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6 ucorion such os grommor. hisrory. ge-ogrophy. mothemotics. ond noturol philosophy ore olmosr entirely neglected: o high school would give new impetus to the primory schools, other stores require high schools in lorger towns ond cities . The report odded thot while o femole high school is. olmosr os de-siroble os o mole high school, its es- for free educotion However, nothing reolly chonged Public schools were still scorned os educotion houses for the un-fortunore A new City School Committee independent of the school committee of the Common Council, wos oppoinred Generol Andruss wos nomed choirmon of the committee ond the Rev Williom ft. Weeks wos appointed 'supervisor'' Public Schools Were Scorned as Education Houses for the Unfortunate toblishment would require o large additional expense , ond for thot reoson, it did nor urge its development ot this time. Two decodes after slovery wos abolished in N J.. Generol Isooc Andruss. o member of the school committee, suggested recognition of the Negroes of of on onnuol salory of one hundred dollors It wos his duty to visit from time to time the several schools in which the poor children ore placed ond note their progress ond odvise with the teochers os to the mode on instructing said poor children The original high school house was A futuristic view of Newark 1978 created by Artist Windsor McCoy in 1928 the city . Two Block businessmen. Abro-hom. ond John O King, brothers in the corpenrry business ot Twenty Acodemy Street, oppeored ot the Town Meeting, April 14th. 1628. ond mode o pleo for the oppropriotlon of funds for the ed-ucotion of the one hundred Block children in town Previously, these children hod been schooled in two or more of the loco! Block churches. When the school oppropriotion come up for consideration. the committee specified S 100.00 out of o total of $1000.00, be committed to the educotion of Block children. When Nework become o city in 1836 o new chorrer wos odopted. providing for public schooling. The first Council set aside $3500.00 os evidence of support octuolly the first story of o building on Bonk Street The school hod o foculty of one. o Mr, Nothon Hedges, who exercised complete, ond undisputed authority over his 91 pupils. In 1638. these pupils were odmltted on certificate from the School Committee of the Common Council. The first pupils. 11 of whom were orphons. come from poor homes. The courses of study were not specified by the School Committee. The curriculum wos determined solely by Mr. Hedges, who followed his own whim ond foncy in the education of his students This first high school master, teoch-er. principal ond dfscipl-nonon found it difficult to bring nearly 100 boys to toe the mork . Discipline wos corporal punishment. ond flogging' become o
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t iui iimiiiTf. J$ =r tfXfft'fyjrMjy aj’ iKin'jf. J y'',' ■ ■ , . jy' ,' jrjfmuaz jrjaxbut mmr3cctivaL, ' ■ s . . yt yi z t t Z ' f tt r yt t t tt t t t td yt t tf r t t .t ttt y ttstty yist t . colled Wotchung The price poid for this kind wos ‘50 double honds (os much os two honds held together, could hold) of gun powder. 100 bors of leod, 20 oxes. 20 coots. 10 guns. 20 pistols. 10 kettles. 10 swords. 4 blonkers. 4 borrels of beer. 10 poirs of breeches. 50 knives, 20 hoes. 850 forhoms of wompum 20 ankers' of liguor. or something equivalent. ond 3 troopers coots. ” Even-fuolly this rrocr of lond wos colled New-ork. Settled in Moy 1666, Nework wos named in honor of on English minister. ices could send their children to his home to be fought. In 1714 o schoolhouse wos established by the community. It wos located on the south side of Morket Street. Lorer o second schoolhouse wos built on Or-onge Street. In 1775. on ocodemy (Nework Academy) wos built, but it oc-cepted only the pupils whose porents could pay for their board ond lodging As the Town grew, so did its edu-cotionol facilities. Most of the schools were still private with paying scholars The education of poor children wos pro- The Quality of a Students Education Depended on the Families Financial Status who come here from Nework Englond. It wos incorporated os o city in 1836 When the founding fothers londed on the shore of the Possoic River, educotion wos omong the issues thot concerned them However, educotion progressed slowly. Among the founders of Nework. there were several who were unoble to write their own nomes to documents they were to sign. Their nomes were opplied by the mork X. The originol chorter provided for the onnuol election of o School Committee ond outhorized the Common Council to raise money, through raxes, for the educotion of the poor. However, the monies needed were not ollocored Immediotely. therefore. private schools were founded. John Corlin. who wos the town attorney, become the first schoolmaster. Only porents who could pay for his serv- vided for by money from the ‘poor fund.” In those doys. Nework consisted of 71 squore miles ond encompassed oil of the municipalities which constitute the County of Essex today By 1820. Newark hod four ”word” Of district schoolhouses In 1828. o special committee wos nomed to survey ond to moke recommendations for the establishment of o high school. If recommended the continuance of four primary schools, each with mole ond femole deportments; olso. thot of the African School. In the Africon Church.” ond the establishment of o high school for boys. The reports sold of the 720 mole students in the schools, obout 160 hove begun to write ond cypher, ond ore sufficiently advanced to send to o high school”. The committee s arguments for the establishment of this school included, the higher branches of on English ed- 5
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