The San Francisco call., 1899-03-09

position of vice principal Of the Denman
Grammar School and that she has been
prevented from carrying on her duties as
such by A /, Mann, its principal, who
acted under the instructions of Superin-
tendent Webster.
The following unassigned teachers pc
ttttoned the board to be employed in the
taking of the school census for the COM
ing year: Ivy Douglas-Ostrom, E. T
holmes. Margaret Conroy, E. e. Crook
ham, NJ G. Liner, L. Blake and Belle
Millhone.
Rose S. Cushman asked to be. reinstated
to the position of sewing teacher at the
Franklin Grammar School.
A long petition signed by residents IN
the vicinity of the Hancock Grammar
Ceiving class be formed at the school for
the accommodation of their children.
a long communication from Ada M.
Tiala, whose position as vice principal OF
the Washington Evening School was
abolished. was referred to the proper
committee
Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department
sent an earnest communication to the
board asking that it Immediately equip
the Lincoln schocihouse with one metal
lie stair fire escape and standpipe on the
front of the building at the north end
and another on the south end.
The report submitted by the committee
on elementary education was adopted and
contained the following recommends
tons:
That the principals report Of the classifca-
ton of the Adams Cosmopolitan school, under
date of March 6. 1899 be approved; that Miss
Kate McCIain be retained as the vice principal
of the Franklin Grammar School; that the
resolution adopted at the last regular meeting
of the board relating to the dismissal Of GER
tain persons elected as regular teachers on the
Goth day of December, 1898, is hereby rescinded
and annuIed, and the following resolution
adopted in its stead:
Whereas on the 30th day Of December, 1898.
there were in the Public School Department a
great number Of teachers without classes large
" in excess Of the needs of the department;
whereas, The school fund appropriated for
the fiscal year 1SsS-99, was and still is, insuff-
cient TO justify the appointment or to pay suoh
unnecessary teachers; and
Whereas The late Board of Education on
the said last mentioned DAY, without any just
cause in the face of a deficit exceeding $3.50,
COO. elected large number of probationary and
substitute teachers as regular teachers; be 1t
Resolved, That all persons appointed into
the department since August l, 1898, and who
we're illegally elected as regular techers by the
late Board of Education on the 3oth day or
December 1898, are hereby dismissed from the
department"
On recommendation adopted by the FL
nance Committee the claim against mrs.
Rosekrans, William Mccormick and Mrs.
Johanna McGinn for rent be referred TO
the judiciary Committee; the claim OF
John OCOnnen for services as scavenger
was ordered paid. The salary OF Mr..
Plunkett, vice principal Of Lincoln Even
/ ing School, was fixed at S75 per month;
the salary Of Mr.. Foulks, vice principal
Of the Business Evening School, and OF
Miss Tiala, vice principal of the Wash
! ington Evening School, was fixed at $6O
per month each from the 8th of March.
Mrs. Mary Garrett was appointed jani-
tress of Golden Gate School, vice G.
/ Guaraglia, removed, and Mrs. M. Mumm
was appointed janitress of the Whittier
same to take effect April l.
]. P. Baloun was elected a special sub
stttute teacher of mechanical drawing in
the humboldt Evening School
c. NJ. Walker, head department teacher
of Latin and Greek in the Lowell High
School. was eletced a member of the
| board of examination of the city and
county for the term ending March, 1901.
Superintendent Webster submitted the
following, report in accordance with orders
and resolutions of the board on the as
signments of teachers he has made since
February %, 1899:
Miss A. Farnsworth Of the substitute list un-
der date Of September 8. 1897 is assigned to a
designated by the principal the vacancy being
caused by the transfer of E. Knowlton to the
vice principalship OF the Everett school. Miss
NJ. L. Boylan on the first day of March 1885,
transferred from the day unassigned list with
out pay under the date of May 10, 1s98 to the
the day unassigned list without pay, under
date Of September IA, 1898; Miss S. Boniface
without pay, under the same date; Mrs. NJ. s..
Stuart placed upon the evening unassigned list
Israel transferred on February % from the
evening unassigned list to the evening sub
stitute list. vice, Miss r. Johnson, deceased;
Miss A. ]. Rock of the evening unassigned
list under the date of January H. 1888 assigned
to a class in the Lincoln Evening School; Miss
J. Blum, L. NJ Shelly and Miss Dyer placed on
the evening unassigned and substitute lists.
There is no present necessity for the
formation of new class in the Horace
Mann Evening School.
Walter S. Brann. an attorney-at-law
and a high school teacher in the School
Department of the city and county, filed
a lengthy legal document with the board,
in which he charges E. c. fitzpatrick, a
teacher in the department, with insubor-
i'm IInnrGfpSSiOpo1 conduct
potency and evident unfitness for teach
ing" The complaint ends with a prayer
that the charges he makes receive early
investigation by the board.