The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-08-20
TEACHERS MUST
Be PUNCTUA[

The members of the Board OF Edu-
cation put their feet down yesterday
on two or ,hrss things, AT their meet
ing. for one thing. il was decided ,ha:
the practise some Of the teachers have
OF going abroad for vacation and then
asking for an extension OF their leave
OF absence would have 70 be checked.
50 8 resolution was passed thar in case
substitute was asked for it would be
for the whole fall term. and in case
teacher failed TO appear on. time
without notifying the board another
teacher would be put in the position
permanently.
This was brought up yesterday
through the application OF Miss
Blanche Soper for an extension OF her
leave. although there were other cases
in point. Miss Soper had been granted
leave OF absence before school
closed and asked that substitute be
provided until she could return The
substitute for the Normal School viii
be appointed for the term, therefore.
In the case OF Canon Mackintosh's
request for leave OF absence, the same
was granted for the fall term. but no
salary viii be paid during that time.
\ leave OF absence for three months
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The resignation OF Miss n. j. Cour-
sen Of the Central Grammar School
was accepted. and the former action
Of the board regarding the appoint
ment of Mr.. Muller 10 the kailua
school was sustained, in spite of the
letter OF Thomas Aiu OF Okana
An opinion from the Attorney Gem
eral in the matter Of the buildings and
Improvements put upon the grounds
of the Puunene school by F. P. Rose
Grams and the request OF Mr.. Rose
Grams for compensation for the same
was read. The Attorney General sid:
In response TO your request for the
opinion of this department as to the
power OF the Department Of Public In
Strpctiou 10 pay TO Mr.. F. p. Rose
Grams of Puunene. Maui, certain sum
for improvements which he has placed
upon school premises there located.
during the time of his occupancy
thereof as a teacher, and. further, as
10 his right TO remove the buildings
referred TO in your letter. and as TO
the right of the department 10 grant
him permission 10 remove the same,
we give you the following advice:
Where additions have been made
10 school premises by the occupants
thereof. and such additions are OF such
a permanent character as to become
fixtures, OF course they can not with
out the consent of the Department of
Public Instruction be removed from
the premises controlled by the depart
ment. There is no legal reason why
the Department of Public Instruction
should not be permitted TO pay for i'm
provements placed upon its property ii
the department believes that such i'm
provements are of value to it.
LAS TO the question whsther or not
it is a wise precedent to permit teach
ers to make improvements upon public
property, and then claim the value
thereof from the Territory, We do not
advise you: but so far as the improve
ments referred to in Mr.. Rosecrans'
letter are concerned, it would seem that
you should be somewhat guided by the
course you would have pursued had
Mr. Rosecrans applied TO the Depart
ment of Public Instruction for the i'm
provements which he from his own
means supplied for himself. The de-
partment has the power to permit i'm
provements upon school premises.
placed thereon by the occupants or
teachers, to be removed provided that
such removal does not cause injury to
the school premises"
OPPOSED TO SIDE JOBS.
The following resolution, passed On
August 3, is being sent to each teacher,
a gentle intimation that the sooner the
teachers drop their outside work the
better pleased the board will be. The
resolution is:
Resolved. That the board go on rec
ord as being opposed to the practise
of its teachers engaging in pursuits
which may in any way tend to take
time or interest from school work It
is felt that, with the restoration of
salaries, the board Is entitled to the
best efforts of all its teachers and that
recreation time should be used for
rest and recuperation rather than for
other vocations."
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