The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
OVERDREW THEIR
SUPPLY ACCOUNT
WITHOUT LEAVE
Gedge and Conlan in
Trouble Again.
ACCUSED OF EXTRAVAGANCE
SCHOOL BOARD ORDERS MANY
CHANGES.
Teachers Assigned and Reassigned.
Heads of Departments Reinstated
in Their Old Positions
With New Duties.
ACCUSED OF EXTRAVAGANCE
SCHOOL BOARD ORDERS MANY
CHANGES.

school Directors Conlan and Gedge
spent very unpleasant half hour at last
nights meeting OF the Board of Educa-
ton. BY nearly every one of their fellow
members they were severely censured for
having spent $500 for school furniture
which was not absolutely needed, at
time when the schools finances are in
such a precarious condition. Director
Stowe opened on them with the statement
that II was TO be regretted that they had
broken rule of the board and expended
that amount of money without any au-
thorization. He suggested that the bills
be repudiated and the goods returned to
Weber & Co., the firm from which they
were bought.
Director Holbrook, chairman of the FL
nance Committee, said that a member Of
The frm mad called upon him and threat
ened 10 begin suit against his bondsmen
IN case the board did not pay the claim.
Mr.. Hoibrook said that when the board
organized the amount which the Supplies
Committee could eXpend monthly was
liked at $500, but that owing to the con-
diuOn of the finances that amount was
practically reduced TO 5000. He also de-
Ncloped the fact that the Supplies Com
miuee had overspent its account by from
$4,000 to S25 900. Director Head got
into the fight and said that he had gone
out 10 investigate schools which were said
TO be in need of furniture and had found
hundreds OF desks stored in cellars and
vacant buildings. The desks he had put
in the schools in place OF others that
needed repairing. but that instead of re-
pairing them Conlan had had them broken
up ana the iron work thrown on the scrap
heap.
Director Stafford moved that the bills
OF Weber Il Co. be repudiated which
would have amounted TO a censure OF
Gedge and COnlan. Both of them at
tempted TO get out from under but failed
TO do so. Director Brandenstein said that
the contractors were Theoretically lnnO-
cent parties TO the TRANSACTION, and the
claims should not be repudiated until tn.
'fgTg1r
tigate them. HolbroOk took the same
view, ana BrandenStein moved that course
q substitute 10 STANFORD ; motion, and
II was so ordered.
Fire " arden Dougherty appeared before
the board ana delivered the ultmatum of
the Fire Department with regard 10 plac-
ing lire escapes on the school houses. He
said that all private property owners were
being compelled to follow the law, and
that they were demanding that public
buildings be also equipped with adequate
ire protection. he declared that the Lin
coin Grammar School at Fifth and Mar
ket streets was one OF the most danger
Gus fire traps in the city and that the
San Francisco Real Estate Investment
Company owner of the building, refused
duty Of the School Department, as lessor, !
10 DO So On behalf of the Fire Depart /
ment he demanded that some immediate
action be taken. The whole matter was
referred 10 the City and County Attorney. /
Short leaves OF absence We're granted TO /
Miss A. q. Nelson, Miss J. Parker, Miss
l. R. Cullen, Miss X Conklin Miss j.
Saries, Miss NJ. E. Mower, T. T. Kelly
and a. L. Derrick.
The recently deposed heads of depart
ments won their hight for reinstatement, !
and President Bergerot offered the resO-
luton necessary to recreate their posi- /
tions. Under the new rule there shall be
no head of department in any High
School unless there are two or more |
teachers employed in such department, |
and minimum Of thirty-siX recitation
hours weekly. In case Of the absence of
both principal and vice principal of a !
school the department head of largest eX !
perience shall act as principal. The du- |
TO cooperate with the principal in carry
ing out the plans for the work of the |
school, TO lay out in detail the work to be |
done in their departments for the entire |
course; to direct the assistant teachers in |
their departments and TO report 10 the |
Board of Education such assistants as shall |
not prove competent. Heads shall be re- |
sponsible 10 their principals for the eff |
cheney of the respective departments.
The resignation of Fanny Davies, a !
teacher in the Redding School, was ac-
The resignation of G. H Walker, in
spector. of buildings, was not accepted |
in the highest terms of the boards in |
spector and urged that he be kept in the !
department. Their request resulted in a
The salary demands for September
were ordered paid upon the request OF |
the Finance Committee.
a life diploma, High School grade. was /
granted to Milton f. Blanchard and !
grammar life diploma was given to Miss /
Sarah f. Goss. Grammar grade certifi- |
Gates were granted to Miss Hattie e |
Corett and Miss May Macarthur.
The following assignments of teachers |
some Of them made necessary by the re-
cent rule on the consangunity of teach
ers in the same school. were ordered in |
the following resolutions:
Resolved. That the following assignments