The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
rIcHxoxD SCHOOLS MAY CLOSE.
Teachers Unpaid and the Borourh Onin'r's
Treated SAYS President Burke.

Treated Says PTeetutnt
Educational matters in Greater New YORK
are badly mixed on the financial aide. inc nrook
Ign school teachers are suing for their salaries:
there isn't enough Of a balance, so President
Little OF the Board OF Education says. to pay
the local schedule in this borough, and from inc
Borough OF Richmond comes threat that OIL
public schools will be closed next Wednesday
and either there will be no moro public education
there until the Board OF Estimate ana
Apportionment arrangcs for the payment oil teach.
ors and janitors, or the State Department Of
Public Instruction will DO asked TO step IN ana
take charge II is this muddlo In hichmonu
borough that chiefly worries the educhuonai
officials In the general apporuonment OF iGn s,,
in 1893, tho amount set aside ior hlcnmonu ny
The wear 1889 was s25T. 900 but the Central
Board Of Education in determining the quota
70 each borough on basis OF eaChe e, ,hs sum
500 900 Az the rate 81 payment adopted IN
Staten Island tho remainder Of 100000 was n
President j. r. Burke Of the School Board OF the
Borough of Richmond saw the Comptroller nnn
the Corporation Counsel about this last mpn.n
and o says that they authorized him to Keep
the schools open. saying that some ARRANGEMENT
would be made to pay the salaries Of The teachers
on Friday. however the Board Of Estimate ana
Apportionment declared that the action OF the
School Boards Of Queens and Richmond counties
was Illegal. in fixing salaries In excess o. .ns
70 appropriate extra money The resolutions
said that mo injustice can result TO said teachers
because by receiving Salaries IN ~ tSsv have
In fact received full years pay In the ias' zen
months" , -,
though the salaries " the teachers are In arrears
they expect 70 get them through the courts In
Richmond, however, President Burke declares
that the teachers will not be asked TO continue
to tesch unless the whcrewithal TO pay them Is
in sight S.,..,
"nnd ask that the schools b. closed ut once u
may be that the School Board will send in their
designations TO the Mayor Money that we should
have had has been diverted TO Brooklyn and
Queens where the apIortionmcnis have been
increased. This is unfair 10 US s.,,o,
Some of the members OF the Richmond Schooi
Board have suggested that the State Supetinien-
dent Of Public Instruction he asked TO take INC
schools in ehn,Sc furnish ie'Ghss sd II =, when hs sS
The Board of Estimate and Apporuonmrnt re-
CARDS this as bluff. ,.,
The Richmond people won't appeal TO me ota,o
Board" said a member Of the Board Of Estimate
and Apportionmrnt. nor will they close the sehOs
II they did the teachers would get nothing where's
II they stick they can sue the city ana can ge'
the minimum salaries under the Ahrcnn law;
ssnyywsy regard n, NJ, position OF the Richmond
The Finance Committee OF the central Boarn
Of Education will probably ask the board OF
Estimate and Appor,ionm"nt to allow money
enough TO pay the salaries Of teachers, as they
ore now determined by the Ahearn law. up To
Jan l. Another scheme IL 10 lump all the money
remaining Of the various school appropriations
and divide IL among the teachers OF tn" various
boroughs NO that all teachers will get The MINI,
mann salaries President Little of the board oi
Education Of Manhattan gave out statement
yesterday in reply TO Mayor Van Wyct'S letter
critcising the school officials for going over
their appropriations Mr.. Little says that the
Manhattan Board of Education has not acted
contrary 10 the law. and that an Interpretation OF
the Ahcarn law is necessary Ito determine the
exact status Of the matter here. On Wednesday
the board will meet and determine what IL To he
done in view of the impending deficit, the balance
in Manhattan being insufficient TO Ray BON the 10
cal schedule and the minimum salaries Tor tho
rest Of the year