The morning call., 1893-07-27
A. CUT IN SALARY.
The Pay of Many Teach
ers Reduced.
The School Directors Continue Their
Recently Adopted Policy
of Retrenchment.

The work of the Board of Education
was cut and dried for last nights meeting.
80 a considerable volume Of business was
transacted and several important resolu-
tons were adopted.
The members of the Board of Education
were somewhat late in assembling last
night.
The board first met in committee of the
whole. When the meeting was finally
called to order the reading of the minutes
was dispensed with and business pushed
through rapidly. The proceedings were
anxiously watched by crowd of specta-
tors. who occupied every seat on floor and
gallery.
1t was evident that the onlookers were
deeply interested in the present consolida-
ton policy of the board. and = communi-
cation in reference to the new rule was
read by President Hyde. He began by
saying that many teachers had been re-
lieved from duty through the recent con-
solicitations of classes, and many teachers
still regularly employed might desire
vacation if assured that they could re-
sumo their positions when ready for work
again. He therefore suggested that the
Committee on Rules be instructed to grant
leaves of absence to any assistant teachers
in this department for period OF not less
than six weeks and not exceeding six
months. with the pledge of the board that
they will be restored TO their classes on
reporting for DUTY, the teachers CONSOLE
dated out to temporarily take the place OF
those away on their holiday.
The board adopted resolution which
embodied the suggestions OF President
HYDE.
made by the Committee on Classification:
That Miss Gusse de Laguna, resident OF
Oakland. be admitted as a pupil TO the normal
Franz NJ. Goldstone be elected teacher Of draw
ing In the Girls High School; that teachers
lieved from duty by consolidation OF classes be
assigned as follows: Miss Annie Vol. relieved
from j fferson Primary School. be assigned as
assistant teacher In Douglass Primary School !;
that Mrs. s. Z. Baker, relieved from Peabody
Primary school, be made an assistant teacher
in the Croker Grammar; that Miss Virginia
d. Heath. day school substitute, be
assigned as probationary teacher of Broadway
GRAMMAR that tile pupils Of the classes in the
school known as the Noe and Twenty-sixth
strf ct school be transferred 10 the James Lick
grammar and the Edison primary schools, aud
that the said Noe and TWenty-siXth street
school be discontinued.
The committee also recommended the
adoption of the following:
RESOLVED, That teachers who are temporarily
without classes by reason Of consolidate be
assigned to classes In the following manner,
to wit:
That list be made OF all such teachers In
the order of their appointments to the substi-
tute class; that In assigning them TO permanent
positions those first appointed shall be first
such assignment be made If objection be made
by the principal for good cause shown.
WHEREAS. A large number OF teachers IN
| this department are temporarily without posi-
| lions by reason OF consultations OF classes
| and must be assigned to duty before the MEM
6ers OF the regular day substitute class; there
| fore, be 1t
| Resolved. That the services of said substitute
class be dispensed with until the first school
day OF November next, at which time they Will
report for duty as heretofore.
ReSOtJed, hat the normal department OF the
! Girls high School shall be open for the admis-
| sion OF young women who are b0na-hde resi-
dents Of San Francisco under the age OF %
| years who have been graduated from any San
| FRANCISCO high school; that any other candi-
dates than graduates OF the high schools OF
| this CITY can be admitted to the normal depart
the Girls High School on all the essential
studies pursued in the city high schools.
That the teacher Of penmanship In the Com.
merclal high School be assignea 10 saio school
assignment of two days. on account OF the in
creased number of classes in the school.
That Miss Martha d. Ritchie, who Is less
than two months over the age designated for
| admission TO the normal department OF the
| Girls High School, be admitted to said depart.
ment, for the reason that her admission to this
| department has been deiayeo On account OF
| sickness.
The report was adopted with the excep-
| ton of the recommendation for the closing
| of the Noe-street school. which was lost
| 6 voting for its adoption and 4 for its
rejection.
There was a vigorous protest against
| the discontinuance of the substitute class.
but the recommendation OF the committee
was finally adopted by vote of 7to3
! The Committee on Finance recon-.
mended the following superintendent OF
funds for the present fiscal year: Teach
ers' salaries, $850.00O: janiiors' salaries.
$51 $40: Office salaries. $500; shop sal.
| aries, $500; rents. $1,000; school census.