Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-09
MR.. WHALING'S RESOLUTION.
A Document Which Was Offered on
Monday NiQht

Monday Night.
Mr.. Whaling states that the following
is the resolution he offered at the meet
ing OF the Board of Education on Mon
day night:
Resolred, That it is the sense OF this
board that under our present depressed
| financial conditions something should be
done in our schools, as we'll as in other
departments of the city government, to
reduce taxation and equalize the COM
pensation of teachers to other depart
ments and to other pursuits in life in
our city. And we would therefore rec
ommend the following schedule of
teachers salaries on and after the first
day of July, 1S90
First. All teachers teaching only one
half day shall only receive halliday s
pay, thereby saving about $l,250 per
year.
Second. The City Superintendent OF
our public schools shall receive $1,000
(two thousand dollars) per annum,
thereby saving 500 per year.
Third. The Office of Deputy Super
intendent shall be abolished, as the
duties thereof can be thoroughly at
tended to in all respects and easily dis
Schools, thereby saving to the city 81 800
per annum.
Fourth. The City superintendent
clerk $50 per month instead of 500, as
at present, thereby saving $400 per
annum.
Fifth. The Office of head janitor
shall be abolished as a mere sinecure,
thereby saving to the city 81 $50 per
year
Sixth. The assistant janitor $50 per
month, thereby saving $500 per year.
And this we deem proper because each
school of this city has its own janitor,
who needs no inspector.
Seventh. The principals OF S-room
buildings, who actually teach classes,
500 per month, and those principals of
S-room schools who superintend the
same, $50 per month, thereby saving
$3.50 on each S-room building per year.
And as there are now eight S-room
schools, saving Sc, 400 per year.
Eighth. And those principals of f4-room
schools who only teach halliday, $50
per month, thereby saving $420 per year
on each 4-room school; and those teach
ing full day, 800 per month, thereby
saving $3.50 per year upon each 4-room
school, And as there are some six 4-room
schools, $350x4, 81, 400 per year.
And while we cherish the highest re-
spect and regard and the tenderest feel
ing of admiration and respect for these
| faithful teachers who work so faithfully
and SO zealously to promote the good of
their fellow men, yet we owe it to our
selves and the public, under the present
depressed financial conditions, to reduce
their salaries 10 per cent. thereby saving
about $4,000 per annum.
The office Of principal of drawing, at
salary of $165 per month, is hereby
abolished, thereby saving 81 $50 per
year, and only the rudiments of draw
ing shall be taught, and these rudiments
shall be taught by the teachers OF their
respective classes. The principal OF
writing, $50 per month, thereby saving
$3.50 per year.
The present telephone system, estab-
lished for the special benefit of the City
Superintendent, shall be abolished,
thereby saving over $500 per year.
Thus relieving the city annual ex
penses over ($2O,000) twenty thousand
dollars per year, without going into
many other details whereby several
thousand dollars can be annually saved.
And all this reduction, too, without in
the least impairing the force and
efficiency of our public school depart
ment For it is fact susceptible Of
arithmetical demonstration and his
torical proofs that cities in the East Of
the same size as our own do not exceed
and nor always equal the figures above
in the reformed schedule. The exigen-
cies of the case cause and induce, yes
force us to practice economy in this de-
partment.
We would also recommend that the
special teachers in penmanship and
music shall be employed and paid only
for teaching the pupils OF our public
schools, and shall, under no circum-
stances, be allowed to draw pay fol
teaching the teachers in these respective
branches, and that it is just as reasona-
BILE and consistent to employ special
teachers to teach the teachers grammar
and arithmetic as it is drawing, penman
ship and music, as the State law of Cali
fornia expressly requires teachers tc
pass examination in these severa
branches, and there being twenty days
in each school month and nine schoo
months in each school year, viz, 20x9=
120 school days in each year; open 12O
makes 20,000=111, makes $1l14 savet
every school day of the year.
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