New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS EXCITED.
TOB CUT DOWN.

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Tho pubIic school teachers especially he women =.
arc disturbed. over the possible Gu ing down o.
their salaries. The Board OF AppOrilOnmt NJ this
var er1nt,d for the schools $40 600 less han tire
| estimate made by the Board of Edu atIOu. The
lat or body ~ engaged IN determining now the dli-
| fer nee shall be made up the Execq I've
! COMMITTEE have handed me subject
over o. the Finance Committee for conaidrr non.
| Tn Exrcutfee Ionm tee will probably make a
rruort ~ the mretng OF tho bOari Oh Wednesday
nxt The plans already discus, ii for making gOp !
the deficiency of $4,000 me udr z, neral rcdu"
ton Of teachers earl "A reduction OF the Nla-
ries of iema.e eachrrs TIE closing OF TIE colofed
schools. the scuarVc OF spcci3 eacher-, etc. Ihe
result his been state OF alarm among al the
! teachers The r1uOr went out that the salaries ~
fema e teachers were t. b. ca down, while tn SO
of tne male ie,cheys would remain uu O1c OF rus
was re,e we'd with ind gnJ;i n Nv the womel
Many ica hrs have cale1 at TIE Office OF he Is ari
Of nducatIon in Giand->i. wI;hln tho ~ few 81 ~
eX, laimcl " T,io Board Of AppOr I0ninent Ought
TO havr .ts ears pa 10. " All were OF t1e OPINION
tnai tho fam Law ~ h that DO " Tie Bori OF
EldC1tiJn, they saId, was ahXou 10 40 me nest
D sslolg for the teachers, nut That podY MAJ been
paced IN a prodicament b, not having suihc"n ~
large aUpg,.pr al H. You may say Il has ." on
wodiat remarked 10 a TRIBUNE reporter, " that the
SalaII,s lacy o2Chcrs Hil' ro b eat down." al
she looked - IL sac mrant IT, Incre was much
comment on She action of the ara IN
increasing she sal ~ of the president OF the Normal
ScAoo! $500. that his salary was maze 97,JOO
Will now there was talk of reducing other salaries
"And Normal School training AZ not as.essrn ldl
els her ~ our eocimOn Schools one teacher sald.
superintendent Jasper sand hai no acton hal yet
been ken. here nave been various Jla uno or
discussOn," ne state among them the pro Osal
reduce the maximum saiaies OF the lady teachers
Those are maximum teachers who have taught for
TO .rtecn years. hey receive the maxlmu II salary
allowed in their grade report Oh The ma icr will
oe made next Wednesday, pGO1ahly."
Inc ~ ximum salaries are ron -, 20 20 $4,000
tor male teachers 10 the amman SCHOOLS, aHd from
81 200 to 800 for fcnIar ia hers; 10 primary
sc no lls, from u 900 to $3.50.
Complaint b been made that teachers who are
gIgt Fl.gI IA tfl ga
no sa ary aud mat ,hoac WHO i'll their puc 4
por ri receive only onrthird th'r gular ~alary.
superintendent Jdsp SAID of tins: 9" 1t ~
OF 80. lwO rules hold good IN cas'
OF sickness First, any teacher vino
has served live eer, and has clear record, Will 10
exeus d. Il SICK for three months 10y the BOIrd, with
lull Iay on the ,commeudt iOn OF the tTus,ees of
the waId. SECONDLY. The sub,titute's paw ~ de-
duct.d IRON tho teachers salary, AT the rate OF
81 / I a day, up To certain time ! have here on
my roll tine name of young lady who was absent
forty DAYS III 1880, sixty DAYS in 1881. and 120l3
DAVIS in 1852, Tor illness she excused az tirst
for three months, then lDr five months. 90 full ply,
the suOstituts wages being deduc ed at the rate OF
81 IL day"