| Description | 11/3/1899-31/5/1899
J. D. Anderson, Ferryhill Public School, 21 April 1899,
Details of when double attendance records were made due to poor weather.
James Allan, Rosemount Public School, 3 May 1899,
Details of when double attendance records were made due to poor weather.
J. D. Anderson, Ferryhill Public School, 26 April 1899,
Details of when double attendance records were made due to poor weather.
Mary L. Anderson, Seaview Villa, 335 Clifton Road, Aberdeen, 8 May 1899,
Request to transfer from Rosemount Public School to Woodside Public School due to proximity to home.
James Allan, Rosemount Public School, 24 May 1899,
Notifying that there will be a staff holiday to commemorate the queen’s 80th birthday.
James Allan, Rosemount Public School, 25 April 1899,
Names of certificated female assistants.
J.D.A, Ferryhill Public School, 24 April 1899,
Names of certificated female assistants.
James B. Barnett, Middle Public School, 25 April 1899,
Details of when double attendances have been made. Notes that these were either due to poor weather or the measles epidemic.
James B. Barnett, Middle Public School, 24 April 1899,
Names of certificated female assistants in the upper standards.
M. H. Bain, 336 Holburn Street, Aberdeen, 9 May 1899,
Transfer request from Ashley Road School to the music department at the High School.
C. S. Copland, Westfield Public School, 24 April 1899,
Details of when double attendances have been made due to weather and sickness.
John Cruickshank, Marywell Street Public School, 24 April 1899,
Details of when double attendances have been made.
?, Walker Road Public School,
Details of when double attendances have been made in March.
James Campbell, Walker Road Public School, 24 May 1899,
Notifying of early school closure due to the Queen’s birthday celebrations and due to a number of staff illnesses.
H. Collie, Old Aberdeen Public School, 17 March 1899,
Request for a transfer of schools to one closer to home.
D. Christie, 310 Holburn Street, 4 May 1899,
Request that a salary increment is approved after a recent school transfer, noting that while they are not automatically eligible, similar accommodations have been made for other teachers in the past.
James Campbell, Walker Road Public School, 5 May 1899,
Report on the punishment of a pupil for being late, enclosed is the original complaint letter about this incident from the parent.
C. S. Copland, Westfield Public School, 24 April 1899,
Names of certificated female assistants.
John Cruickshank, Marywell Street Public School, 24 April 1899,
Names of certificated female assistants.
James Campbell, Walker Road Public School, 26 April 1899,
Names of certificated female assistants.
G. J. Duthie, Woodside Public School, 24 April 1899,
Details of when double attendances have been made due to weather.
Alex L. Dunbar, 40 Summerfield Terrace, Aberdeen, 3 April 1899,
Request for an increase in salary largely due to visits to other manual instruction schools and the improvements made at his own school due to these visits.
Isabella Donald, Albert Grove, Mannofield, Aberdeen, 3 April 1899,
Application for promotion from junior assistant to senior assistant justified by length service and experience.
Harry M. Duthie, The Manse, Drumoak, 4 April 1899,
Request to be transferred from Woodside Public School to Kittybrewster Public School.
Alexander Forbes, Skene Street Public School, 26 May 1899,
Request for additional support for cooking classes.
Alexander Forbes, Skene Street Public School, 12 April 1899,
Request for additional support for the infants’ department.
Alexander Forbes, Skene Street Public School,
Details of when double attendances have been made due to weather.
Agnes H. Falconer, 31 Osborne Place, 20 May 1899,
Request to transfer from St. Paul Street school to a school nearer to their house in order to regain strength while not having time off work. Transfer was ultimately approved to Skene Street School.
Annie B. Fraser & Mary Fraser, Hawthorn Bank, Tanfield Walk, Aberdeen, 12 April 1899,
Request to transfer from Woodside school to the infants’ department at Kittybrewster School.
Christian E. Farquharson, 61 Spital, Aberdeen, 17 April 1899,
Request to transfer from Woodside to Kittybrewster school due to commuting distance.
Alexander Forbes, Skene Street Public School, 25 April 1899,
Notifying of a double attendance being made due to weather.
Mary Guthrie, 53 Clifton Road, Aberdeen, 25 March 1898,
Request to transfer from Dr Bell’s School (Frederick street) to Kittybrewster School due to commuting distance.
A.S., Skene Square Public School, 24 April 1899,
Details of female assistants employed in standards 4, 5 and 6.
King Street Public School, 24 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances.
Mary S. Henderson, 10 South Mount Street, Aberdeen, 6 April 1899,
Details of father for surety as a pupil teacher.
Maggie Hadden, Rosebank, Woodside, 4 May 1899,
Appeal for higher salary based on length of service.
Helen Hastings, 69 Western Road, Woodside, Aberdeen,
Application for a teaching position justified by previous experience and expressing a preference for the new Kittybrewster school.
William Hendry, Causewayend Evening School, 13 March 1899,
Notifying of a concert being held at the school.
John R. Jack, Porthill Public School, 25 April 1899,
Details of recent double attendances.
W. A. Keys, Central School, 24 April 1899,
Advocating for the teaching of physiography (geography) in a standardised way across schools in Aberdeen. Particularly emphasises the need for additional lessons for former pupil-teachers as the subject is now part of the teaching certificate.
Margaret Murray, Tanfield House, Woodside, Aberdeen, 8 May 1899,
Application to be transferred from Woodside School to Kittybrewster School.
John Mkenzie, Holburn Street Public School, 31 May 1899,
Rejection of the claim that headteachers had stated they had ‘a better knowledge of parents’ circumstances than the attendance department’ in relation to pupil attendance. Suggests that the school board have specific attendance officers at their disposal.
? McGregor, Dr Bell’s School, 21 April 1899,
List of double attendances with reasons for each instance.
John Mkenzie, Holburn Street Public School, 21 April 1899,
List of double attendances made due to weather.
John A. McHardy, Old Aberdeen Public School, 21 April 1899,
Justification for recent double attendances.
William W. McLean, Hanover Street Public School, 21 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances.
John Lachlan, Ashley Road Public School, 25 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances due to stormy weather.
John Mkenzie, Holburn Street Public School, 9 May 1899,
Discussion over medical certificate administration.
R. McRobbie, Essex House, 48 Clifton Road, Aberdeen, 22 March 1899,
Request to be transferred to Kittybrewster school in the event that Dr Bell’s School is closed justified by commuting distance.
Elizabeth McKenzie, Skene Street School, 18 April 1899,
Request for a salary adjustment justified by length of service and teaching ability.
Elizabeth D. Nisbet, Torry Public School, 22 April 1899,
List of double attendances from November to end of March.
Jeannie Ogg, Commerce Street School, 10 May 1899,
Request to extend apprenticeship as a pupil teacher.
James Pope, 28 Victoria Street, Aberdeen, 23 April 1899,
Request to now receive a portion of the grants for having taught additional classes on a voluntary basis.
John Peter, Commerce Street Public School, 24 April 1899,
List of double attendances from November to the end of March.
James Phillips, Northfield School, 24 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances with reasons given for each.
John Peter, Commerce Street Public School, 25 April 1899,
Notification of a double attendance being made that day due to poor weather.
John Peter, Porthill Public School, 21 March 1899,
Notification of a double attendance being made that day.
John Peter, Porthill Public School, 20 March 1899,
Notification that there will be a double attendance made that day and of the half holiday given the previous Friday to celebrate teacher promotions to other schools.
John Peter, Porthill Public School, 22 march 1899,
Notification of a double attendance being made that day and all subsequent days until the snowstorm is over.
William Robertson, Rubislaw Public School, 24 April 1899,
Notification of recent double attendances.
James Rose, Causewayend Public School, 25 April 1899,
List of double attendances from November to the end of March with reasons specified for each.
William Robertson, Rubislaw Public School, 24 April 1899,
Detailed report on the use of the strap against pupil, Robert Merrilees (aged 10) for careless work and lack of attention. Enclosed is notification by parent, William Merrilees, dated 20 April 1899 that this will be reported to the board.
Charles Reid, Ashley Road Public School, 4 April 1899,
Appeal for higher salary beyond the usual increment increase due to additional responsibilities and comparative salary with a teacher of a neighbouring class.
William Robertson, Rubislaw Public School, 24 April 1899,
Names of certificated female teachers.
James Rose, Causewayend Public School, 25 April 1899,
Details of assistants in the upper standard classes.
Jessie R. Stewart, 15 Lilybank Place, Aberdeen, 4 May 1899,
Defence of recent instances of absence as a pupil-teacher with an apology for unsatisfactory work under Mr. Forbes. Included is an update of qualifications attained and a note from either Forbes or Thomas Hector asking how she is doing now.
Jessie Shirreff, Primrose Street Public School, 24 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances due to weather.
J. B. Spalding, York Street Public School, 24 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances due to weather.
P. Smart, Frederick Street Public School, 21 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances due to weather with specific weather reasons given for each.
Annie Stewart, 21 Chestnut Row, Aberdeen, 1 April 1899,
Details of father’s occupation, personal details and address as a surety for being a pupil-teacher.
Cecilia Sinclair, 130 ½ Union Street, Aberdeen, 30 March (presumably 1899),
Details of mother as the only available surety for being a pupil-teacher.
J. L. Skea, St. Paul Street School, 24 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances broken down into sections by reason.
James Findlay, St. Clement Street School, 24 April 1899,
Detailed breakdown by department of recent double attendances and general reasons given.
H. Morland Simpson, Aberdeen Grammar School, 20 May 1899,
Detailed reasons for and subsequent progression of students who have had to leave the school early.
Isabella Sutherland, 56 Duthie Terrace, Aberdeen, 19 April 1899,
Request to be transferred from Skene Square School to one closer to their home due to commuting distance, stating that it is affecting their health.
J. L. Skea, 200 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, 3 April 1899,
Extensive appeal for an increase in salary, citing improvements in the school.
J. L. Skea, St. Paul Street School, 24 April 1899,
List of female teachers permanently attached to standards 4 – 6.
?, Broomhill Public School, 21 April 1899,
List of recent double attendances due to weather.
A.G. Wallace, Central Public School, 2 May 1899,
List of recent double attendances due to weather.
Jemima Walker, 6 Osborne Place, Aberdeen, 11 March 1899,
Request to transfer from Frederick Street School to one closer to home.
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