Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
charges Preferred Against Director
whaling.


Charges Preferred Against Director
whaling.
The Board Of Education met in regular
session last night, President A. E. Pom.
eroy in the chair and Messrs. Cox, Ellis,
Frew, Gosper, Mcintosh, Woodbury. and
Whaling present. A lengthy commune
cation was received from a number of
residents on the Grown Hills, asking that
the board take such action as may be
necessary to have the Callado.stre
school building erected according to the
plans and specifications originally
adopted, and the same was referred to
the building committee.
A number of applications for positions
as janitors were referred to the janitors'
com mittee.
A communication was received from
the City Clerk, enclosing petition from
the International Bricklayers' Union,
which had been referred to the board by
the Council. 1t was read and referred to
the building committee.
A communication was received from
the pupils of Miss Sharp's class asking
the board to retain her as teacher of at
least one study of the class. 1t was re-
ferred to the classification committee.
A communication was received from
tho teachers of the Spring.street school
rehecting upon Mr.. Whaling, but as he
was absent, the matter was dropped
until he could be present.
A number of demands aggregatiug
$685. we're approved in accordance with
the report of the finance committee, as
was also the payroll of teachers and
janitors' salaries, amounting to $l4 500,
Mr.. Whaling voting negatively in both
cases, and naming several teachers
whom he thought we're not qualified
teachers.
Mr.. Ellis, OF the committee on class.
| ifcation, recommended that the school
on Grafton street, presided over by Miss
Williams, be discontinued. He also
recommended that Miss Maria Murdoch
be elected as regular teacher and Mr..
j. @. Dunster as teacher of music. On
motion of Mr.. Woodbury. the report was
adopted in spite of MIR. Whaling's objec.
tions.
Mr.. Woodbury., of the committee on
rules, regulations and transfers, recon.
mended the following transfers: Nh.
Brown, to the high school; Miss sevills,
to Eighth street; Miss Ida Williams, to
Amelia street; Miss Kendall, to the
high school; Miss Edith M. Joy, to
eighth grade, Spring street; Miss Elinor
Joy, to sixth grade, Spring street; Miss
Vivian, to third grade, Spring street
Miss M. Murdoch, to second grade, Breed
street; Miss Benedict, to Temple street /;
Miss Ida Teed, to Thirtieth-street school.
The report was adopted as read.
A recess of ten minutes was then taken
on motion of Mr.. Ellis, for the purpose
of allowing the building committee to
talk over the action of the Council in re.
fusing to allow any extra expense to be
incurred upon the buildings.
On reconvening, the communication oi
the Spring-street school teachers was
partly read by Secretary Cox, when Mr..
Mcintosh asked that the matter be re-
ferred to special committee or the COM
mittee on teachers, but Mr.. Ellis read
section 1879 of the State school law, and
stated that the board had no authority
to refrr the matter to any committee.
matter be referred to the Council as the
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the matter. Governor Gosper, though
not in favor of acting unless there
WAS q complete change of front,
Thought that malfeasance ip Office
meant something more than the
accusations in the complaint, and
was in favor of referring the matter to a
who, if the occasion demanded, should
ho 10 <o1r 10 n4,,ro,1
Mr.. Mcintosh renewed his motion and
spoke at some length in favor of it. Mr..
Ellis said in pointing out the statute be
was prompted by what ne considered to
be the duty of the board, and asked for 3
vote on his amendment. Mr.. Whaling
said it would be better to have something
more than the mere assertion of interested
parties before acting upon matter of so
grave charge as this.
On the roll being called on Mr.. Ellis's
amendment, it was lost by vote of to
8. The original motion was carried by a
similar vote.
Mr.. Mcintosh, of the building COM
mittee, reported in the matter of the
foundations of the high school building,
that the contractor had made very
reasonable proposition, but the COM
mittee did not wish to take any RESPONSE
bility in the matter of incurring the ex-
peAse necessary and reported back with
out recommendation. On motion of Mr..
Cox, the matter was referred back to the
committee with instructions to obtain
the opinion Of MIR. Muchmore on the
question.
Mr.. Mcintosh recommended the ex.
penditure of $l25 additional on the
foundations of the Thomas-street school in
East Los Angeles, in accordance with the
recommendation of Mr.. Muchmore and
Architect Burton. The matter was, after
general discussion, referred back to the
The board then adjourned.
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