the term of two years, and one to serve for the term of one year, beginning on the first Monday of January next ensuing, and thereafter one mem- ber from each ward shall be elected in like manner at each annual municipal election, to serve for the term of two years. Vacancies occurring in the School Committee shall be filled by a joint ballot of the Board of Aldermen and the School Committee, the member so elected to be a resi- dent of the ward entitled to a new member, and to hold office only for the remainder of the municipal year, the va- cancy for the remainder of the term, if any, to be filled by the voters of said ward at the next municipal election.


SECTION 29. The School Committee shall meet on the first Monday of January in each year and organize by the election by ballot of one of its members as chairman. The oldest in age of the members present shall preside at all meetings until a chairman is elected.


SECTION 30. The School Committee shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members, and shall from time to time make rules for its proceedings. A ma- jority of all the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may meet and adjourn from time to time. It shall annually appoint a superintendent of schools, who shall also be its secretary, but who shall not be one of its members.


SECTION 46. The heads of departments and all other officers and boards whose duties involve the expenditure of public money shall annually, in the month of January or February, present to the Mayor an itemized estimate of the money required for their respective departments or offices during the current financial year, who shall examine and


288


ANNUAL REPORTS.


submit the same, with his recommendations for appropria- tions, to the Board of Aldermen during the month of Feb- ruary or March.


From the Revised Ordinances of 1900.


CHAPTER XIII. SECTION 1. The School Committee shall annually, if possible in the month of January, present to the Board of Aldermen a statement of such additional school accommodations as in its judgment may be required. SECTION 2. The Commissioner of Public Buildings shall have authority to let the halls in the several school build- ings for objects other than school purposes, but never to the disturbance of the schools; and all rentals received shall be credited to public buildings maintenance-schoolhouses. In no case shall the free use of any hall be granted by him. CHAPTER IV. SECTION 4. The pay-rolls for the salaries of school teachers shall be prepared by the Secretary of the School Committee on the last day of each four weeks for which salaries are due, and such pay-rolls shall be approved by him and by said Committee, and shall be sent to the City Auditor, who shall, if the pay-rolls are correct, forthwith approve the same. The Mayor shall, if satisfied of the correctness of such pay-rolls, sign a warrant for the City Treasurer to pay the amounts thereof, and the Treasurer may thereupon pay the same.


289


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Organization of the School Committee.


SECTION 1. The School Committee shall meet on the Chairman. first Monday of January of cach year, and organize by the election of two of its members as chairman and vice-chairman respectively. The oldest in age of the members present shall preside until a chairman is elected, and shall read the cre- dentials of new members. The chairman shall be elected by ballot, and the Superintendent of Schools shall serve as secretary of the Board, in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter.


SECTION 2. The standing committees of the Board shall be appointed by a committee consisting of the Chairman and vice-chairman, and a third member of the Board to be selected by them.


SECTION 3. The standing committees of the Board shall be as follows :-


(1-7) On schools in the several districts (or wards), to consist of the two members elected from each district or ward, together with one member elected in a contiguous ward, who shall be selected by the nominating committee referred to in Section 2, and approved by the Board ;


(8) On school accommodations,


(9) On high schools,


(10) On text-books and courses of study,


(11) On finance and.


(12) On industrial education (each to consist of seven members).


(13) On playgrounds to consist of five members.


(14) On rules and regulations, (to consist of three members).


(15) On teachers, to consist of five members.


The member first named on any standing or special committee shall be chairman thereof.


The Mayor and the President of the Board of Alder- men shall be ex-officiis members of the committees on fi- nance and school accommodations.


The chairman of each district committee for any year shall be the member residing in the district whose term ex- pires at the end of that year. If the term of any member shall expire during the year, the Board shall determine the chairmanship of the district committee.


SECTION 4. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held at 8.15 in the afternoon of the last Monday of each Meetings. Regular month, excepting July, August. and December. The last regular meeting of the year shall be held on the Friday next preceding the first Monday of January. A meeting to hear


Appointment of Standing Committees.


Standing Committees.


290


ANNUAL REPORTS.


the annual report of the Superintendent shall be held on the Friday next preceding the last meeting of the Board for the year. Whenever a regular meeting comes upon a holiday, the date of such meeting shall be changed at the regular meeting of the preceding month.


Special Meetings.


SECTION 5. Special meetings shall be called by the secretary by the direction of the chairman, or at the writ- ten request of three members of the Board. No business shall be transacted at such meetings except that which shall be specified in the call therefor. .


Quorum; nine votes elect.


SECTION 6. Nine members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may vote to call the roll, record the names of absentees, and adjourn to a fixed date. Nine votes shall be necessary for the election of any officer or employee of the Board.


Open to Public.


SECTION 7. All meetings shall be open to the public, except when the Board votes to go into executive session.


SECTION 8. At all regular meetings of the Board busi- ness shall proceed in the following order :-


Order of Business.


1. Reading the record of the previous meeting.


2. Action upon bills.


3. Report of the truant officer.


4. Reports of committees.


5. Report of Superintendent. 1


6. Reading of communications.


2 Nominations and elections.


8. Unfinished business.


9. New business.


Suspension of Rules.


SECTION 9. Any rule or regulation of the Board may be temporarily suspended at any meeting by a vote of two- thirds of the members present.


Amendment of Rules.


SECTION 10. The rules and regulations may be amended or repealed at any meeting by a vote of the ma- jority of the whole Board, provided written notice of such proposed action shall have been given at a previous meet- ing, and the subject duly considered and reported upon in writing by the committee on rules and regulations.


Questions of Order.


SECTION 11. The conduct of the meetings and busi- ness of the Board shall be in accordance with the rules of parliamentary practice laid down in "Cushing's Manual," ex- cept as otherwise provided in these rules.


Duties of Chairman.


SECTION 12. The chairman shall preside at all meet- ings of the School Committee, if present. In his absence, the vice-chairman shall preside. If both chairman and vice- chairman are absent, the senior member in age shall pre- side. The chairman and vice-chairman shall have the right to vote on all' questions.


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Duties of Secretary.


SECTION 13. The secretary shall give to every member


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of the Board at least forty-eight hours' notice of each meet- Notice of ing, which notice shall outline the business that is to come Meetings before the meeting. He shall promptly notify each mem- ber of a special committee of his appointment, and furnish him the names of other members of the committee. He shall furnish the chairman of each committee whatever orders, documents, or information may be needed for the prosecution of the business of the committee. He shall send to each member of the Board a printed report of the proceedings at each meeting, as soon as possible there- after.


SECTION 14. He shall attend all meetings of the Board, and when requested, all standing committee meetings and record all the votes, orders, and proceedings of the same in permanent record books. He shall keep on file in his office all reports, communications, papers, and documents relating to the business of the Board, or belonging to it. All records, papers, etc., connected with the business of the Board or any of its committees, shall be open at any time to the inspection of any member of the Board.


SECTION 15. He shall promptly notify teachers and Notice of other employees of the Board of their election and of any Election. changes in the management of the schools.


SECTION 16. He shall examine all bills presented to Approval of the Board for approval, and if found correct approve the Bills. same. He shall make out and attest the pay-rolls for the salaries of all persons employed by the Board, and for the contingent expenses of the schools. He shall keep a full Accounts. and accurate account of all expenditures of the Board, which shall always be open to the inspection of its members.


SECTION 17. He shall prepare the annual returns and Annual Re- certificates to be transmitted to the secretary of the Board turns. of Education as required by law. He shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Board or any of its committees.


Duties of Standing Committee.


SECTION 18. It shall be the duty of the several stand- ing committees to give special attention to the departments to which they are assigned, and to advise with the Super- intendent and the Board in relation to the same. The chair- man of any standing committee is authorized to call a meet- ing of his committee whenever he deems it necessary, and shall call such meeting on the written request of any mem- ber of said committee.


At least forty-eight hours' notice in writing of such meeting shall be given to each member, and no business shall be transacted except at a regularly-called meeting, of which due record shall be made and kept at the office of the Secretary of the Board.


and Mem- bership of Committees.


Records.


General Dut ies.


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New Build- ings.


SECTION 19. The committee on school accommoda- tions shall, as frequently as necessary, consider and report upon all demands for new school buildings, and recom- mend to the School Board suitable sites for the same. It shall ascertain what repairs and improvements are needed and submit a written report with recommendations for the consideration and approval of the Board.


District Committees.


SECTION 20. The several district committees shall have the immediate direction of the schools in their respective districts. It shall be their duty to give advice to the teach- ers of their respective schools relative to discipline and other subjects requiring counsel; and in case of any diffi- culty between teachers and parents or guardians of the pupils they shall settle the same in such a manner as the merits of the case may seem to require, not denying any parent, guardian or teacher an appeal to the whole Board.


Transfers of Teachers.


Standing committees in the several districts may make such transfers of teachers in their respective districts as in their judgment will secure the best interests of the schools under their care.


Graduation Exercises.


The chairman of the several district committees shall make all arrangements for the annual graduation exer- cises of the grammar schools.


High Schools.


SECTION 21. The committee on high schools shall per- form the same duties and observe the same rules in refer- ence to these schools as are prescribed for the district com- mittees in the supervision of the grammar and primary schools. It shall obtain all needful information concern- ing the character and efficiency of private schools, wherein are taught children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, in conformity to the laws of the Commonwealth, and shall report to the Board from time to time the results of its investigations. It shall nominate truant officers for election by the Board.




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