New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
OPPOSED TO THE HOLT PLAN.
THE BOARD NOT LIKELY TO ADOPT IT.
VIGOROUS WORDS FROM MIR, P8HKiNs-A MILD
CRITICISM BY A TEACHER.

CRITICISM BY A TEACHER
II was said by several members OF the Board
Of Education yesterday that the plan for the r'sr'ag
OF teachers salaries viii probably be abandoned me
report Of the Committee on Bylaws fayoring Mr.
Hollis plan will be considered by the Board to-day
Willie many OF the members in favor OF tic pan 10
n measure calculated to correct abuses OF long St'hdn'
some are Outspoken against it. two-thiris vote Is
necessary to adopt the report, which anehus tue w.
laws There are twenty-One commissioners, % tn"C
eight votes will reject the report great many OF the
teachers who were at first opposed to the pan
now favor IL. The teachers IN primaries
generally regard 1t benefit and many OF tnem WoI
satisfied II the Holt plan were adopted without nlK
charge. But dozen amendments are deSied uhu WIZ
be presented from teachers In dlutrGnt uePTt @
ncrea salaries. would make necessary at least aDo
$4,000 additional appropriation Inc Boaru mas a.,
ready asked for $4,000 additional II INC iot pan ht
should he adopted and further Increase IL Il lhouShI
81 tbImk IL doubtful" said one COMMISSIONS yester
Gueston Tut that It is good plan and ought to be
adopted shall vote for 1t. But there are so many
slightly affected by that 1t Will be impossible TO recon-
ce ali interests" Another member lh0ushJ tnot the
teachers would be satisfied even II they were pet
tered by this plan. He concluded that the Dest way
was to let the present conditions stand aud TO use te
$50 OOO which the Board had asked FOR tie building OF
new school house II wOuld neatly build one In harem
and schools are needed there. - ,,,.,.
81 shall oppose the PLAN said Commissioners ferNi 10,
omphatcally Where Is tue fairness III reduclng me
salary of teacher who has served the city ialthny
for twenty-five years for the benefit of younger tedcbe
That is principle OF communism and II the Board docs
faithful teachers Will think that the HBuTe Oh
Justice has been SWEPT from its moorlnG
Many teachers will watch with great interest the re-
suit of to-days deliberations by the Board
paying tho teachers is admitted by all; that the Holt
plan is inadequate to remove them Is urged by many
- According 10 the present SYSTEM, said weil.ih-
formed teacher OF West side primary sehoOl, the
teacher finds very often mat saGn year t c
brings To her not the reward whch Is accoru 10
c,sl experience other branches Of labor nut instead
the humiliation which grneray artonHi u "reint of
each succeeding year she mas hersci III rereIpI vi
reduced salary, because she mas been ouu ackluH
In efficiency or bee ause her Ialthiess mas nceh ques
toned, but simply 6ecau'6 VI VI 'io 10 Ia
which she teaches haa fallen below tue average Oh thc
previous year. This mode Of procedure becomes the
more unusIbe when we cOhSdeT tHe tne ~ re-
school the more arduOus tht duties because Oh tno
difficulty OF classification, and indeed In schools where
tho Attendance allows OF but few assistants, edch one
has teach two grades in one classroom 10 Two dnc
being smaller one teacher of twenty-eight
years experience. with an excellent Teroin ~
receIves salary smaller than that awarded to many VINO
have only taught five year,. Ia another school an III!
vii outtlc the department TO the services OF ahO'rr
teacher. aud give TO euch member OF tDo corps an n
who have attended, aud the number who have gs.
school. is In a noichhorhood not sufficiently
". I%rTro are within it, compass this department
will snler the loss OF an assistant the salaries OF the re-
naming will be r3duced. with additional work
thrpnghout In OF the grammar dep rtmentS' II
having been deemed necessary to dispense with the
o! teacher alaiy OF several years "Npencs
wa compelled TO accept the lowest position ~ another
department These are not exceptional or extra
"WoTcver the Board OF Education has
| heCnuo dissatisfied with TINS uhDust treat
| mcnt OF the teachers aud ~ considorng lhr
Holt schedule. By TITS plan all salaries OF tie Pgl
mary school, and departments are To he divided mo
wrye classes iortysiX schools. because OF The small
number OF assistants allowed wHbe dcPIIIeuo nist
rl,-. salary: thrtyfpur viii he deprived OF the hrst
and second while others OF the hrs second, third.
fourth and NTH and all tor tho reason So wheh
toacner m one OF these very small schools shat! have
reached "A siXthcass salary, there she must De content
10 remain though she may hay" taught uUe"h t"rhLV
or oven thirty years. while another no more thl'hte
but more fortunate, may have passed slc'c-SlNrlJ
through each Of the twelve and reached me highest
In a very short In or the larger Srh"ols "a
teacher is required 10 pass through several rolu0 IONS
without receiving increase OF salary III one ch'n
sho shall have ~ receive eleven promotions before shc
will receive 5000 In almost all or the Schools the CN-
rcr.atcd teachers suffer reduction ACCORDING 10 the
| new arrangement. -, ..
I'm, proposed schedule f. faulty asO in this: that It
fails 10 recognize and reward length OF services, ana
tbt 10 sti supports the Olt-;.me ia1cloS mat inc
teaching az t. primary grades j. deserving or rate ot
comrcaslfiou lower Than lat ar the grammar SrateS
Iur ard af Education offers no induce ucnt 20 teach
er IA remain and give % the children large majority
OF whom never pursue the systcu beyond lhe primary
,raie. the benefit of thoir experienced te1chng. IN
nrlr 10 0bvlte an the evils which have enumerated
M t be- lpu-d by an who have the best interests oi the
.cu- at heart that the Bparu viii very soon adopt
frrIlc having as substitute FOR The present basis al
average Attendance, that OF length ot service, 40 that
the advancement OF the tecAer shall De- no 'hEe IN.
result of accident or favor but the mcr.ed reward Oh
! UcCcs-tul cNpcricucc.'