Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
COMPLAIN Of WORK
ON SCHOOL REPAIRS
Supervising Principals Call At
tention to Alleged Faulty
Jobs-Teachers' Pay.

Protests against the repairs that have
been put into some Of the school build
ings during the summer and state
ments that some OF the job work done
on the inside of the schools has left
the buildings in worse shape than be-
fore have been made to members of
the supervising principals of the school
system.
Detailed reports of the exact status
of every piece of repair work in the
District will be given to William V.
Cox. president of the board. tomorrow.
1t is expected that every poorly done
job will be shown to the Commissioners
very soon. Mr.. Cox will be asked TO make
a tour of the buildings where faulty work
is complained of, SO that he can see for
himself. The members of the board OF
education most interested in repair WORK
will recommend, ii is believed, that one
member be appointed to have special care
of all repair work and see that ii is kept
at high standard.
A meeting of the supervising PRINCIPALS
Of every division was held in the ONCE
Of Supt Stuart this morning. The details
of every repair job were handed to Supt.
Stuart along with hundreds Of details In
regard to the organization and changes
in the schools. The report on the repairs
will he given TO Mr.. Cox, ii is expected
tomorrow.
Some Complaints in Detail.
Principal complaint on repair work
comes from Miss Flora Hendley. super
vising principal of the sixth division, and
from Hosmer NJ Johnson of the ninth
division.
Miss Hendley complains that some OF
the concrete work done in her schools Is
miserable She says that some or the
roofs in the schools are leaking ana nave
never been touched all summer. one
school in which the board had ordered
new floors had the desks torn up, Ii Is
said, the floor mussed up and the desks
put down again, without a change or I'M
provement in the flooring
The meeting of supervisors TO-DAY lasteo
from IL am. until 1 30 pm Recommen-
dations for promotions, changes and dis
missaIs were handed TO Mr.. Stuart 1nou-
sands of details of management ana or
ganiZation were gone into. IL Is beheVeu
by the officials of the SCHOOLS that no.
only every teacher be put to work on the
minute. but there will be room for more
teachers than Congress has provided Tor.
The question will not be Where can
we find a place for these teachers? but
Where can we find teachers enough
All Teachers Certified.
Mr.. Stuart said that every teacher
whose name is on the pay roll would be
verified and certified, and that it had been
the custom TO do this and that II prob
ably always would be the custom.
THE board of education would not
send any names TO the disbursng officer
If there were any doubt of their duties
having been performed. Auditor Twee-
dale, though. is perfectly right In scruti-
nizing the pay rolls carefully. When ne
does he will find every one or our teach-
ers doing a full days work.
TT stands to reason that if the pupils
are enrolled the teachers are needed. Ii
any classes have to be continued tenn
porarily in buildings other than their own
their regular teachers will start to teach
them in the temporary classroom Monday.
Every class will be started Monday. There
will be no dummy figures on the pay roll,
and every teacher. whether newly APP
pointed or not, will be put on the pay
roll, will actually do a full days work.
will be certified to and should be entitled
to draw pay.