The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
.BLAMES IT ALL ON HYDE
Charles H. Hawley Answers the
Criticisms of the School
Board.
Declares That the Late Board Were
Not Treated Right by the Audi.
tor and Supervisors.

Charles Fl. Hawley, chairman of the
Finance Committee of the late Board of
Education, takes exception to the criti-
cisms of members of the new board. He
saws it would be much wiser if the new
board waits until it gets into harness itself
before it begins to pick flaws with the last
admin stration.
Hawley declares that the criticisms
really emanate from +. A. Hyde, former
president OF the board. He says Hyde has
been reading statistics of the schools ten
years ago to every body who would listen
since he got out OF Office, but those statis-
tics were never heard of while he was in
office, yet the administration which he
controlled spent more money than did
the succeeding administration. Hawley
offers to prove this with the following
figures: In 1922 Clyde administration
the school appropriation was 81 ,066, 241, of
| which $3.50, 900 was from the State, $4,000
| from rents and $746, 241 from City taxes.
The tax rate for scholars was 1916 cents on
| the 500.
In 1928 Hyde administration the
appropriation was $1,090,000. of which
rents and City TAX 100000. The tax rate
was IA. IL cents.
| In 1898 "a succeeding Hyde) the appro-
priation was 81 900 900, of which $628, 600
was from the State and $372, 900 from rents
and City tax. The lax rate was 1895 cents.
| In 1894 95 the appropriation was 81 000,-
| 200, OF which 5000, COO was from the State
| and $500 200 from the City. The tax rate
WAS II 10 cents.
| In 1886 the appropriation was 81 ,000.-
| 200, $500, 600 from the State, $3.50, 200 from
the City, $10,0 600 from rents; tax rate II. 10
! cents.
| In this year, says Hawley, the general
| tax rate for the City, ~ 25 was the high
| est ever levied and yet the schools got no
more, although deficiency was staring
| The board in the face from the beginning
| a deficiency that can be made up in no
other way than from the teachers sal
| aries.
The new levy, 1S96-97, is for 100000
| with 5000, 900 for the Mission High School.
| OF this $3.50, 600 is from the State. 1926, 900
| is from the City taxes and $4,000 from
rents. The tax rate for schools is 8 IS
| cents, nearly 90 per cent reduction. The
| City tax has heen reduced from $500 900 to
| 1926, 600; 5000 has been added TO the
| AUDITORS guess of what the State allow
ance will be, which is simply loss of
| $50, 900 to the school fund, as 1t is counted
IN by the Supervisors in making their esti-
| m ate and $35, 600, the rent of the Lincoln
School lots, heretofore handled by the
! Board of Supervisors for the schools, has
/ been put in the fund. cutting it that much
| and making altogether loss OF $3.50. coo to
| the board over the sum supplied to and
| consumed by the Hyde board.
| The present criticism has been occa-
stoned directly. says Hawley, by Mayor
! Phelan's message, in which he uses those
| figures OF ten years ago. The scheme of
| education has been expanding since then,
| he says, great many new and expensive
| fads having been introduced, all of them
! by Hyde, such as cooking, manual train
| ing, physical culture etc. These are all
| we'll enough if additional money is sup
| piled to provide for them. but they have
| been added TO the expense aud they eat
| up the funds without the money being
| provided. That is where the trouble is,
| lie says. He blames the Auditor for cut
| ting down the estimate on which the levy
| is made, and then charging the school
board for the responsibility for the deficit
| which was certain to result. The Auditor
added $4,000 to his estimate of the year
| before, as the sum 10 be secured from the
| State-a sum that is never known until
| the end of the year. The first half in
| stailment has Just been received and in
stead of being greater than the year be-
| lore it is $1,000 less.
During the past year." says Hawley
| in conclusion, 1.-The outgoing Board of
| Education has expended in new buildings,
| repairs, painting and whitening, etc., the
sum of SIPS, 900, every dollar OF which was
| actually necessary. The following are
| few of the principal items: Finishing the
Dudley Stone School, $4,000; new Bernal
| Heights School, 5000; NV bulkheads,
| $4,000; sanitary closets, 17,000 whiten-
4 ing and painting schools. $l4.0
.'Since the beginning of the present
term the Board of Education has opened
| four new evening schools which contain
nineteen new classes, all in aourishing
| condition.
| 1.-THE average cost per pupil on the num-
Der enrolled for the past year was about
| S25 per year. or trifie over 81 per month
for each pupil"