The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14
TEACHERS MUST FIGHT.
School Board Dec! ares War on
the Dollar Limit.


The schools Will be closed on Friday at
noon in order TO permit the teachers TO
get together in mass meeting and protest
against the dollar limit President
Bergerot announced when he opened the
meeting of the Board OF Education last
night that the Supervisors would allow
the schools no more in the levy than the
s.. .12S 900 laid down BY Mayor Phelan IN
less either the teachers or the Mer-
chants Association advised them TO ig-
more the limit.
I am sorry 70 inform you, said Mr..
Bergerot that I have been informed by
a person who is very close TO the Super
viscrs that contrary 10 our expectations
the Supervisors are going TO allow US no
more than SIPS 900, the amount fixed by
Mayor Phelan. They say they cannot
give US more unless they break the dollar
limit, and that they will not do unless
asked by the Merchants Association or
by the teachers in mass meeting assem-
bIed. I would suggest that the schools
close on Friday afternoon SO that the
teachers may meet.
1T will be evident to them that il is
better 10 take this course than that We
be compelled to adopt some other, add
ed Mr.. BergerOt. significantly, and upon
motion OF Director Stow the suggestion
was placed formally before the board and
Tie consolidation of evening school
been discussed as one feasible method Of
retrenchmenJ. was begun BY Superintend-
ent Webster, who offered the following
resolution:
Resolved. That the following appointments
made BY the Superintendent Of Schools, rem
dered necessary Uy the consolidation and re-
Classification in tie evening schools, be con-
Mss a. E O Sullivan. from the Lincoln
Evening School (class consolidated) 70 Spring
Valley Evening vice Miss '. English. Date
ri u.
c. H. Crowell. from the Horace Mann Even
ing school felass consoIfdated) 10 Rinoon Even
ing. vice Miss L. r. Suich. Date OF appoint
u7enr. August Is. 1897.
Miss NJ OMalley, from the Lincoln Even
ing tclass consOIidated) 70 the evening sUbsti-
tute list. Date Of appointment, August Is.
1897.
Evening School (class consolidated) TO the
evening substitute list. Date OF appointment
Mrs 4 stimnlel. Miss NJ L. sabtns date Of
appointment september I. lss7). Miss A J.
Brock and Mrs. ". Watson (date OF appoint
rnent January Z, 1850, from the evening sub
stitu list 10 the evening unassigned list, with
out pay
The board in executive session adopted
a resolution that the transfer OF pupils
from one school to another be suspended
pending the fixing OF district lines. A
second paragraph provided that no
principal OF which is related 10 the
teacher by blood or marriage within the
third degree. A third section increases
the pay Of substitutes in the Day service
10 81 per day when reporting to the sec
retary's office and g 30 per day addi-
tiOnaI for services performed when en-
gagged In actual work as teacher All
three sections Of the resolution will take
effect October l.
The secondary education committee
recommended the abolition OF the position
'of head Of department in all public
schools. Director Stow said in support of
the resolution that the position was
purely honorary although the salary is
s15 per month higher. Brandenstein op-
posed the measure, but when it came to a
vote II carried.
Tracy 2. Kelly OF the University of Cali
fornia was appointed teacher OF Latin In
the Lowell High School during the ab-
sence Of W. Z. Blanchard, the present in
structor, who was granted years leave
Mrs. c. NJ. Sissons was ordered placed
upon the retired list, upon her own re-
The report of the janitors committee.
which was adopted. recommended the fol-
lowing appointments of Janitors: L NJ.
McEnhil 10 Clement School, vice F'itz-
Mann School. vice O'Farrell, resigned.
Mrs. NJ Knapp to Franklin School, vice
Collins. resigned; Mrs. Stolzer 70 Bergerot
School vice Mrs. Gauzert.
E J. Dupuy, teacher Of French in the
Polytechnic, was elected special teacher
Of Latin.
Ralph L. Daniels was elected assistant
teacher in the Polytechnic High School.
Mrs. S. ". Mcpherson was assigned as
high school assistant in the history de-
partment at the Polytechnic High School.