| Description | 1/1/1912-20/3/1912
• J. B. Anderson, Ferryhill Public School, January 9th, 1912- Discusses the lodging of exemption forms with the chief attendance officer for the cases of multiple girls
• J. Barnett. Middle Public School, January 3rd, 1912- A report on the state of the school’s classrooms, in relation to numbers and size, and the steps that should be taken to resolve this
• James Campbell, Holburn Street Public School, February 5th, 1912- Response to a Mr John A Munroe’s letter of complaint (enclosed) about pupils’ behaviour at his address during midday
• J. Clark, York Street Public School, January 10th, 1912- Response to the report of H.M. inspector
• Mary Croll, February 1st, 1912- Request to return to teaching after a prior resignation, enclosed is also a recommendation letter from the head teacher at Ashley Road Public School
• B. Christie, Frederick Street Evening School, March 7th, 1912- Statement regarding the inspector’s report and comments made on the registers
• Dunbar, March 2nd, 1912- report on his health
• James Davidson, Central Intermediate School, February 28th, 1912- comments regarding a pay rise, including numbers regarding growing class sizes over the years
• Rubislaw (Special) School, March 12th, 1912- letters discussing the ambulance transportation of long distance pupils (specifically those in Torry) and the hinderances of such, the letters also include the schools’ numbers of both ‘mentally defective’ and ‘physically defective’ pupils
• N. Fyfe, Woodside Public School, February 15th, 1912- Statements in response to the report of the school
• Green, Skene Square Public School, January 24th, 1912- Response to the report of the school
• Maggie Grant, February 23rd, 1912- Rejection of a temporary teaching post
• William Hendry, Old Aberdeen Public School, January 8th, 1912- Statements in response to the report of the school
• William Hendry, Old Aberdeen Public School, January 8th, 1912- Plea for the board to send out a statement to concerned parents, following the judgment that infants are to be excluded from Sunnybank School at this time
• William Hendry, Old Aberdeen Public School, January 11th, 1912- Request for extra time for woodwork classes, including a potential solution to the problem
• N. Johnston, St Clement Street Public School- Remarks on H.M report
• D.B Lothian, Sunnybank Public School, January 16th, 1912- Outlines the Schools refusal to admit a child, named James Buick
• D.B Lothian, Sunnybank Public School, January 19th, 1912- Report of the enrolment at Old Aberdeen School and raises the issue of potential disregard of the Boards instructions
• Head Teachers Association, January 24th, 1912- Discusses the meetings outcomes and the reasons for such
• D.B Lothian, Sunnybank Public School, February 27th, 1912- Outlines the procedures needed to apply for a leave of absence as a teacher
• D.B Lothian, Sunnybank Public School, March 8th, 1912- Includes numbers of pupils within the school
• John McBain, Aberdeen High school for girls, March 15th, 1912- agrees to send around 100 girls and 5 ladies to help with an expedition
• John McBain, Aberdeen High school for girls, March 14th, 1912- provides a list of reasons against the curtailment of the summer holidays for the school
• John McBain, Aberdeen High school for girls, March 16th, 1912- Acknowledges the delivery of 19 pictures to the school to be placed in the school’s hall, and provides a list of the individual pictures
• J. McGregor, Hanover Street public school, January 8th, 1912- response to an inspector’s report (also enclosed) where the inspector claims pupils are not progressing as they should be
• D.M, George Street Higher Grade Public School, March 4th, 1912- a draft reply concerning a pupil named Elizabeth Harper and her continuation within the school as her parents do not want her too despite impressive progress
• William Mclean, KittyBrewster Public School, January 2nd, 1912- reply to the inspector’s report, specifically on his comments regarding the lowest infant class and its size
• William Mclean, KittyBrewster Public School, January 5th, 1912- letter about a complaint from a parent, Mrs Sim, regarding a punishment handed to her son
• James MacLeod, Skene Street Public School, January 15th, 1912- comments on the inspector’s report
• Will Robertson, Causewayend Public school, January 8th, 1912- comments on the inspector’s report, specifically on the balance between accommodation and the different departments
• Will Robertson, Causewayend Public school, February 28th, 1912- draws attention to the need for an additional supplementary class in the school due to numbers growing to 155
• Will Robertson, Causewayend Public school, February 29th, 1912- reports of a pupil, George Diack, refusing to submit to punishment for taking his classmates pencil and his mother is upholding this
• Will Robertson, Causewayend Public school, March 20th, 1912- George Diack returns to school and takes his punishment
• J. Rose, King Street Public School, January 10th, 1912- response to the inspector’s report, specifically noting the faulty construction of the school
• John Ritchie, Central Evening School, February 21st, 1912- suggestions for timetables for the courses at the school
• H. Simpson, Grammar School, January 23rd, 1912- Response to the Inspectors report
• H. Simpson, Grammar School, March 3rd, 1912- letter regarding the Carnegie trust and the Trusts recent regulation requiring all beneficiaries to hold the leaving certificate
• H. Simpson, Grammar School, March 19th, 1912- letter regarding the Carnegie trust and the Trusts recent regulation requiring all beneficiaries to hold the leaving certificate
• H. Simpson, Grammar School, March 19th, 1912- Letter written following a meeting with the assistant secretary of the Carnegie trust and outlines the principal points from the meeting and his representation
• H. Simpson, Grammar School, March 20th, 1912- Raises concerns over the length of the holidays
• William Steward, Frederick Street Public School, March 14th, 1912- A list of attendance from 9 named students
• William Steward, Frederick Street Public School, March 14th, 1912- response to an allegation of ‘so-called’ irregularity with attendance
• William Steward, Frederick Street Public School, March 14th, 1912- encloses statistics regarding the school’s attendance from 1910-11
• David Symons, Central Higher Grade School, February 6th, 1912- Names the 7 schools that the Murray Collection of Prints will be distributed between
• A.G. Wallace, Central Higher Grade School, February 28th, 1912- Encloses a Memorandum for the domestic courses in preparation for the leaving certificate |