Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-05
The Board OF Education.

The Board of Education met last evening,
President James in the chair Present full
Board, DIR. Lucky Superintendent, also pres
ent.
Messrs Lichtenberger and Kuhrts, MEM
bers of the City Council, were present in re-
gard to the special levy for school purposes.
Action was deferred until after the next
Council meeting.
Bills OF Perry, Woodworth & Co., &C.,,
Bonesteel & Co., 81 so, Sewing Ma
chine Exchange, So so; County Recorder,
SO s.; California Post, 81, and j. Frye, s7, were
allowed.
The bill of Yainell, Caystile & Brown,
Sls 50, was referred to Superintendent Lucky.
The bill of Gilbert & Moore, balance due on
furniture, S62s 65, was audited.
Stackpoe Bros bill for repairing clocks,
SO 50, was allowed.
report from the City Treasurer was pre-
sented and the Finance Committee was In
structed to examine the account.
A communication was read from Mrs. f. A.
Parker, stating that her contract with the
School Board would not expire until the end
of the school year, and that she was ready to
comply with her part ofthe contract.
Mrs. Parker was allowed to address the
Board, which she did from a written paper,
reading the law and stating that two teachers
OF the Spring street school were allowed in
accordance with the law. She stated her
grievances and the promises made to her by
Dr. Luck v and others. She says that she was
teaching a double number OF scholars, and
that she acted as Janitor and washed her
own towels. She said that she had presented
her petition to Messrs. BaTows, Widney and
Kremer, but they had not placed it before the
Board. When she did present her case she
was abruptly dismissed.
Dr. Kurts asked DIR. Lucky to make state
ment
Mr.. James said no such application as Mrs.
Parker mentioned was presented to the
Board
Dr. Lucky said he notified Mrs. Parker of
her election and the salary of $50. 1t was a
hard school and he repeatedly applied to
have her salary raised but the Board refused
and late last year the Board allowed her S5
additional per month for five months. 1t was
expected that an additional teacher would
be required and she would be principal, but
new schools took so many OF her scholars
that her numb was largely reduced Mrs.
Parker taught primary school, and the
Board had decided that the law did notapply
10 these schools.
President James said he believed the law
did apply to these schools.
Mr.. Huber said that question had better be
decided now.
Supt. Lucky said he thought the law would
be repealed which caused this confusion.
DIR. KurtZ said so far as he knew no teacher
was engaged for a year, but at the pleasure OF
the BOuru. ii SUe WdS tISuStu year size
must have a special contract.
DR.. Lucky made a statement as to the
crowded condition OF the schools.
Mr. Jackson thought we must act econom-
ically and build school houses in the future.
MrLong said we must stop raising children
or increase our school facilities. We must
have greater school accommodations or drive
immigration away.
Dr. Lucky made statement that no sink.
ing fund had ever been levied to pay the
bonds issued for the building Of the High
School, though the law provided that fifteen
cents tax on the hundred dollars should be
levied annually.
Dr. Lucky stated that $4,000 bonds would
build fourteen rooms, and that IL the rooms
were ready there are school children now ex-
cluded sufficient to fill them,
Mr.. Long stated that he had not found the
first pan, woman or child who objected to
building new school houses.
Mr.. Huber coincided with these views. He
did not believe in overtaxing teachers or
crowding children into small rooms.
DR.. Lucky stated that in day or two the
school rooms on the hill would be crowded
and he would have to turn children away.
On motion the Board adjourned, subject to
the call of the President.