The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-14
THE TEACHERS PAY MESS.
,,.S SERIOUS. BET Nor LIKELY 10
,IOSE <Nr SCHOOLS

,r.i,o n, tho public school adm nistration
~. ynrI city are in q pretty mess just
80 That undoniahlc. But that there Is
90, ,nucCr ~ tho closing OF any ot the schools
h.,au.e o' The financial tangle into which TN"
.oho 4 boards NJ the horoughs and the Board
\, TiBrntipn have permitted themselves 70
h,,ome Inva.Nel il not probable although II
(, no' IN rrss'he
rber. 1. money enough In Manhattan and
81. p,onv and in Brooklyn tn run the schools
,n,h,epIof This year. failing improbable com
citations In Queens and In Richmond there
=, m, money enough tn complete the year
.uhont mod incations In salary schedules.
rbicb amount. from the teachers standpoint.
,,rer.ora sacrifice. Richmond Is s43.dSOll
~ :, =, ,.t. YEAR That sum 10 In excess OF
soounO / ,lnnre which IL sttll available
a, the payment ~ tho Richmond teach.
ara. .alarir. Queens il sl3l.233.S6 short
on the year This IN excess OF
h,I,nce " St3,36O II still available. These
balances are all that stand between the teach
A.. in ,ho.. boroughs and three months labor
10, nothing In other words to pay the Rich
,ond teachers at the rate ot remuneration eS-
,.,,.d nv them for October Novem Der and jan
,,,,v s,Ey giu | | would b, required and $4,000
,.,v,lahIe Topay tho Queens teachers for tho
.,n.re-i,d slSl. 233 ~ would be required and
s,o,rNO 4. available Richmond holds that
. :. In particularly hari luck. not to
$40 lo,r,r,i len because in the apportion.
NAN, made Wv tho Bo,rl OF Estimate for tho
rph'i, schools ~ the entire city $4,000 moro
"a, Appropriated for Richmond. uses than
Richmond has received. Queens. on the other
hand. has -nloved the benefit NJ some thou
sd. a, dollars in excess Of the amount ac-
,,-lei il in the apuortionment q. the Board 81
Estimate Richmond has thu sympathy OF the
ia W Np Hoard
=, riura,ion il charged by them with the re-
.conshili,y 'or the whole difficulty,
Ia tho Charter scheme each borough puts in
r.,.,tmats ~ the requirements for the ansu-
bs y.sr The Board OF Estimate exercises
It's discretion ne to the percentages o' these
Gains II NAV allow. hut the aggregate allowed
for the Az. bor1ughs goes to the credit of tho
Hard Of Education. which. under the Charter.
rsarrorons the tota| among the borough
hoard. This rapport .onment 10 on basis.
r,, u the cost 81 education per pupil. but o.
IN. tota school attendance of pupils in the
borough expressed in days SO the quota
IN dollars o, the total appropriation which goes
~ III. rural bnroughs is materially less than
that allotted to the urban borougha to make
an anomalous hut expressive distinction. With
school near home. tho pupil in the thickly
sa.',a sect on woul! reach school more days
In the year than the ono in a section where
traysI 10 the school il long and difficult a part
o,the year The cost Of education per pupil
IN the srar.oly settled section might be
greater Whether teacher should In
!ustr receive greater or less COM
ten,ation for teaching the same studies
m Greenwich or Che aea. A. in Astoria or Tot
tenvllle might be arcu.i nv the teachers. II
has been the aim un Ter the present scheme OF
government TO make the teacher equal as To-
1, IT,. tl,a aanF. Ff,V,I al
duioaa upoa days ~ pupil attendance. The
Queens and Richmond srhoo boar "a sought 70
bring up such Of Their teachers salaries as
we're below 70 the level ~ hos" u the other
horrughs Tne Contra, hoard !rpred III $780,
tpJ ron, the Redmond estimate and added
money to the Queens estimate 1t requirements
for this PURPOSE. acting IN its sys'em OF pupil
sften alr.
In both instances 't wa' sean that the AZ
rroPratl2n' A. finally fNei would be insuifi-
c"ut Warnings were gwen In the case ~
ui"""s he ,oca board promised that II its
tuntA were ussl IN before The en- o, the year
f. would nanag" TO run the schools the lal-
ace y tn year without further cal for funds.
Buy Il ha- called 'or fnndsaA meeting isto b"
bed on saturday niglt - consider he matter
kriucnd Las IN led Tor fluids and tn school
j. ard auitH" Tench-rs' ASSOCIATION T. IN ned
meet NJ '"-n'ch' I" Il : 'us- the situation.
Threats Of co,ins, the, o,hons nrr mae, hut
Trbi: Scno X At Wet New Brighton. Stntrn
Island, was closed yesterday morning. bat II
.Tr' ero %te H' s n.aTS 4, f" %w2 %
thai this cau.a ~ conn. a nj was resultant from
~" n,h.1i hart.- ia -uiiicl"ncy ot iuu.s tor
H.. cnh 'n"t ~ IL atl.rs.
Queens nnd Kirhmon assert that they had n
ngn' n ~ salaries ~ they I'D. II ia 10 h..
.aIl regard NJ th"m that each ia renro.ented
u IN" Contra. bnart hy tho president 81 tho
,o's hoard Guy. that Mrnhn''rn AMI IA"
Bronx and Bro"slyn h!v" greater represent.
"A
Suone"n ~ nm" Queens Eoari has been pre-
Wh,"t ny lines rom Attending III" sessions
o. b. t"''rfl Board slnc- uGu-t.
The I"rai toari- 81 both th-s- huroughs
ktN' iGn" n part what the hoar!- ~ the o'her
nv N accord with the mar latory provisions
O he Ahearn law. which went into effect last
~, T. .ara,n. ', ~ ~ "a res as Te 6"nii.ns
en- ]. III. ether horpughs to come hotter out
~ ne ISSUE "i these acts 81 the boards than
have Queens and Richmond
H. Manhattan aud the bronx after the in.
,,.1,". directed by the th"lrn law were made,
system under certain other teachers w"r. re-
20 ~ more sa'hry thnn heir supcrors in
,tne. ne ,|"a h"Sri had q .urnln. IN it,
','ss.ass .alari-s H"i ?rder.d 'ncrcasei hy III.
r"n" .N"-Vt that in BROOKLYN II is asserted
me .n"a boar was even lass thin assured
nn.ti tsel instead - upon the recon-
'I"LidUph ~ the principals. The incrchs',
Attic boroughs. which took effect in June.
et hi3 'or tour months. When the October
hNfrs ne due IA" point was made by some
.ge mat tbs Increases not directed Nv IN"
hnrhrn lrw we're Illegal. the CORPORATION
bH sol 'nok 'h's view % II. and the Con D.
Tg,.er was obliged 10 follow the same course
ne N1y9r WI II . letter calling upon The
p.atl u EDUCATION to do better. aud yes' erday
ihslrnt Little feSrondel to II. saying In ef-
Wy mat h. d be good that he agreed with the
mayor and wouli present the matter In
ms Iight Of the Mayors letter to the
irnTa Eoard and the local School
,hohrI The Manhattan and Bronx and
W" BROOKLYN boards have enough money
.TWnpele The current year, unless II Is held
nat he n9t.Ahehrn increases OF salary are
s"!l 10 which case the Manhattan AMI Bronx
h,hrl can ray salaries for October and Novrm-
net ana one, hrd ~ the Deretn Der salaries Of
sptaGmefs The October salaries become due
yesterday Auditor Cook OF the Board Of
adu'htlnn returned the October schedule OF
u" Qle"ns and Richmond boards with the
ssssReHtinh that they make their available hal
ICES sustain their schools till the end OF
we eaIet al year II they do not. a conf ct OF
,1mr sort - likely. which the courts will have
wstuIe, In the other boroughs. too. the Octo-
TeLschelues will probably have to be revised.
tor grafton Counsel Whalen who is consider
Xxx re whole question officially. said yester-
~ mat the teachers would get. must get, all
~, nci ne las EMIT ed them to, H.. would zee