The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-09-18
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your recent article upon teachers salaries
was wr9tcnryiihept a Ifull EpqwiSdge Of the
facts, and does Injustice 10 members of the
Board Of Education, trust you viii not be
unwilling 10 make,the following statement.
Four years ago W. W. and 2. Ross were
embloSei, as sppqiniendent and IGramra aar
School teacher, Ior hesmalEsaA 6f 81 100.
This was accepted as commencement and
with the encouragement that it would be in
creased etfaseiio vas given. ny lib
eral division Of this amount by the Super
intendent, he received only: $3.50 apd the
Graasuisr = ssboof teacher $50, Although
$40O and 800, and still greater difference
would have li4es, EOrs bn. acessaafce with
custom. For this same year Mr. CHM, as
/ teacher of an Intermediate and Secondary
School, received $500 He taugbtihe Gram
mar School the last term of the year in con-
sequence of the resignation of 2. Ross. The
salaries Of Superintendent and Grammar
( School teacher at the end of The year there
fore stood respectively $3.50 aud $500, a rel
atively small amount for the Superintendent
cy and large amount for the Grammar
| School, as every. knows who's familiar with
the saiafies customsfily p7id The two posi-
tions. This disProportioH bowen the sal
l,aries. Fps further ,iFcreRFedT ! The following
year BY raisine5 Nj Gihh ! salaryl TO $1JO,
an increase of so per cent, and Mr.. Ross
to $3.50, an n-increase of-only 46 per cent
This was acknowledged wrong snd nDfsir
by members OF the Board at the time but
was not righted. The next year Mr.. CHM
salary was fixed at $50, an increase of Z
Fper1ceBts and Mr. Ross st $780, an increase
Of s per cent. it was urged That The dTaul-
mar School salary was high enough and
they could not increase salary of Superin-
tendent without also distressing that Of Gram
mar School teacher and give satisfaction,
hence the small Increase of the cOmpensa-
ton Of Superintendent compared with the
amount asked for, viz 81 500. Mr.. Ross
was paid, however, for this year 81, 100 by
understanding Of the Board. For the last
year Mr.. Ross received $3.50, an increase of
% percent, and Mr.. CHM was paid $l0ee,
an increase Of IS per cent, although his sal
ary by the official action of the Board was
fixed at $500, the additional 800 being
paid in consequence of an unofficial arrange
ment which, although undoubtedly perfectly
honorable, gave rise to seSae' Dissatisfaction
on the part of portion Of the Board. Mr..
Ross, with an experience of II or 10 years
as a teacher in academic. high, and union
schools TO begin With, has acted duri4g the
last four years as Principal of The high
School with nearly Or quite all Of his time
employed in teaching, and superintended
the schools, a. work that has required from
4 . f,EA- n-.ce,. a,so,r Er tfion
to the nine months that the schools are
taught, for a net annual average salary Of
less than $1,000 per. year, whilst the super |
intendents of the sc6slls Of NOrwalk, Tiff |
fin and Bucyrus have during the same Pc
Rod reosiTed from 81, 200 10 $li50OiPer |
year, with only one-haf or more of their |
time employed in tesching. Yet Mr.. CHM
has received during that same period, we
venture to say, higher annual salary than |
any other Grammar School Teacher in the |
State, in citfesIof ahe size Of Fremont, and |
his present salary of $500 is much larger |
we presume than in any other town in the |
State except in cities of much larger size |
Norwalk paid last year her Grammar School |
Teacher 500, and Superintendent $l,500 |
Tiffin paid Superintendent $500 aud Bu- !
cyrus 81 ,450, but the last two places Cm
plOyed female Teachers in GFemmaC School, |
and we cannot therefore compare them.
Norwalk and Tifiin pay this year for Super |
intendent respectively 5000 and ST, 500, |
and Fremont 81, I,500, although she ehrolis |
$50 more pupils than either Of the cities |
mentioned. Mr.. CHM has been for the last
four years and will be for the next year the |
best paid teacher m the city of Fremont by |
many per cent. taking as q standard the sal |
aries customarily paid for the different
grades Of schools throughout the country,
and this any teacher of the corps or any one
else that is familiar with te-chers' salaries
will say. 81 D 'H'.f
Mr.. Ross has never charged during the |
past four years shat .his. Salsry y=Ras kept |
down through the political partialities Of
the BOardi although he never felt frePs in
consequence OF his political opinions, 10 de- /
mand such compensation as other Superin-
tendents we're receiving, nor &n amount at
all propoTiieqate 10 Fhstwaspaid the Gram
mar School Principal.
The Rev. Mr.. Lang, as President Of the |
Board, did not vote nor exercise any voice
in fixing salaries, but would have much pre-
ferred 90 have paid Mr.. CHM $1,000, so as
to avoid, as he expressed himself, any charge |
of political preference. MF. Lang is not
politician, does not wish TO be considered
such, aud naturally Feels that great injustice |
vas done in 50 charging him. IN o one ac-
quaiuted with the Rev. Lang, or his official |
action 10 connection with the School Board, |
can believe that be has been influenced by |
political considerations, and for this fact
Mr.. CHM ought. and undoubtedly would be |
wiling to Y6tich. 0lil lHIiHJ =
As an experienced Teacher of long con-
nectiop with the Schools, u. would perhaps |
have been % more than libefal u iii33vis FIX
ed Mr.. Ginn's salary st 81 900, as the Su-
lperin.endent would have preferred; but we
cshnpt see Chat ariy great Outrage has been
done OF that Mr. Gmn iBs any cause q lconf
plsiu4 OfeF other teachers as to amount OF l
salsry. Again, this same Board passed |
over the names of half dozen other appli /
cants, and employed SIS a new teacher the /
niece aud ward of Mr.. Gipu, who has been
dependent % him for sqDpdtsS Did hif
seem like acting politically against Mr..
Ginn's interests
1t seems 10 US, in VieE Of the foregoing |
facts, and especially Of certain other reEela-
tons that might b. mlde in connection with /
the Schools during the past four years, that
the charge of running the Schools polite |
ally can only be made with very i'll grace.
= e any member T lh7pTesent Of past Boards
has 6eez f1fusheed ,by pQlitiSsF eonsidera--
tions, every weii-Tisher of the Schools must
agree that it is reprehensiala. apd wrong, as
teachers, ministers. and every other cless OF
American citizens should have the privilege |
Of entertaining End-eKprqsing thgr poliacsl
alOpinionsson al proper occaSioBsI Witlfout 4
being subjected TO prescription in their bus |
mess and professional duties therefor.
JUSTICE.