The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
DECIDE IT TONIGHT
UPON THE LIST OF TEACH
ERS
FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SUPT. CURTIS HAS BEEN AT WORK
UPON IT FOR SEVERAL
DAYS.
TUESDAY THE CHARTER LIMIT
The List Must BE Agreed Upon al
the Special Meeting 40 be
Held Tonight.

The charter provides that the board
of school inspectors shall, as far as
practicable. appoint not later than june
Is of each year all the teachers for the
next ensuing school year and notify
each teacher. To comply with this pro-
vision a special meeting of the school
board has been called for this evening
at o'clock The list of teachers for
the coming year is now being prepared
by Supt. Curtis and will be submitted
to the board at the meeting tonight
for revision, if it is considered neces-
sary, and approval
The selection of teachers will settle
beyond all doubt the question OF the
closing of the Humboldt, Cleveland and
Mechanic Arts high schools. The con-
sClidatiOn of these three schools With
the Central high school will not, how
ever. reduce the total number Of
teachers employed by the board. AS
matter of fact, it is claimed, the num-
Der of teachers will be increased, as the
rooms in the three buildings now used
for high schools will be utilized for
grade schools. The Cleveland nigh
school building will be needed to re-
Heve the overcrowded condition Of the
Ericsson school in the First ward. The
Humboldt high school building in the
Sixth ward will also take the higher
grade scholars from the Lafayette
school, and by this means give more
room for scholars at that school.
Rooms in the Mechanic Arts high
school will be utilized to make room for
the lower grade scholars in the Eighth
ward. The Second ward will be obliged
to get along without any additional
school buildings. In the proposed
change in the Sixth ward the board
will save the rent Of annex buildings
which are now used owing to the over
crowded condition of the Lafayette
school.
By the consolidation the board ex-
poets to give scholars in the lower
grades proper facilities and at the
same time save the SAL 900 which was
set apart for building purposes and use
it in the general maintenance fund for
the schools. With the $685. 900 which
will be available and the SAL 900 from
the building fund the board will have
$409, 600, which is $751; 600 less than was
set apart for the schools last year.
This amount will be saved by doing
away with the supervisors and special
teachers, consolidating the three high
schools and reducing salaries.
None of the teachers, it is under
stood, will be let out from the branch
high schools, being given positions at
the Central high school, and those who
are not given positions there Will be
offered positions in the grade Schools.
The special teachers and supervisors
will also be offered places so that as
far as leaving any Of the present force
out of positions there will be nothing
of the kind. There will, however, be a
reduction in salaries, and number Of
those now receiving salaries over the
81 900 mark will be offered positions, but
with material reductions in pay. A ma
jOrity of the members Of the board are
of the opinion that under the circum-
stances none Of the teachers will leave
the city or their positions owing to the
reduction in salaries. a member Of the
beard stated yesterday that there
would practically be no change in the
list Of teachers unless, owing to chan ges
and reductions in salaries made neceS-
sary by the financial condition, some
OF the staff should decline to accept
the positions offered.
It was learned last evening that there
was q possibility that the list Of teach
ers would not be acted on at the meet
ing called for this evening. Meetings
OF the board were called for Friday and
Saturday evenings, but owing to there
being no quorum present nothing could
be done Inspectors Wilkes and SchOlle,
who have been opposed to the consoli-
dation Of the branch high schools,
failed to attend the meetings called for
the last two nights Of last week. In
spectors Yoerg and May are out Of the
city. and this left only three members
Of the board, less than a quorum. In
spector May, however, is expected home
today. and if he arrives in time to at
tend the meeting tonight the appoint
ment of teachers will be taken UP and
confirmed without the attendance Of