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What Rules Has The Board

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
October
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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New Members of School Board to Find Out

RULES TO BE CODIFIED 

School Janitors Work to be Inspected -- Appropriation for State Teachers' Convention

The school board meeting Tuesday lasted until 11 o'clock. Many and varied were the topics discussed and it was evident that some new methods were about to be inaugurated.

For instance in Dr. Copelands' motion the clerk was instructed to draft from the records all rules which had been passed which were supposed to govern the board. There was a long discussion on the rules which had never been codified. The doctor asked several questions as to what certain rules were and President Eberbach told him what they were. The doctor begged to be pardoned and not thought impertinent, but he wanted to know how Mr. Eberbach knew what the rules were. Were they simply traditions of the board? He wished to know what the duties of his committee were. He didn't want the papers after his committee in the middle of the year with information that they hadn't performed their duties.

Evidently the rules are to be codified.

Judge Harriman and Mr. Cavanaugh got after the bills. Mr. Cavanaugh inquired very particularly after several large bills, to know whether contracts for them had been made, what the terms of the contracts were and whether the contracts were carried out. Mr. Harriman wanted the bills reported out by the various committees instead of the finance committee.

It was finally decided that all the committees ordering anything for which there would be bills should meet the night before the regular meeting to OK bills to be turned over to the finance committee.

Mrs. Bach wanted the basement used by the children who were learning to cook mopped out each week instead of once a month as at present.

Dr. Copeland said he didn't know the names of any of the janitors and then told about several very untidy basements he had seen and asked the committee on janitors to look them up. The committee said they would at once.

Mr. Eberbach thought it would be a good plan to spend $300 or $400 on the basements of the school houses.

The petition in reference to tuition was taken from the table and referred to the committee on tuition.

The demands of the Water company for pay for water used in janitors' houses were discussed.

Miss Snyder and Miss Stewart wanted to rent the high school gymnasium forenoons for private patients and pupils and Superintendent Slauson and Mr. Ray were given power to investigate and act.

 Bills amounting to over $2,000 were allowed.

An appropriation of $100 towards defraying any incidental expenses of a committee on arrangements for the handling of the State Teachers' association, which is to bring 1,000 teachers to this city in December, was made.

There was a long discussion on buying textbooks for the teachers, and other topics were brought up.