1 78 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



building, visit the teachers in their rooms and direct their work, teach the 

 graduating class, receive parents and visitors, examine and grade the large 

 number of new pupils, act as Clerk of the School Board, and perform such 

 other duties as that Board might direct, exceeded the powers of any one 

 man. It was therefore thought by the board wiser and more economical to 

 employ a Principal for the Wilson School, and leave the Superintendent 

 free to attend to the many duties incident to his office. Mr. Herbert Pinck- 

 ney was the Principal employed." — School Report, page 4. 



" By the completion of han,dsome and commodious buildings in the 

 northern and southern parts of our city, each of which will be thoroughly 

 graded, and managed by an experienced Principal, with an able corps of 

 teachers, our schools will assume the character properly befitting a well 

 organized city system." — School Report, page 9. 



[This refers to the "Washington School " in North Pasadena, and the 

 " Garfield School" on California street.] 



Some of the statistics of that year I thought worthy of preservation 

 here for future reference and comparison : 



SUMMARY. 



1 Enrollment for the year -( p. -^j ^r 



2 Total Enrollment 1,354 



3 Number of days Taught 175 



4 Number of days Attendance 148,472 



5 Number of days Absence 10,667 



6 Number of days Tardinesses 2,960 



7 Average Number Belonging 909 



8 Average Daily Attendance 849 



9 Percentage of Attendance on Average Enrollment 93 



10 Average Number of Pupils Enrolled by each Teacher 85 



1 1 Average Daily Attendance per Teacher 53 



SOME COMPARISONS WITH LAST YEAR. 



School Census, May, 1887 8301 j,, one year 1,200 



" " " 1888 ■2,030) ■' ' 



Total Enrollment, 1886-7 703 | i^^crease in one year 651 



" 1887-8 1,354) 



Average Daily Attendance, 1886-7 ... 446|i^^rease in one year 403 



Average Number of Teachers employed, 1 886-7 9 



1887-8 16 



Total " " " 18S7-8 18 



Number of Teachers holding Double Sessions 5 



The total amount of funds in control of the school board that year was 

 $118,234.04. Their total expenditures, including new buildings, etc., were 

 $63,965.48 ; leaving on hand a balance of $54,268 56. Five pages of item- 

 ized details are given, to show how the money was used ; and a comparative 

 summary of the regular school service expenses is given, thus : 



Amount paid for Teaching, 1886-7 $ 5,938.00 



Amount paid for Teaching and Superintendence, 1887-8 12,696.09 



Amount paid for Janitors, Fuel, Supplies, and Incidental Expenses, 



1886-7 1,300.00 



Amount paid for Janitors, Fuel, Supplies, and Incidental Expenses, 



1887-8 2,026 99 



