The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23

Election of teachers for the en-
suing year was one of the prin-
cipal items of business of the last
meeting of the board of education.
The minimum salary for element
airy teachers was raised from 5000
to $3.50 a year. The maximum
salary for grade teachers now is
$1,000 a year.
There are some insistent de-
mands for salary increases. Con-
ferences between representatives
of the Teachers association and
the committee on schools, supple
mented by the committee on adj
ministration and finance, have
been held. These sessions have
been quite heated at times.
Another feature of the last
meeting of the board Of education
were large delegations from the
Woodland region and the Park
Point district, demanding better
school facilities. The Woodland
ers maintain that, by virtue Of the
bond issue last July, the Cobb
school has a legal right and pref
erence to it's portion of the money.
An addition to the school is i'm
peratively urged. Legal action
is limited as a strong possibility
if the board does not grant the
relief asked.
The Park Pointers urge a con-
solidation of the Whittier and
Radisson schools and the erection
Of an entirely new building at
some point between Twentieth and
Twenty fourth streets, thereby
giving a school that can be used
by residents at both ends Of the
point as well as those. more CEN
trally located.
Some of the board members.
strongly favor granting the de-
mands of both sections Of the city.
Others believe that the central
section of the city should be put
in high condition Of efficiency
and then the outskirts given at
tention after that.
The Woodland delegation de-
clared that if another bond issue
was necessary to give needed re-
lief to other sections of the city
than Woodland then the Wood
landers would heartily join in vot-
ing such bonds next July.
Conditions are. rather desperate.
on Park Point. Children of school
age are denied reasonable facili-
ties. The existing buildings are
unsanitary and the Whittier is a
dangerous fire trap. Sewage backs
up into this building and, at
times, the stencil is something
terrible. Director Firoved visited,
the school when the sewage was
at food tide and it gagged him
so that he was compelled to rush
out of doors and throw up his
dinner.
The Park Pointers have briefed
their cause comprehensively as
follows, viz:
The people Of Park Point main
tain that the condition existing
in their schools is shocking, dis
graceful and dangerous, owing to
the following facts:
First. The same toilet is used
for boys and girls.
Second. The toilet is located in
a dark basement room without
lights and without ventilation.
Third. Sewers frequently back
up into the basement, covering
the floors with sewage to a depth
at times of six to eight inches.
Fourth. There are no proper
facilities for ventilation, conse-
quently it is almost impossible to
maintain a proper temperature
or fresh air in the rooms.
Fifth. The furnace is in such
condition that SCOT and dirt are
projected into the rooms to such
an extent that the children may
write their names in SCOT on each
others back.
Sixth. The stencil and foul 3D.
ors in the rooms are at times IN
bearable for children as well as
for teachers.
Seventh. Children have been
forbidden by physicians to attend
the schools of Park Point, and
numerous families moved away
every fall for the reason that they
dare not take the risk of allow
ing their children to 60 to such
schools.
Eighth. The buildings are old