New-York tribune., 1899-11-14
RICHMOND NOT TO BLAME.
CONTROLLER COLER THINKS THE CITY
SHOULD RELIEVE THE BOROUGH.
TuIRTY.TWo PUBLIC SCHOOLS THERE
MAY BE CLOSED-THE SITUATION IN
o1rEENS-TEACHERs ALL LOYAL.

,,.,.or Van wvck and Controller Coer had
talk about the schools yesterd : ana tne Con
troller said he thought something shouid DC oone
N holm the School Board Of Richmond Borough out
of it's trouble II was not right, he declared tnat
the Richmond school Board should be deprived OF
,,o sso oco which was allowed by the Board OF Es-
,imate and afterward lost in the reapporuohmen'
OF tho school funds In the Borough ot |ue"S'
Mr. Coler said the School Board spent 'he aPpio
nriatio1 for twelve months in about ten noH''is
and also spent large sum obtained l,oI" Wv
otber boroughs I'VE ought to do something TOT
pIchn,opd" the Controller said, but at present
NO cannot tell what can be done. We cannot issue
bonds and there is no provision In law by which
the Board of Estimate can supply the ue"OIe".'
Gov This year. do not think the schools In Rieh-
mond will be closed and there woulh pe no eM'
for closing the schools In the other boroushs.
Navor Van Wyck refused to talk about tne
trouble in the schools He received letter from
r,ttle president OF the Board OF Educatioh
saying;
heg 70 acknowledge the receipt Of your com com
munication OF the 10th inst relative 70 d one o1id
sly q kefpnE within aa4ee 'Sf T yo8 and viii
frs opportunity TO lay the matter % Hoard OF
OF Education and the Borough ScHoo' D0"'N
Manhattan.
CITY superintendent Maxwell in speaking OF '"e
situation In Richmond said;
Anv teacher who would leave his or her appointeSa
duty because of temporary embarrass;nemnts EN- ;lty
regard the payment OF ssaG5 az ethics
public school teachers duty calls upon eat h of his
his pulls and the s3te wbb to ay l be exceed
ingy embarrassing do not say ybic5 tgS' pubIic
en1 msht wSnd R9 arse bs in esgns
even temporarily ceasng to work ~ Is sbnd ever
able however that these an yo things
feel certain First, the PUBLIC school teachers i an
sense Of duty and professional pride to permit the
closing of the peoples scho9s as lohg t ~ 'i1S os
schools h Be kSR 2 Of ne will
hermit any teachers In her public schools to- lose
any money that is rightfully their due or TO iaoor
without legitimate remuneration
There will be a meeting Of the Richmond Bor-
ough School Board this evening at which action
will probably be taken as the scarcity OF funds
with which to run the schools The Board may or
der the closing Of the thir-ytwo public schools In
the borough. The salaries Of the school teachers
are behind, and It IS said that they have served
notice that they will not teach the remainder OF
the year without pay
President John T. Burke Of the School Board
says that should the School Beard decide to close
the schools State Superintendent Charles Skinner
would probably reopen the schools and pay the
expenses but the city would eventually have TO
reimburse the State.
The Borough BOARD Of Queens may order the
close The teachers seem determined 10 remain at
their posts in spite Of the fact that the money 70
pay them has been expended. This seems 10 be
the almost universal determination on the part Of
the teachers. The Borough Board will meet on
Thursday when some definite action is expected.
The Teachers Association Of the borough will
meet on Saturday afternoon. The meeting will
GERS Of the association wish have no publicity.
The outlook Tor the year $500 Is that ten school
tSree thousand chdreR out Of school sixty teach
ers at least must be transferred from queens to
and as Brooklyn and Richmond seem to be in
much the same situation as Queers Manhattan