St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-02

one teacher for each forty pupils, and this is
probably the limit for the highest efficiency
But 1t Will be necessary now to raise the num-
Der of pupils to forty-tve or fifty, as expert
ence may decide SO that most of the new
teachers may be dispensed with, and that the
present force may be still further reduced by
leaving vacancies rs designations occur.
There are now in the hands of the superin-
tendent the designations Of fourteen leach
ers as heretofore appointed If the
teachers of German in the lower
grades under contract engagement with the
Board be transferred to these vacancies, no
employe to whom its faith has been pledged
need be left without place: while by leav-
ing the remaining vacancies unified aud
making no new appointments as additional
designations occur, total saving of S9,OJ0iu
teachers salaries can be ACCOMPLISHED
A recapitulation shows the following pos
sible reductions i'll the total of teachers sal
aries to comply with the ordinance of the
City Council:
Schedule advances .......S $3.50
High school department 4 $50
Night schools Observation-Disclosures, 3O0)
Nliuer9artehs ............... ....... LOO
New teachers. 150OO
Vacancies at least - 5000
German, below Seventh grade .....:.' 1850
Total reduction SSO70
The ordinance of the City Council requires
also reduction of 5000 in the amount to be
H.,
only place in which reduction of salaries
seems to be justified by the records is in the
case OF jalitorS and other EN- ployes The
total pay roll of these employees was more
that $50 higher in July, 1892, than i'll July,
1891. We believe that considerably more
than the 500 N entioned cIn be saved b. ere
without serious injustice or injury to the
care OF the schools. TO carry out the changes
enumerated and explained above your com
mittee recommends the adoption of the fol-
lowing resolutions. all to take effect from
date:
Resolved by the Board of School Inspectors
of the City of st. Paul:
1. That all advances in teachers salaries.
according to the present schedule. be sus-
pended for the year beginning Sept l, 1892;
provided that this shall apply only to saIa-
rleS exceeding $50 per IN )nth
2. That the branch high school be discon-
tlnued and that sucn reductions be made in
the salary list of the Central high sho1las
pointed out hereinbefore, as will effect the
total reduction of not less than ST. $50 in the
high school salary list
3. That no change shall be so construed
as to reduce the salary of any principal below
the amount received last year.
4. That no increase shall in any case ac-
crre to the salary of any principal By reason
of the addition to his building of a kinder
garten room.
5. That the estimated expenditure for
night schools be reduced for the ensuing year
from 5000 to 5000.
6. That the estimated expenditure for
kindergartens during the ensuing year be re-
duced by $1,000.
Z. That the estimated expenditure for new
teachers for the ensuing year be reduced
from Sl6.5o0 to Sl.5tO
s. That instruction in the German Ian
guage be discontinued in all the schools in
rooms below the Seventh grade. and that the
special teachers of German be paid the SEIZED
ule grammar salary for teachers of English,
and the assistant teachers of German be paid
the schedule intermediate salary for teachers
of English, instead of the salaries heretofore
received.
o. That the Superintendent of Schools be
directed to appoint at once to vacancies now
existing i'll the corps of teachers of English
all teachers of German not needed for the
work OF the Seventh aud Eighth grades; and
that no new appointments shall be made
thereafter, as designations occur, until the
net reduction of salaries by reason of such
vacancies shall amount to 5000; pupils be-
ing LETT uncared for being provided for by
increasing the number allotted to each
teacher from forty TO forty-five or more, as
may be necessary
TO- That all assistant janitors in the en-
ploy of the Board, except the assistant iani-
tor at the high school building. be discharged
IL. That all firemen in the employ of the
Board. except at the high school building and
the Madison school building, be discharged;
and that the two firemen excepted be EN-
ployed no more than five months in each
year, ending with the LIST day of May
II. That the Committee on Fuel and JAM
tors be instructed TO report to this Board. at
It's next regular meeting new schedule of
1anltors' salaries, based on the schedule in
force in the month OF January. 1892 with
such increase, in some of the cases where as
slstant janitors were formerly employed as
will give fair compensation to the ianitor.
andienable him to hire other help on those
occasions when it may be necessary Pro-
vided that this schedule shall show a net re-
ducton of at least $1,000 in the estimate of
salaries for janitors and assistants. engineers
and firemen.
Ali of which is respectfully submitted.
j. G. PYLE
G. IL. BRIDGMAN
Inspector Smith moved to divide the re-
port and refer the same to the respective |
committees.
Inspector Stamm moved to accept the re-
port. iTl.s
The motion of Inspector Smith receiving
no second, and the roll call being upon the
mollon OF Inspector Stamm, which was
seconded by Inspector Bridgman, the report
was accepted, approved and confirmed by
Yeas - inspectors Auerbach, Bridgman,
Keane, Pyle and Stamm-5.
Nays-Mr: President (Scheffer)-1.
Excused from Voting Inspector Smith,.
On motion of Inspector Keane, it was de-
termlned that the teachers of German who
may be assigned to teaching other branches.
as contemplated by the report of the Special
Coinmittee or ways and Means, be not re-
qulred TO pass an examination
On motion of Inspector Bridgman the
schools were ordered to be closed on Monday,
the ?th OF September, the same being Labor
day
The President invited the attention of the
Board to communication received through
the Mayors office. advocating observance by
the public schools of the four-hundredeth
anniversary of the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus
Referred to the Committee Oh schools
Adjourned.
EDWARD w. WHITE. Secretary