The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-03-10
Patrons Want a School Princi-
pal Retained
BARS AGAINST CONTAGION
The Health Committee OF the School
Board Files a Report
Another Long List Of Teachers Assigned to
Duty-The Remaining New Schools, Except
Olive Street, to Be Occupied on March 10


owners in the neghborhood was presented
questing that Mrs. C. G. Du Bots be for
various reasons stated reassigned to the
principalship of the Castelar-st rect school.
The matter was referred to the teachers
committee. With the petition there were
several personal pleas highly compliment
tary to Mrs. Du Rois, made in her behalf.
Mrs. Du Bots had been teaching at Castel'
ar street school for years. She was
dropped for alleged ''cause" on the first of
the present month, old age being the prin-
cpal reason given for the step taken. The
teachers committee will consider the mat
ter in all its phases next Saturday after.
noon at o'clock.
Chairman Kennedy reported from the
building committee last evening that after
a due and thorough investigation the COM
inittee had become fully convinced that
the heating and ventilating in the various
new schools were unsafe until the con-
tractors had determined to remedy the evil
which had been responsible for the fire in
the San Pedro street school by making the
same absolutely fireproof, which was now
being done. Also that the purported owner
of the ground upon which stands the Arroyo
street school had offered to the board $50
feet square of the site which mas for years
been in dispute betW cen himself and the
! city.
The statement was made by Director
Simonton that the Castelar, street school
lot is in similar condition, the board of
education having no title to either OF the
pieces of property named. Secretary
Dandy was instructed to secure deeds to
to both lots. ~-
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mitted the following report, signed also by
Health Officer Steddom:
"During the present epidemic of measles
the superintendent of schools should re-
quire all children to remain at home at
least ten days after the development of
case of measles in a family where there
are other children attending school, unless
there is conclusive evidence that such chill
dren have had the disease. Conclusive
evidence would he certificate from
competent physician who had attended
such children during illness.
Where there is any doubt give the school
the benefit of the doubt. No child who has
school from family where there is a case
of measles unless said child who is sick is
kept in a separate apartment and isolated,
so that the child or children attending
school shall not at any time come in con-
tact Herewith. When cases come to your
p!oyed physician, please ask them to re-
port all cases to the health officer in ac-
cordance with the city ordinance, and
require them to obtain a permit from the
health officer as required by said ordi-
nance. which reads al follows:
LIVERY physician and other person shall
Immediately report in writing to the health
officer the name and location of any patient
he CT she may have within the limits of the
city of Los Angeles affected with diphthe-
ria. scarlet fever. typhoid fever. or any
other infectious or contagious disease.
EVERY keeper of hotel, boarding or
lodging house, and every householder or
other person, shall Immediately report in
writing to the health officer the name and
location of any inmate of his or her house
whom he or she may have reason to be-
lieve sick of any infectious or contagious
disease such as mentioned in the foregoing
section of this ordinance.
mo child or other person who has been
suffering from or affected with any in
fectious or contagious disease, Or who may
belong TO or reside with the family, or in
the same house in which person so af-
fected may be located. shall be permitted
to attend any school, public or private,
within the limits of the city, and all school
boards, principals or teachers or other per-
SONS in charge of said schools are author
lied and required to exclude any and all
such children and persons from said
schools until such persons SO excluded
shall show a permit from the health of
ficer stating there is no longer danger from
contagiOn or Infection"
The above was adopted.
The teachers committee submitted the
following report:
We recommend that the remaining new
buildings be occupied on the 18th inst,
with the exception of the Olive street build
ing. $50
We further recommend the following as
signments: Hs
Custer street building--Mr A. L. Greg
DRY, Miss Alice Phillips, Mrs. Z. A. Thurs
ton, principal.
Twenty-eghth street-Miss Jessie Nc
Cav, kindergarten director; Mrs. Hanna
Miss Emma Grifliths, Miss Kate Desmond,
Miss Annie Reynolds, Miss Minnie Walker,
Miss Mary Murphy, George H. Prince, j.
B. Monlux, principal.
Cambria street-Miss Agusta Flentjen,
kindergarten director; Miss Ora Flint, as
sistant; Miss Helen Vineyard, Miss Nettie
M. Dick. principal; L. Z. ROwell.
Second street building-Miss Alice Cush-
ing, Miss Frances NJ. Sanders, Miss Ada
Z. Corbett, Mrs. W. L. Frew, principal.
We recommend Miss Leila Brouillette,
ninth grade at Normal primary; Miss Flor
ence O'Neili, fifth grade. Hewitt street; h.
L. Twining, seventh grade, Ninth-street
Barraclough, to New Macy street: Miss
Nina Norton, Ann street; Mrs. Mabel r.
Marsh, CASTELAR, street; A. y. Damon,
Chestnut street.
We further recommend that Miss Zulena
PARCEL be transferred to Ninth.street kim
pergarten as assistant, and Miss Winona
Huntley to Helman.street kindergarten,
and that Miss Alice Blackington be re-
tanned as assistant of Castelar-street kim
dergarten.
We further recommend that the resigna-
ton of Miss Bernice Knox as a teacher be
accepted.
The above was adopted as whole.
Albert Levin was named as the janitor at
the Twenty -hfth-street school, and Herbert
II. Teale was elected to fill a similar posi-
ton at the Olive street school.
The finance committee reported favora-
bly, bills aggregating $27O2.52, which
were approved.
The executive committee of the Southern
California Teachers association requested
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