Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-01
City School Board.

in secret.
City School Board.
1t was not until S:45 last night that quo
rum was obtained iu the City School Board,
when there we're present Edgar Suowden,
esq, Chairman, ADD Messrs. Richard L.Carue,
Superintendent OF Schools, and Addison, S.
4 Beach, w. f. Carne, Gregory, Kemper and
Wlittcscy.
The minutes having been read and ap.
proved,
MIR. Addison, from the Committee on Fl
nance ard Accounts, reported Is correct bill
of the Gaz"tte Job Office, for printing and
binding three hundred copies of the Superlu-
tendcnts Annual Report, $50, which was or:
dered to be paid He also laid before the Board
request from james +. Piper, Vice Presi.
dcut aud George W. Bryant, Secretary, OF the
Board of Trustees of Lee and Seaton School
Houses, asking thai $50 be paid to George L..
Scatou. uat of rent. which, 90 motion
OF Mr.. * mpcr, was referred to the Commit
tee op Finance and Salaries
On motion Of Mr.. w. E. Carne, the neecs-
sary appropriations we're made, and the same
committee authorized to arrange Tor the pay.
ment of the notes due the Cltizens' N,tioua
Bank, this month, as we'll as to borrow what
ever sums may be needed for that purpose.
Mr.. Kcmper from the Committee 90 School
II uses and Furniture, presented bill OF 5.
II. Janney, Tor Insurance 90 Lee and Seaton
school bulldogs, $50. which was ordered to be
paid He also presented q bill Of the City
Treasurer Tor Two per cent commission Oh the
S tt anpDrtonucnts sloce 1872, amounting to
some $40. which, on motion OF Mr.. w. +.
Carnc, was referred to the special committee
On he -ubject of the Treasurer's claims.
This Superintendent then offered the follow
lug resolutions, which, on his motion, were
referred to the Committee Oh Finance and Ac-
counts. viz
Resolred, lst, That the salaries of teachers
b. ike. as follows for the first year OF service,
VIZ: Principals who have charge of schools
having three hundred pupils or more. $500;
principals who have charge Of schools having
pis, 500; principals who have charge Of
schools which have less than two buodred pu
pits. 5000; vice principals, $4OO; assistants,
$3.50. 81 the first year Of service Shall be uu-
derstood an entire session Of ten moths. and
not two partl OF different sessions aggregaung
THAI TN.
Resolced ID, That these salaries shall be in
creased annually by the addition of fifty dollars
uutiI the following rates shall have been reach
ed, viz: Principals who have charge of schools
Of thru hundred or more pupils, $1,000; prlu,
cipals who have charge of schools having be
tween TWO and three hundred pupils, 5000;
princl pals III charge OF schouls having less han
two hundred pupils, $500; vice principals, 5000;
assistants, S5UU.
Resolved, That no salary DOW paid shall be
Diminished by these resolutions, and that .hc
present session shall be reckoncd, as far a. in
crease oil salary is concerned, the first term OF
service OF the teachers now employed, except
in The ease mentioned 10 the 18th resolution.
RcsolCed Sd, That 20 principal shall be Gu
titled to Increase OF salary uuless he or she shall
have been rated at ninety per cent at the last
preceding cxaIDnatl0n; no vice principal, un
less he or she shall have been rated ut eighty
live per cent, and 10 assistant unless he or she
shall have heen rated at seventy i've per cent.
ReSOlUcl 4:h, That the aggregate amount
of salaries shall, in no year, exceed the appro.
priatipn for salaries made by this Boa'd; but
that 10 case that am 'uut shall not BE- >utticrot
to Increase the salaries OF all v ho would be en-
titled to Increase, the teacher who has been
longest 10 service shall have his or her salary
increased first, and if there be two or more Of
equal service that one Of those so equal who
stall have been rated highest at his or her last
examinations; and no salary shall be g second
tim increased uulil the salaries Of all who shall
be entitled shall be 80 increased. Provided,
however, that the salary of 10 teacher now re-
ceiviUg more than three hundred aud fifty dol
lars shaI! be increased until all the teachers
who receive that sum or less and who may be
eutited to Increase, shall reach four hundred
and fifty dollars.
H. explained that it was not his intention to
ask for more money for the salaries OF teachers,
Ut merely to provide plan by which, with
the amount OF money DOW paid, the sata-
rlcs OF achers OF long serVlc, would DE raised,
while those OF new teachers hereafter appoint
ed would be made corrcspoudlngly less han at
present. He cared little about the amouots
named 10 the resolutions, but only sought to
have their principle established. lie also of
fercd the following resolution, which, on his
motion, Was referred TO the special committee
Oh Lee aud ScatoD School Houses, viz
Resolred, That the Clerk inform the Board
OF Trustees of Lee and Seaton School Houses,
that alter the close OF the present school session,
no rents will be paid for those buildings, but
that they will be kept iusured and 10 repair at
he cxp:u oil this Board.
AIS, the following addition to the 9TH by
law, 10 meet The case Of teacher receiving less
than dollar day:
"Provded, however. that no teacher shall
be required TO pay more than she receives,
Aud al $50, the ,ard adjourned.
The Connecticut election will take place
next Monday. The Legislature to be elected
will select United States Senator to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Senator Ferry,