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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.
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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
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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.
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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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