Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: III. EDUCATION CAMBKIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office: City Hall. Hours, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 1 p. M. Office hours of the superintendent, 4 to 5 P. M., on school days. THE public schools of Cambridge are under the charge of a school committee of fifteen members, one elected from each ward in the city and four at large, who serve terms of three years without compensation. The committee has direction of the entire school system, elects and discharges the teachers, directs the janitors, who are appointed by the mayor subject to the confirmation of the school committee, regulates the salary of all the school officers and employees with the exception of the janitors, fixes the course of study, decides what books are to be used, and takes the annual census of children between the ages of five and fifteen years and of minors over fourteen years of age who cannot read and write English. The committee has charge of the issuing of licenses to minors between the ages of ten and fourteen to engage in certain occupations outside of school hours; gives certificates of age and schooling to minors between the ages of fourteen and sixteen who bring in a written statement from an employer of a desire to employ such minor; and gives a certificate of literacy to minors between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one who demonstrate that they can read and write English, thus releasing them from attendance at night schools. School Tekm At the February meeting of the school committee the school term for the ensuing school year is fixed. The term extends from early in September until late in June, with the exception of Saturdays, holidays, and two short vacations. Attendance Any child living in the city who is three and a half years of age or more, free from contagious diseas…