Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-08
The Education Board Post
pOnes the Fight.
Considerable Routine Business
Transacted Last Night.
Nominations Made for a Member from
the Fifth Ward.
A Number of Recommendation Made.
Mr.. Shafer's Resignation Accepted.
The Classification Commit
tee Matter Postponed.

The council chamber, gallery and
lobby were again well filled last night,
at the adjourned meeting of the board
of education. As the time approached
when the meeting should be called to
order, the members were observed to re-
tire to the hall by twos and threes, the
object being to induce President Shafer,
who was outside, to come in and take
his chair. At last these efforts were
successful, and President Shafer en-
tered the room.
1t was 8 80 when the meeting was
called to order. The entire nine MEM
bers responded to roll-call, and the very
brief minutes of Monday night were
read and approved.
A communication was read from
numerous citizens, requesting the alter
alton of the location OF the building and
outbuildings of Carey street shool, so as
to avoid the tainting of'the air breathed
by the scholars. The proper commit
tee was empowered to act.
A recommendation for the providing
of filters for schools supplied by the
Citizens Water company, from the
health officer, was read and referred.
Two applications for positions as jan
itors were read and referred.
The resignation of Miss Laventhal, of
her position as teacher, was accepted
with regret.
Ademand for $3.50 for Improvements of
Bridge street was returned by the audi
tor with his statement OF what is the
proper use of the city money. On mo-
ton of DR.. Barber, the action of the
board was reconsidered and the demand
again passed by unanimous vote, DR..
Barber holding that the charter allowed
the use of money for the purpose the
demand was drawn for.
The peremptory resignation of Presi-
dent Shafer was accepted with profound
regrets and unanimous vote. The
board then took recess of three min
utes. ~
When reconvened the board proceeded
to elect DR.. Boal to the position OF
permanent president of the board. DIR.
Kierulf and Mr.. Davis escorted the new
president to the chair.
A vote of thanks was rendered to Mr..
Shafer for the able manner in which he
had presided over the board.
Superintendent Friesner announced
that the law provided for city insti-
tute on the three days preceding the
opening Of the schools, and suggesting
that some arrangements should be made
for the same. The matter was referred
to the teachers committee with power
to act, the law having fixed the amount
to he expended.
The finance committee reported bills
10 the amount of $1,080.13, which were
ordered paid.
DR.. Kierulff, from the building COM
mittee, requested the filing of memo
randum Of the boundary lines between
the Spring-street school property and
that of DIR. Wills 1t is said that though
this was intended to settle all the diff
Guilty regarding the lines, the city really
gets the worst of the bargain. The COM
mittee having been appointed with
power to settle the difficulty, there was
really no alternative bct for the board
to approve the action. On motion,
therefore, the president and secretary
were directed to sign the agreement as
soon as the engineer had established the
lines.
The building committee was granted
further time on the east side school site.
Mr.. Gaffey presented minority re
port as member of the classification
committee. He stated therein that he
considered the action OF the committee
in lowering the grade of three principals
and assigning two other teachers to diff
ferent schools from where they taught
last year as the heighth of injustice, and
wanted some excuse or explanation.
Mr.. Wilmer objected to the report,
stating that there was no necessity fol-
the classification committee to report at
all, basipg his claim upon rule of the
school board which reads:
Section 81. They shall classify all
teachers as to competency, and shall
recommend to the board all transfers ol
teachers from one school to another
less the same shall have been recon.
mended by this committee.
A vigorous war of words followed
Mr.. Gaffey claiming that he had never
been consulted about the classifying o
the teachers, and that he had not been
notified of any meeting, etc. Mr.. Wit
mer claimed that Mr.. Gaffey had been
present at the meeting when the list
WAS pIcpdTcu, tHUuSu III WAS Cile OnlN
meeting he had attended, as he gener
ally claimed to be too busy to attend te
such matters.
Charges and denials flew backward
and forward between the two gentlemen
for several minutes, when President
Boal called both to order, and sustained
Mr.. winners view of the matter az
based on the rule in question. Mr.
Gaffey appealed from the decision of the
chair, and the appeal was sustained by
a vote of to 3.
A motion to consider the names of the
five teachers in Mr.. Gaffey's report
separately and to adopt the minority
report were both lost by tie vote, in
the latter case Mr.. Gaffey changing his
vote in order to move reconsidera-
ton.
The resignation of Miss Slack, one oi
the teachers in question, was taken UP
and laid over to next meeting.
F. E. Little's resignation was ac-
cepted.
Union avenue school was reported to
be in need of a retaining wall, and was
turned over to the building committee
Nominations were made for the posi-.
ton of member of the board from the
Fifth ward, as follows By Mr.. Wilmer,
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