Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “As a general thing the only persons who have a legal right to give orders to the teacher are his employers, namely, the committee in some States, and in others the directors or trustees. If his conduct is approved by his employers the parents have no remedy as against him or them.” ~ John Swett (1830-1913) Superintendent of California Public School System, "Father of the California public school" system, "Horace Mann of the Pacific"Source: John Swett's Biennial Report, 1864, page 166