The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
FOR THE TEACHERS
Board of Education Votes TO
Count Experience Outside
City in Fixing Salaries
New Order Becomes Effective
January ! and Involves
About $4,000

one hundred and sixty teachers of the
public school department were present
ed with a substantial Christmas gift
yesterday by the board of education
when it allowed experience gathered in
schools within the state TO count in
their salary schedule. In passing this
resolution the board rescinded its action
Of some months ago, when it declared
that only experience had in the local
school department would avail for SAL
ary. The salary scale is a sliding one
and increases from one years TO 10
years experience. The act becomes eff
fective January 1 and involves a matter
Of s22, 900.
Director O'Connor introduced the res
olution- 1t reads:
To the Honorable Board of Education-Gentle-
men: Your committee on schools respectfully
reports that by reason OF the enlargement OF
temporary classrooms and the improved classih-
cation OF the primary and grammar schools, the
increase Of teachers during the term just ending
was less than estimated when the salary sched-
ule for the present fiscal year was prepared.
We that the amount thus saved will
be sufficient 10 allow the payment. commencing
January l. 1909, Of the increase for the expert
ence gained outside OF San Francisco, for which
the board felt it could not allow when consider
ing the schedule
We believe also it is possible that at the close
of the present fiscal year the board may be able
to take similar action for the term just ending.
We therefore recommend:
Ftrsf-That the teachers who have not during
the present fiscal year been allowed credit for
experience gained outside of San Francisco be
allowed snch credit, commencing with January
Second-Thst teachers entering this depart
ment from and after January 1, 1909. be allowed
credit for onehalf of their successful experience
gained as teachers Of public schools elsewhere.
Respectfully, AARON ALTMAN,
JOSEPH O'CONNOR,
School Committee
The resignation of Amy D. Campbell,
principal of the Jean Parker grammar
school, who has been associated with
the school department for over 35 years,
was accepted. In her place Nine. c. r.
Pechin, principal of the Glen Park
grammar school, was appointed. Miss
Janet Wade, vice principal of the Glen
Park school. was elected to the princi-
palship. Miss NJ c. Haswell, senior
teacher of the Jean Parker grammar,
was promoted to the vice principalship.
The resignation of Clara NJ Johnson,
principal of the James Lick grammar
school, was also accepted by the board
Miss Johnson has been connected with
the school department for 80 years Her
place viii be taken by Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Graham. assistant teacher of the
Mission high school
Miss M McLeran, a teacher of the
Crocker grammar school, was appointed
TO the new principaIship of the La
fayette school, to be established at
Thirty-sixth and Point Lobos avenues.
Miss Isabel Moore was elected a
teacher of domestic science to, take
charge OF the department of cookery. in
the Polytechnic school, ]. L. Crittenden
was appointed teacher of mathematics
in the Lowell high school and Miss Z.
NJ. McCue teacher of mathematics in
the Polytechnic high school. Miss NJ. J.
Dolan and Mrs. ]. NJ. Lytton were ap-
pointed first grade teachers and Miss
Evelyn Levinson clerk of the Hearst
grammar school.
Leaves of absence were granted TO
Mrs. Agnes J. Crook, Miss Edna Control
Miss Elizabeth r. Pettigrew, Miss En-
lily A. Wickham and Thomas j. Roes-
man.