Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-18
THE BILLS WERE ORDERED PAID,
Proceedings Last Night of the
Board Of Education.
Music and Drawing Teachers Elected
for the Current Year.
Petitions and Communications Received
More Room at the Railroad
Street School-Spring Street
Kindergarten.s

The board of education met in the
council chamber last night, President
Kierulf in the chair and full board
present.
PETITIONS RECEIVED.
Communications were received as fol-
lows:
From residents of the Hayes-street
school district, asking that the fourth
grade pupils in that school be given
shorter hours. This matter was referred
to the city superintendent.
A petition from Mrs. @. L. Wells ask
ing permission to give cooking lessons to
pupils of Spring and Amelia street
schools, was granted.
| The principals of the schools of AL
pine and Macy street schools invited the
board to be present at Columbus Day
celebration, which invitations were ac-
cepted.
| BILLS ALLOWED.
The bills for supplies and labor pre-
sented at last meeting were audited and
ordered paid. Some of the bills pre-
sented at this meeting were from labor
ing men, Mr.. Marsh explained, who
could no. wait fortnight for their
money, so he moved that a recess be
taken.
! Mr.. Davis declined to sign the bills as
| he had not tins to consider them, and
signing bills hastily.
Mr.. Marsh said there was contractor
who had in bills to an amount of
nearly $4,000. Should he not be able to
| get money to pay his men, they would
quit work and then his sureties would
be sued for his apparent negligence,
whereas he would not be the culpable
party at all. After some sharp shooting
on both sides, the chair declared re-
cess and then the finance committee
began the consideration of these ac-
counts.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
On reassembling, after recess, came
Mr.. Davis report from the finance COM
mittee, in favor of paying bills to the
amount of $40 9SS.33, of which Sc, 800
were for Robert Burleigh, contractor on
several school buildings.
THE RAILRoAD-sTREET SCHOOL.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the
board that there is insufficient room at
the Railroad street school for play
ground, and the Llewellyn Bros. being
willing to exchange property adjoining
the school for an equal area of land ad-
joining their foundry, a committee was
appointed to confer with the Llewellyns
and report at the next meeting of the
board.
PETITIONS FOR TEACHERS.
| Mrs. Hughes presented a petition
from patrons of the Swain-street school,
asking for the return of Miss McGraw,
which was referred to the teachers
committee.
The same member also presented a
report from the patrons of Temple-street
school, asking for the taking of Mrs.
Millard from the substitute list and as-
signing her to permanent duty at the
came school. This was also referred to
| the teachers committee.
A petition was received from the
patrons of the kindergarten, asking for
the reinstatement of Mrs. Mayo, as su.
pervisor OF the kindergartens of this
city, and asked for its,. consideration.
Mr.. Boal moved to postpone for term
of one month. Mr.. Marsh moved to
I postpone for two weeks, and the latter
motion was adopted.
THE SPRING STREET KINDERGARTEN.
Mrs. Hughes moved that the Spring
street kindergarten be abandoned for
the present, and discontinued until
more suitable location for the school is
found. There is lack of room at the
Spring street building for the older
scholars.
DR.. Boal moved to appoint a commit
tee of two to secure suitable room for
kindergarten purposes, and to remove
the pupils from Spring street thither,
and the motion prevailed.
The chair appointed Drs. Barber and
Boal as such committee.
APPOINTMENT OF JANIToRs.
Mrs. Miller, for the Main street, and
Mrs. Wilson, for the Seventeenth street,
and Mrs. Smith, for the Arroyo street
schools, were confirmed as janitors of
said schools.
ON THE VACCINE QUESTION.
An order compelling the vaccination
of ell school children, based upon a
communication from the health Office,
was then brought up. The teachers
committee was made q committee to
confer with DR.. MacGowan on the ques-
ton.
ASSISTANT TEACHER OF DRAWING.
Mrs. Hughes presented petition
from Mrs. Bradfield, asking for an assist
ant in her work.
The city superintendent stated that
there was urgent need of an assistant
drawing teacher, as the high school
alone consumed three days of Mrs. Brad
fields time, leaving only two days to be
distributed between all the other COM
mon schools OF the city.
DR.. Boal moved that Miss Hutchinson
be employed as assistant teacher of
drawing at $l00 per month, which was
| adopted.
MUSIC IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr.. Marsh inquired about an appoint
| ment of music teacher in the schools.
The superintendent of the normal school
recommended Mrs. J. P. Rice. and Mr..
| Marsh moved that she be elected upon
salary to be fixed by the teachers COM
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