1846-1847 School Committee Report

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22 it is true, should not be very frequent, but occasionally they may be very beneficial. Your committee have been occasionally troubled by not recgiving notice from the Prudential Committee -men of the time of opening and . closing the several schools, in sufficient season to enablj''them easily to plan their pri- vate business or alter previous arrangements so as to at- tend the examinations. For the comfort of those who may be their successors in office, they would state, that it is made by law one of the duties of prudential committees " to give the superintending committee due notice of the time when the school will begin and when it will close, so that they may visit it according to law." And they would express the hope that the Prudential Committee men, in our several districts, will consider that every mem- ber of the Superintending Committee has his own private business to attend to, and all his various social arrange- ments tom meet, in addition to the duties incumbent upon him as a member of the school committee, and will re- gard the due notice, which they are required by law to give, as embracing, at least, one week, from the time the no- tice is given, to the day when the school is to open or close. In respectfully submitting- this Report of the state of our schools during the past year, accompanied by hints for their future improvement, the official labours of your committee will close. They cannot retire from the responsible office which has been committed to their charge, without expres- sing their deep sense of the vast importance of the interests involved in the prosperity and success of our common schools. No behest can be left to our children, which shall equal in value the education of head, heart, and conscience,. which these schools are intended to :give.