CONTENTS. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES: General remarks High schools... Public school library. Night schools Trade schools. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT POWELL: General statistics .. Washington a school city.. Summary of attendance, teachers, buildings, and rooms; cost per pupil... Enrollment of pupils, by grades Enrollment of pupils, by sexes and grades.. Number and distribution of schools... Average number of pupils to a school.. Page. 5 6 6 6 7 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 Comparison of enrollment of pupils, by grades, for 1889-'90 with same for 1888-'89.. Enrollment of white pupils, within city, by sexes and grades Enrollment of white pupils, city and county, by grades.... Enrollment of pupils in first six divisions, white and colored, by sexes BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. LOCAL COMMITTEES. President.-JOHN T. MITCHELL, 1209 F street, northwest. Secretary.-J. G. FALCK, Franklin School. Superintendent of schools.-W. B. POWELL, A. M., Franklin School.. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The stated meeting of the board of trustees are held on the second Tuesday of each month, and also on the last Tuesday of June. 3 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. On Rules: Messrs. MITCHELL, WOOD, BRUCE. On Ways and Means, Supplies, and Accounts: Messrs. WHELPLEY, HAZEN, CORNISH. On Buildings, Repairs, and Furniture: Messrs. WOOD, WITMER, CORNISH. On Normal and High Schools and Scholarships: Messrs. DARLINGton, Mitchell, BRUCE, WHELPLEY. On Teachers and Janitors: Messrs. WITMER, WHELPLEY, SHADD. On Text-books, Studies, Examinations and Promotions of Pupils: Messrs. HAZEN, MITCHELL, BRUCE. On Penmanship, Music, and Discipline: Messrs. SHADD, WHELPLEY, HAZEN. On Industrial Education, Drawing, and Night Schools: Messrs. CORNISH, DarlingTON, WOOD. On Library and Report: Messrs. WITMER, DARLINGTON, SHADD. |