The herald., 1898-11-15
BOARD OF EDUCATION
A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROUTINE
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
JANIT0RS IN SCHOOLH0USES
Considers the Case Of a Recalci-
trant Wagon Driver


trant Wagon Driver
| The regular meeting of the board of edu
cation was held in its rooms in the Gardner
& Zellner building last night, Messrs. Davis
Poor, Conrey, Braly, Mathis, Bragg, Simon
ton and Secretary Averill being present.
| A communication was received from Mrs
X. A. Glover, calling attention TO a histor.,
| of the war with Spain and offering the same
for sale to the board at a special price. The
note was referred to the committee on edu
catonal supplies.
The teachers and pupils OF the Vernon
school had forwarded a COMMUNICATION III
forming the board that flag raising would
take place at the Vernon school house on
November 23d at p. m, and inviting the
superintendent and members of the board
to be present on that occasion. On motion
he invitation was accepted with thanks
A letter was read which had been received
from j. Nj. Barrett, asking permission
take photographs of buildings and school
! ior publication in an educational history
California. Permission was given for pho
tographing the buildings, but it was sug-
rested that some objection had been hereto
fore expressed regarding the photographing
of the pupils. and that portion OF the request
was left unanswered at present.
| c. f. Miller. engineer of the high school,
submitted specifications by letter for new
20-barrel crude oil tank. to cost so. which
he said. was needed. and the matter was re-
| ferred to the committee on buildings. with
authority to put in the tank if, ON investlga
ton. the demand should seem reasonable.
The designations of r. P. Shilling. X. L..
Ashley and Carrie A. Walton as teachers
were accepted. .
Mr.. Bragg referred to the character OF
lumber furnished by the Blinn Lumber
companv for work in sloyd and said much OF
it was unsuited to such purpose. beng sap
ny and discolored He thought the snperin-
tendent of sloyd should hereafter inspect
every stick The bill included IN the report
filed at the last meeting. amounting to
s276. sc. he moved should be paid.
President Davis thought it should be ac-
cented under protest, not having been IN
snected. 1t appeared from the statements
of those conversant with the matter that
the sugar pine furnished was good, but GER
tain maple was not There being no other
wood available at that time, the best had
been done with an unfavorable condition.
The committe on library recommended
that 800 copies of california Plants IN
Their Homes" by Alice Merritt Davidson,
be purchased at 81 20 per copy. and that
copy be placed on each teachers desk IN
urinary and grammar grades. to be PAID
for from money in the library fund. Super
;ntendent Fashay stated that there was
great demand on the library for this work
by teachers. who had found it valuable Tor
reference. At his suggestion the library
trustees had consented to- furnish each
teacher with a copy of the work if requested
! by the board of education and with the un-
derstanding that the expense was to be
charged up against the library fund. The
recommendation was adopted.
| The committee on visiting and Janltors,
to whom had been referred the matter OF
ianitors living in certain school buildings,
reported as follows;
In the matter of the Custer-street school
we find the janitor to be widow with one
son. II or is -ears OF age and student
in the high school, and a very nice young
man. There are three rooms on the second
floor not used for school purposes, IN one
of which there is chimney. She promises
not to Use gasoline, but would like to use
a kerosene stove in the basement to heat
water for washing towels. She will do her
principal cooking on Saturday, and assures
me she will give no offense in this matter.
The insurance company will give permit
without extra charge. This building is
sadly exposed to the attack of evil-minded
persons We believe it for the interest OF
the department that this janitor occupy
these rooms without rent; and so recon-
mended.
| DE- 10 ba Oliya. crhOol tho
| ianitor. a Grand Army man, and his wife
are living in this building at the present
time: by what authority we do not know.
On the second floor, they are using room
as kitchen and dinng-room. There is no
chimney. and they use gasoline stove. No
permit from insurance companies has been
obtained. Usually charge is made for such
permit. The janitor is willing to meet
this charge. On the third floor they are
using two rooms, as sitting and sleeping
rooms This man is ablebodied, genteel
and polite in his appearance, and has a
good influence over the pupils, we Judge
| He is in the habit of smoking in his room
after supper, and as an old Grand Army
man thinks he should not be deprived of
this comfort. The principal did not care
| to express his preference as to whether he
| lived in or out of the building. We sub
nit this statement for the board to act
upon, without recommendation.
| in regard to the Cambria-street school,
the janitor is widow with two boys, about
IA and II years of age. The accommoda
tions for living in this building are not
good. The serious objection, however, is
the two boys, just the right age to draw
around them all the boys in the neighbor-
hood, and we feel that it is not for the in
terest of the department to admit the appli
can't, and recommend the request be de
MED. Respectfully,
"GEO. w. SIMONTON, Committee"
| The recommendations were taken up ser
atum and it became apparent that the occu
pancy Of rooms by janitors without the pay
ment of rent was displeasing to the board
some of whose members thought any diverg
ence from the rule would result in applica
tons from other janitors for like favors
| The recommendation as to the Custer stree,
school was amended so as to provide for the
occupancy of the rooms referred to on pay
lnent of such monthly rental as might be
agreed upon by the committee, to whom it
was referred back for further consdera-
| ton The report relative to Cambria street