Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-25
CITY School SsOafsi.

DSnt, present. superintendent Itfoe, acsiug |
as Clerk, and Trustees s. +. Beach, Bu.ke, |
Gregory, Kcmper, Mchotzie aud WHIT.
tingtou.
The Chairman uct bciGg present At tie
opening, Mr. McKcrzis was elected Chairman
pro tem., and occupied :hc chair during lie
whole session.
Messrs. a. Il. Addison, Edgar Suowlcu,
John S. Beach aud o. {. Whi;tlcscy. rcccct
cd By the City Council Trustees Of Public
Schools for three years from The 29th Of Octo
Der last, aud Wm. W. Herbert, ESD, appoint
ed by tile Board Of Education u trustee i0r
| Snowdeu district, TO fill the vacancy occasl1nci
by the removal iron The district Of YIN i.
Carne, ED, then took the CO h of 2Eicc before
the City Superintendent ana their seats a.
members of the Board.
The minutes OF the last meeting We're thcu
read and approved.
Mr. Kempcr, from the Committee on Sehoo!-
houses and Furniture, presented bills Of jos.
Hopkins, a. S. Perpeoer and Janac5 4 Co.,
which were, on his motion, referred 20 the
Committee On Finance and Accounts.
Mr.. Burke, from the Committee 90 Finance
and Accounts, reported as correct the ioi'owlog
bills. which were ordered to &c PAD, VIZ:
Alexandria Gaz,ttc job Office. registers ard
other books, blanks, H., s7o;25 (ot which
Sal. 55 had tec3 paid by the Superintendent
.lrcm the Peabody grant,; Thomas Hoy, re.
pairs to stoves aud new pipes, 5000; A. >.
Perpencr, wood, $40; Janaey L TO-, paints
and glass, $50; 6. Il. Price, late Cliy Scav-
eDger, work at Washington bulldog, 500.
Tue Superintendent laid before the Board
the following letter, viz:
nov. II, 1876
$40 the School B0tlra.
"Fiuding that entire rest, Tor aJilis slu.4 Is
absolutely necessary 10 tie full reotGr&tlon o.
my health am compelled 10 resign my posi-
tioG as Prlucipa! oil Lee School, to take effect
GU the lst oil January, 1877.
Il tender ny resignation win lnaU} ragrat3
and earnest wishes for the SUCCESS 81 he
school. Respectfully,
MARdARETTA Law.
lie l:u7eG tI:s acceptance OF tho Te5graiCa
aud that the thanks Of The Board lie rendered
Miss Law ior her services sna2 tic orgabiZs-
ton ut the schools.
Mr, kemper said that liz hal c3u7tIsed
With member OF Miss Law 5 family On The
subject, and thought that II she Was allowed 4
leave OF absence hcr resignation NIGH: become
unnecessary.
Tie Superintendent. sald chat nc had u1dcr
stood from Miss l. that she o0id not cJntiGuc
10 teach without great danger, i.ut that lie vas
pe.lecI? willing. q r1ursc. Il "tEiEaW his
motion.
Aod II was accor,l.nsI, ordered, uoan,mous-
", that leave Of absence, wlthout pay, re
: granted to Miss N. Law, Principal Of Lee
} School, from January lst 10 April l$s, 1871,
and that the Vice Principal take charge o! ter
school, and assistant teachers in their order Of
} the schools above theirs, pew temporary
! teacher boiAg chosen 10 teach No. t.
) The Superintendent then nominated Mis- 80.
Lille Phillips, Lola Johusou, sud Ada Gfigg
for that position, aud Miss Lille Phillips was
unanimously elected.
. 90 lno,ioa Of Mr. ke;upri, the Clerk VAS
authorized and directed 10 collect the rent Ct
the store On King stree! rtnted Is Mr.. Avery
as broom factory.
The Board then took up the resolutions re
lstinc TO he scaling OF salaries, reported frnnl
) the Committee on Finance and Accounts Z. ;Il.
, last meeting, and after GiGg The blanks aGp<
cd them az 4 bylaw, rs follows:
XVI. The salaries Of teachers Tor tic frs:
year of service shall! be as follows, w:
Principals who have charge Of schools !iav.
, ing three hundred pupils or more eight hun.
dred dollars;
Principals who have charge of schools hav.
ing between two and three hundred pupils,
J seven hundred dollars;
:. Principals having charge Of schools having
! less than two hundred pupils, six hundred dol
lars
Vice Principals: four hundred dollars
Assistant Teachers, two Eundrel aud fifty
dollars;
BY the first year OF service shall be unIcr-
stood 40 entire session OF ten months, and not
part OF Two sessions, aggTegatiug tina! time.
These salaries shall be increased annually by
the addition Of twenty five dollars, uot the
following rates shall have been reached, w:
, Principals havu charge OF schools of turcc
hundred or more pupils, nine hundred dollars
Principals havicg charge Of schools haTiog
: between TWO and three Euadred pupils, eight
! hundred dollars
Principals having charge Ct schools having
less than two hundred pupils, seven hundred
. dollars
Vice prncipaIs five hundred and fifty dollars;
Assistant teachers, four hundred AID fifty
dollars. (Mr. J. S. Beach novel to make this
five hunurcd, but the motion was LOST
= No salary paid at the time Of tay alop-
ton of this bylaw, November 18th, JS7G,)
shall be diminished by its operation, and the
school year, 1867, shall be rcckoned. as far
as increase of salary is coocerncd the tirst term
| of service OF the teachers now employed except
10 the case meolioned ia the fourth section OF
this BY law.
3. No principal sha! be entitled 10 Increase
OF salary unless he or she shei! have been rated
at ninety per ct. at the last preceding czau,i
nation no vice principal, unless ne or shall
have bcco rated az s. per Ct; and no assistant
unless he or she shall have been rated at seventy.
five per cent.
i. The aggregate amount 81 salaries s!;ali
in no year, exceed the appropriation ltr sa!-
aries made by this Board, but. 10 case thai
amount shall not be sufficient to Increase
the salaries OF all who may be en!L vi 10
Increase, The teacher who has been longest in
the service OF the Board, shall have lis or her
salary Increased first; aud if there be lwo CT
more Of equal service, that one Of those SO
equal Hho shall have been rated highest at his
or her last examination; and 90 salary shall be
q second time increased uotl! the salaries OF All
! Io1 ohoi hor