The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-13
RAISE TEACHERS PAY.
BOARD OF EDUCATION FAVORs DE-
VOTING 100000 TO INCREASING
THE SALARY SCHEDULE
COMMITTEE SUBMITS A PLAN
resolution .Adopted- Making Matri-
mony ths Equivalent of Resigna-
tion one THE Part of Women
reacheral--oRsiy those supporting
Families to- he Re-engaged-To
secure Offices Up Town


Secure Offices Up Town.
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The board of education, at it's meeting
last evening, practically decided to de-
vote $4,000 of the money received from
the one and q half mill extra levy allow
ed by the legislature to increasing the
salaries ofsthe steachers, and to allow
so'VoV OF the amount to the janitors.
furthermore, 1t was resolved In an iron
claa resolution, that all women teachers
VINO are married and whose husbands
are receiving salaries shall not be reap
pointed. and that the marriage of any
teacher will be considered the equivalent
OF a resignation
All OF the members of the board were
present at the meeting, and the salary
question was brought up for informal
d1scassion by Chairman McNair. OF the
salary comndttee, who was armed with
a oraft or a plan Of increase that he
wanted talked over by the board. The
scheme involved raising salaries on an
average of about 10 per cent. and If car
ried out would involve the expenditure
of about $4,000, Increasing the salary
budget to S366.570; and practically restor-
fore the reduction in 1897
L want to say right now that I am
for increasing Salaries" said Inspector
McNair
L want to have the Inequalities right
ed" broke in Inspector Fry
If you go to righting inequalities you'll
1nd that all the teachers will want an ad-
vance," protested Inspector E. O. Zim-
norman.
Supt Smith explained that it had been
thought advisable to say as little about
salaries as possible in going before the
legislature to ask for the additional mill
and half levy..st'We were afraid Of the
country MEMBERS" he said. ''They would
nave opposed a proposition to pay our
teachers SD, when they secure their own
for $2l, and en- that line of reasoning
would naturally Oppose any plan Of re-
lief. In our 'tetrenchment the teachers
have suffered equally with the people
that have lost their sittings. They have
done the additional work and stood a re-
ductton of pay. They don't expect a
great Increase" but want a change in the
right direction. III, T=sst
The teachers ought to have a share
of that mill and half" commented In
spector Franklin.
Then Inspector McNair read over his
rough draft Of salary reaprortionmcnt
plan, and there was a general discus
sion. The prevailing opinion appeared to
be, although there was some difference
in regard to the details, that at least
$40,OO0 should be given to the teachers
and $4,000 to the janitors. The matter
was left to the salary COMMITTEES, which
will meet at 9:3t today, to formulate it's
report. ,, -
obs {,,ot
discussion that followed that 1900 of
the $4,000 school children in ST. Paul are
attending parochial Schools; condition
of affairs that has arisen largely through
the lack of public school accommoda-
tions.
Supt. Smith raised the question of mar
ried women teaching in the schools He
stated that iffu spite of the rule against
1t there. We're q number of married .wom-
en- tea ching. Matrimony, he thought,
should be equivalent to a resignation.
Some Of the inspectors thought that eX-
ceptions should be made in cases where
the teacher Is supporting a. family, and
resolution was finally adopted provid-
ing that married women whose husbands
are in receipt of incomes shall not be
reelected as teachers, and that the mar
riage of any of the teachers shall be con-
sidered as the equivalent of resignation.
President Zimmerman suggested that
the quarters at the Central high school.
now occupied as Offices would make
three good school rooms and that it
might be advisable for the board to Sc
cure offices up town. The matter was
referred to the chairman of the schools
committee to look UP suitable rooms.
At the recommendation Of the commit
tee on schools Miss Clara Burr was
transferred from the position of kinder
garten assistant at the Longfellow school
to the same position at the Sibley school.
to date from May Is. designations wero
received from Fl. Schiffmann, janitor of
the Mechanic Arts high school, and
James Kluzak, .janitor of the Monroe
school. Frank Leven, was appointed to
the vacancy at the Mechanic Arts and
Joseph Scharfbillfg to the Monroe school,
The statistical report of the superin-
tendent for the month of May showed
the whole number enrolled to be 21,519;
average number attending, 20,215; average
daily attendapce.rt1 t1S,S9S, and the whole
number admitted, 24,320.
The superintendent was empowered to
fill temporary vacancies with substitutes
at So for the thigh schools, 81 for the
graded schools 81 for the kindergarten
directresses and SITS. for the kinder
garten assistants.+ A rule was adopted
requiring principals to report tardiness