The San Francisco call., 1896-08-27
The Board of Education Rejects
Several Unsatisfactory
Jobs.
MR.. MURDocK's RESOLUTION
A Proposition to Curtail the Appoint.
ment of Teachers Vigorously
Opposed.

The union painters of this City won an
important victory when the report of the
Buildings and Grounds Com mittee of the
Board of Education was adopted at the
meeting last evening.
Some time ago the painters sent COM
munication to the board stating that the
work that was in progress on sixteen
buildings belonging to the departmen
was being done by non-union labor and in
slovenly and entirely unsatisfactory
manner. They asked that the matter be
investigated, and that, if possible, it be
given union men.
The matter was referred to the Build
ings and Grounds Committee and that
body reported last evening. The report
stated that the grounds of the union men
were we'll taken, and that the work was
not being done in satisfactory manner.
The recommendation was made that in
future all big contracts be given to firms
employing union men, the time of labor
being limited to eight hours per day.
Attached to the committees report was
a comm unication from the architect of
the department stating that of the six
teen contracts let four had been rejected
and ordered done over because the work
was badly done, and that the twelve re-
naming unfinished would be kept under
close watch to see that the work was ac-
cording to specifications. The report was
adopted unanimously.
The matter of teachers appointments
was discussed by the board. Director
Murdock offered the following resolution:
Resolued, That in view of the curtailed ap-
preparation no new classes be formed in either
day or evening schools, unless they can be
provided for by consolidation, and that no fur
1Nsv, ANTE Nf
cepting to fill vacancies occasioned by death
or resignation.
Directors Knox and Clinton opposed
any such measure vigorously, saying that
the department should not be allowed to
suffer in its progress because of lack of
funds. If the schools must be closed be-
fore the end of the school year let the
blame fall where it belonged, on the
shoulders of the Board of Supervisors
.'San Francisco" said Director Knox,
sis already behind the other great cities
of the country in its school facilities and
we must not allow the impression to go
abroad that we cannot properly educate
branches that are demanded by the ext
genoIes of modern education. If the
Supervisors choose to cut down our ap-
preparation and cripple our Department
let them stand the brunt of the storm of
public wrath that will certainly fall upon
some one. lJ was ucClu6U 10 lay tQc mat
ter over for two weeks to allow some of
the directors to look more closely into the
question.
The Classification Committee reported
as follows:
That fiveI classes have been consolidated in
the Lincoln Evening School, one class in the
Washington and one in the Lincoln Grammar
School that the Franklin Evening School now
contains five classes, the Fairmount Evening
School three classes, Mission Evening School
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ferred from the Crocker Grammar School to
the Dudley Stone Primary Scnool; that a new
class has been formed in the Richmond
Primary School; that a new sixth grade class
has been opened in the Crock T Grammar
School, that August one c SIS was con-
solidated in the Irving Scott Primary School;
that one class was consolidated the Emer
son Primary School.
The committee also recommended that Miss
K. H. Crowley be transferred from the prin-
cipalship of the Richmond Evening School to
the same position IN the Horace Mann Even
ing School; that w. J. German be transferred
to the Paramount Evening School, Rosella La
Abbie Hurley to the Franklin Evening School;
that Miss Eliza L. West be assigned to the
evening substitute class; that Miss Lille Nc
School; that A. J. Hunston be as
signed to the Franklin Evening school;
that Miss Sophie Athearn be trans
ferred to the Mission Evening School; that
Miss Mary Moran be transferred to the Dudley
Stone Primary School; that Miss Aimee Hirstel
be transferred to the Crocker Grammar School;
that Miss Mary c. Mckinney be assigned to
the new class in the Richmond Primary
School.
The following transfers were also recon-
mended: Miss I. r. Brown to Hamilton
Grammar School, Miss ]. N. Sykes to the
James Lick Grammar, Miss Margaret A. Bur-
nett to the Lincoln Grammar School.
1t was recommended that the high school
class in the Horace Mann Evening School be
discontinued and that the teacher George
Bates, be transferred to the Franklin Evening
Schools that the high school class in the Wash.
ington Evening School be discontinued and
the teacher, Miss Jennie Powers, be trans
ferred TO the Lincoln Evening School to in
struct the class of Miss NJ. H. Jones during her
absence; that the high school classes in the