The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS.

The coming wear will determine the lust needs of the various
departments Of the city government and will make the tax levy
aggregate that agreed as necessary to keep
The municipal government gong
occupied the levy made They need only
support them respond the growth OF the city
and a their needs that growth and increase
lions 90 together they present emergencies suffering
no crisis may far less than their demands they
equal asked for But department excepted
Its needs great and It's condition eer-
gent This the school department 1t has to respond to increase
population laws making school attendance compulsory
It that equal facilities put within reach OF every child
of school age
The police and FIRE departments not hear from an increased
population long time but the schools hear OF in
the form OF demand for school more teachers and gen
expansion OF facilities Hence 1t is that change
the OF support Of the schools and withdrawn
other department OF government in large and growing city The
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decline the city is slowing If increase
required then the city has stopped in its tracks and standing
still II the school appropriation decline then it sure either that
parsmony the department that the city stumbling
The Supervisors had right then to expect large increase
the school appropriation and the people had right that
granted emergency that ntensfes
the situation The Legislature by law changed the basis OF ds
button Of the State school fund deprive the schools OF this
city large Of money annually We believe that San Fran
under this law will more State school tax than 1t
receives for the maintenance OF its schools 1t useless
now to discuss this law 1t seemed to be taking something from
the large cities to give to the country counties and the ternPta-
proved much perhaps for the of justice of the country
taxpayers only pay
pay addition enough the normal expansion
taken from the schools by this untmey law The Supervisors
expected finch the presence of this emergency The people
willing good many things government,
but they do demand efficient support OF the schools and willing
10 pay for It.
The makes education compulsory. This reinforced
by the child labor law which penalties child for doing useful
labor under years of age These laws, with the truancy
intended force into the schools all of the population of
school They taken of the hands of their parents and
the State parental authority them.
To reveal the increased responsibility which these laws put
the school department let the facts be disclosed There
enough accommodate sanitary
conditions the school population of this There teachers
enough teach them properly when the compelling hand of the
driven led school, The Board of Health
peced the sevnyhee scoohouss San Francisco and finds
oygh OF them unsanitary condition and dangerous
the health OF pupils and teachers The Board OF Health further
1t finds that these unsaniary school buildings
the health OF the neghborhood where they located We appeal
Board Supervisors consider these things The
children away from their and compes them school,
oyeigh seventy-three schoohoues exposes
disease death Such things be without moral
sponsby resting somewhere The people look the
for remedy and will cheruly submit taxation pay
the
reproach city
dons school buildings intensified they by overcrod
ing The pupils and their parents have right
demand only sanitary conditions school buildings but the
best opportunity for the teachers part and the children
things child that sckens dies result Of
sanitary school buildings is murdered by somebody.
appeal the Supervisors avoid appalling
responsibility by making sufficient appropriation for school purposes
The will applaud other branch of the
government but they will permit parsimony he with
lives Of their children