The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31

buildings, $4,000; Sutro Primary, eight-class
brick buildings, $4,000; Richmond Primary,
mary. eighteen-class brick and new lot (to in
clude Lincoln and Webster) Sis, 900; or Web
ster Primary, six-class (bricD rooms, $4,000
total, $699,000.
Director Stow moved a suspension of
the rules to offer the following amend
ment, which was adopted:
Resolved That ,ne resolution adopted the
18th of January, 1899, to wit that teachers
who have been transferred from to evening
schools to the day schools shall be considered
as having been appointed when last trans
ferred," be amended as follows:
That teachers who have been transferred
from the evening schools shall be considered as
having been appointed at date equally dis
tant between the date OF her appointment into
the department and the date of her transfer
The period Of such teachers service in the
evening schools shall be credited as the equiv
alent of one-half of similar period OF service
in the day schools.
This was a partial victory for the
evening teachers after hard ut in
one of the many secret sessions OF the
board. AS the resolution originally
read they would receive no credit
for their service in the evening school,
Thus, teacher who had taught one OF
these classes for several years should
she have been transferred to a day
class two months ago would find her
self dismissed with the batch of last
appointees of the late board. The
point and stirred UP a force the board
could not down, hence the compromise
of an amendment to the resolution.
In answer to a query as to why the
board was indisposed to recognize the
professional status of evening school
teachers, a prominent educator stated
that evening schools are without ma
terial standing among educational in
situations. The State takes no great
account of them, and they are con-
sidered only in the light of an accom-
mediation to a neighborhood rather
than a scholastic necessity.
Mrs. S. Caldwell requested to be
taken from the unassigned list and
placed in charge of a primary class.
She stated that she was elected to the
School Department in June, 1868, and
had been on the unassigned list since
August. 1897, and for nearly a year had
been on leave of absence.
A petition was read from Hayes Val
ley residents protesting against the
closing of the John SWEET Evening
School. The petitions stated that over
300 pupils would be without evening
school facilities.
Principal E. c. Fitzpatrick of the
Business Evening School filed with the
board demand for his 500 salary for
the month Of December. Miss Chris
tine M. High, a teacher of stenography,
also filed her demand for SIS, salary for
January
Relative to the substitute and "unas-
signed without pay" list it will be no
little need of hope to the luckless ones
to know that their cases will mend
every hour.
The positions of about eighty eight
teachers will be upheaved in this
revolution and forty-one of them will
go on the substitute list, leaving forty
seven still unemployed. The rules rela-
tive to retirements, heretofore a dead
letter, will be in the future rigidly en-
forced. No old and superannuated
teachers will be permitted to cucumber
the corps. 1t is believed that about
twenty-five will be dropped from the
pay rolls annually for this cause AS
further culling out, number of in
competents" will find themselves facing
an investigating committee. 1t is told
in rather loud whispers among the edu-
Gators that so lax have been the re-
quirements, both professionally and
morally, for election to the School De-
partment that undesirable persons have
crept into the ranks. These will go
rapidly when the wedding time
comes.
The San Francisco School Teachers