The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-15
Derham Accuses the
School Board.
HE MAKES SPECIFIC CHARGES
DECLARES THAT SALARIES
HAVE BEEN JUGGLED.
The Board Listens, Then Appoints
More Educators and Considers
Noe Valley School
House Site.

At the meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton yesterday, Director Derham flourish
ed his Ratchet
There are too many new teachers al
ready! he exclaimed. Still members of
this board want to appoint more. There
has been a decrease in the attendance at
the night schools, and yet the number of
teachers for these schools continues to
rapidly increase. The board has appointed
over 200 teachers since 1t came into exist
ence-the present board, mean. Where is
this thing going to stop? The taxpayers
will want to know. What's more, 1
charge the committee on salaries with in
creasing the pay of the second vice-princi-
pals in the grammar schools from 500 to
$125, without the knowledge of the board.
The committee told this board that sal
aries this year were unchanged. That's a
job"
Chairman Waller denied the charge
against the committee and declared that
Derham was laboring under a misappre-
hension. The salaries of certain vice-prin-
cipals had been raised to SIPS, but there
was no deception about it.
After this breezy little one-act curtain
raiser the board settled down to Its err
binary vaudeville turns, and proceeded TO
further increase the corps of teachers.
The following bids for furnishing a site
for Noe Valley School were received;
G4ns street northeast and Ho%aa
Rich Co. DOUGLASS, e and Tweaty 4,eOD
Douglass and Twenty third streets, 165xlS4
feet s12 900; H. Mau and others. Douglass and
Elizabeth streets ll4xl25 feet $500; Mrs; 5.
street. 1i4x125 feet. $500; Jacob Heyman. Hoffo
man avenue and Twenty-second street. lolxSso
feet. s15,6OO.
Gallagher, Burns and Derham were APP
pointed committee to consider the bids.
Residents of the Sunnyside District petit
toned the board to erect a school build
ing on a lot to be donated by the Sunny
side Land Company. The same was
placed on file.
A high school certificate was granted
to Miss Irene Miller and grammar
grade certificates to Miss Maud Moore and
Miss NJ Belle Marion.
The Committee on Finance reported that
1t had secured the two-story frame build
ing on the northeast corner of Point
Lobos and Fortythird avenues for school
purposes and recommended that lease
be made from the owner, Mrs. Rose Y.
Morbio, for one year at $25 per month.
Approved.
The Committee on Secondary Education rec
commended that Miss E P Rhine of the sec,
regular high school teacher and assigned to
Mission High School: that tae advanced ninth
Horace Mann School be transferred to Mission
High School, to be known as sub-junior high
school class and that Miss Graham be CON
tinued in charge; that Miss Irene Muller be
elected an assistant In the manual training de-
paptment of the Polytechnic High School; that
Miss Dorothy Moran be elected head teacher of
the cooking department; that Miss Edna Da-
p part vice Miss Kate whitaker, resigned;
that Mr.. A. 3. Hobbs be elected temporary
5aes o Mr. g # during the
leave Of absence, that Nine. E. Geffard be as
s as aeh tsa Of MISS N be
elected permanent teacher in Mission High
School. The report was adopted.
T%1v,, . faa tranfn
mended that Miss Clara A; Baker be appoint
ed, probationary teacher in Hearst Evening
probationary teacher in Rincon School; that
Miss Bertha E. johnson. probationary teacher,
Spring Valley Evening School; that Miss NJ.
Kratzer be appointed probationary teacher cher
in Horace Mann Evening school; that Miss
er in Humboldt Evening School; that Miss C.
B. Labarraque be appointed SPECIAL teacher
Miss K. NJ. Boylan, probationary teacher In
the Washington Evening School, be trans
that Miss NJ. O. Brien of Lincoln Evening
School be transferred to the day unassigned
position as a special teacher of stenography
and assigned to John SWEET Evening School.
The report was adopted without amendment.
erson School, was transferred to Reddng
School, Miss E. G. Koch was appointed
probationary teacher in Winfield Scott
was given a class in Sheridan School.
Miss Jessie Stone, assistant in Sheridan
School, was transferred to Burnett School.
1t was determined that all vice-principals
in grammar schools should have the same
rank and duties henceforth.
Miss RUDE McFenley, Miss Celia Levi
son, Philip Hammond and Charles Bantel
were appointed regular teachers. The sal
aries of the principals of the Horace Mann
and Hamilton Evening schools were each
increased $40 per month. Mrs. M. Cole,
assistant janitress of Lowell High School,
was removed and the head janitress, Mrs.
Hanley, was given full charge of the
work
evening as committee of the whole to con-
slider the projected Noe Valley school.