The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
NO OCTOBER
PAY FOR THE
PEDAGOGUES
Schools to Close for
Three Weeks.
TAX LEVY IS NOT SUFFICIENT
A MONTH OF INFRINGEMENT
DECIDED UPON.
Board Of Education Will Have Legal
Advice Upon It's Scheme When 1t
Meets Tonight in Reg
ular Session.
A MONTH OF RETRENCHMEN7
DECIDED UPON.

If the law allows 1t the :chools will be
closed in October and the teachers will
lose still another months salary. This
much the Board of Education decided at
one of its little sideshow meetings neld
on Wednesday night There were only
five members present, but they were the
five that do the business of the depart
ment. and their quiet little seance was
protected from the knowledge of the Curl
o11s bv a notice that the regular meeting
had been postponed to last night, which
was posted on the outer door. Last night
another notice was posted stating that the
meeting was again postponed to tonight.
october is fixed as as the tn month month IN which
sacrifice In justice to the board it is
well to announce that so far as its cal
culations have gone a thirty days, cut
in nav is not in the scheme. The schools
are to be closed and salaries withheld.
hut for three weeks only; concession of
a week which will be of untold benefit to
the teachers and serve to square the de-
nartment No plans have yet been made
10 either cut or withhold the salaries of
fhe clerical force of the Superintendents
department, but that justice may be done
the teachers and their burden made lighter
his will no doubt be done.
The resolution of the board to close the
schools is a direct result of the tax levy.
With a deficit of over 5000 900 to overcome
and an apportionment for the present fis-
cal wear of only $1.100000 and a few odd
dollars TetrenCnHtnl Is IndUe an absolute
necessity and the teachers have been hit
unon as the only consistent and profitable
1rav out Of the financial dilemma. The
example of the last board is to be fol-
lowed in that respect. Owing to a short
ape 0f funds the teachers lost their No
Vemher and December salaries in 1898.
ITnon that occasion 1t was a clean loss
70 them. for they worked through both
months before the boards intention to
bunko them was announced. The pres
ent board however, is not doing business
on that principle. and intends, to announce
it's Intention beforehand and close the
schools so that the pedagogues may lose
their pay in idleness.
The scheme to close for three weeks in
October will be broached tonight after
the board has gone into executive session
unon the usual motion of Superintendent
Webster City and County Attorney
Lane and the boards attorney, Samuel
Knight, will be admitted to the delibera-
tions and will be called upon to render
n decision as to whether or not the board
does c.ose the schools. There has always
heen that question undecided and at last
II is to be settled. If Attorneys Lane and
Knight say yes, 1t goes with the board;
the order will issue to close every de-
ma nartment-Primary, Grammar and High
School-on October l. If Attorneys Lane
and knight say no, then the board will
renew its pull on the Board of Supervis-
ors to have the dollar limit expanded and
n couple of more hundred thousand dol
lars added to it's apportionment.
In to Tuesday the political members of
the Board of Education were not worry
ing as to their low allowance. They had
been assured by different wise ones that
the Supervisors were going to give them