The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
CITY TO BEAR
ITS JUST SHARE
Supervisors to Be Asked to
Provide for Schools Inde-
pendently Of State Aid
WANTS MORE PUPILS
Board of Education Directs
Teachers to Encourage an
Average Daily Attendance

The Board of Education decided yes
terday to follow a new method in its
request for the next fiscal years ap-
preparation from the Board of Super
visors. Heretofore it has been the
practice to include in the estimate a
request for an amount from the city
authorities which included the sum
contributed to the support of the San
Francisco schools by the State. In
this way the impression went forth that
the Supervisors appropriated the total
amount. whereas the sum contributed
by the city was but a small fraction of
the entire amount allowed. Last year
of the s1,361 900 set aside for school
purposes but 1920, 900 was appropriated
by the city, the remainder coming from
the State.
President Roncovieri, of the Board of
Education, has figured that under the
, new apportionment law this city will
receive sum estimated at 500, 000 AS
the city has nothing whatever to do
with this appropriation the Board of
Education will petition the Supervisors
for the balance only of the total sum
needed for the schools. The State
money can be used to pay teachers
salaries solely, therefote the city must
provide about $4,000 additional for the
purpose, which will require about ST.
000,000. The estimate is now being pre-
pared, and the Supervisors will be
asked to provide about $750,000 out of
the city's funds to be Joined to the
100000 allowed by the State.
circular issued yesterday by Rom
covieri to principals calls attention to
the new law basing the State appor-
tionment upon the average daily at
tendance, which will materially affect
the amounts to be received by this city
from the State. Principals are urgently
requested to enroll every pupil who
applies for admission, and if necessary
to resort to strenuous measures to pro-
vide the necessary accommodations.
The circular says:
We look to the teachers to exert their ut
most endeavors to increase the average daily
attendance comparative review OF the sta
tistics affecting attendance is not at all favor
able to San Francisco. But 80 per cent of the
children of school age attend the public schools
whereas high as 65 per cent Is attained in
some counties. Turn no prospective pupil away,
and whenever the overflow attendance justihes
il the board will erect a portable school 10 pro-
vide the requisite accommodations. secure
temporary quarters until permanent ones ar
provided
The circular informs principals that
the California Art Glass Works, United
Workingmen's Shoe Company. Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences, Union Iron
Works, Fulton Iron Works. San Fran
cisco Gas Company. United States Mint
and Consumers Ice Company have
agreed to allow public school pupils to
visit their works. Two weeks notice
must be given of proposed visits, and
the number of pupils is limited to -fif-
teen. thirty and forty. as the case may
be. Several other industries were con-
strained TO refuse permission to pupil
visitors on account of the danger from
the machinery.
The school week beginning Monday,
April II, and ending Friday. April 81
has been designated as the spring
vacation.
Rehearsals for the children's choruses
for the May Day festival will be held
in the Mission High School on March
%, "a, 80, April 4, 6 and Z.