The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-27


Peaks Island tiachsrs' nalAriea. and nons
in the East and West Long lslard schools.
The esmmittee accomplished that the
salary Of Mary b. Bullard. TEACHER Of
writing and drawing be increased from
s4e5 to $500.
No changes ere recommended In the
salaries of ths music tsacherP.
In tho manual training school the sal
arg of W. Il. Merton is recommended TO
be increased from $1,000 to g. 100. No
changes are recommended In the salaries
OF the kindergarten teachers.
The salaries In the Ocean street school
remain the same.
In the Saunders street school. Miss
sawysr's salary IL recommended TO be in
creased from $3.50 to s4c0, and Mifs Nor
rill's to 1850.
In the Deeripg Centre school Mics
Moore's salary Is recommended increased
fIom 500 to sbt0. Mise Houston's from
$3.50 to $500 and Miss Twins to ssso.l
In the Deering Center primary there
is no change. At Lunt's Corner nths
salary OF Mary A. Elweil is recommend
ed increased from $500 to $3.50, and Miss
Dunn's salary from $3.50 to t4C0.
In the oakdale school Miss Dayiss
salary Is recommended to be increased
from $500 TO $3.50, aud Misses All en- and
Tho pson's salaries from $3.50 to $500.
In the East Dsering, Winslow and Lib
by school, no changes are recommended.
In chs Riverside school. Mrs. Burn
hams salary is recommended Increased
s25.
At the Aliens Corner school Miss
Stones salary Is recommended increased
salary from $500 to $500.
At the Stroudwater school Miss York's
salary is recommended increased from
$3.50 to $500.
The increases In the other schools fol-
low the graded plan spoken of above. in
the training school the salaries Of Aisfes
Cole worthy, Delann, Leach and Chand-
Ter are recommended increased from S425
to $50.
r. Z. Roweis salary, teacher of draw
ing, Is recommended increased from $3.50
TO $500.
The salaries OF school teachers last year
aggregated sll5,oS0. This year 1t aggEe-
gates Sl2e,6s0, according TO the recon-
msndations of tss committee, an In
crease of $3.50.
Next year there will be corresponding
increase and so on for some years until
the maximum salaries allotted to ths sew
eral grades by the committee are reachsd.
The committee also reported that IL
had decided to ask for the following APP
propriations: 81, SO for the evening
school, an increase of 800 over last year.
During the past year the school has been
crowded and Principal Milliken thinks
that with this s1C0 extra he can run the
school much longer than he did this past
year when the term was brought to
sudden termination owing to the lack of
funds.
For text books the committee asked
for G5,5O0. decrease OF q, 900 from last
year.
For supplies the committee asked for
s.. 600, small deer ease over last year.
For transportation Of pupils in Deering
and from the islands the sum Of 81, 200
was asked.
The committee alEo decided TO ask the
city council en- estimates for the follow
ing amounts: For cleaning the schools
three timee, 81, 500; for ventilAting the
Casco street hchooI, 100; for ventilating
the Chestnut street school. $1,000; for
snlarglng the Lunt's Corner school.
$500; for eniarging the Braokett street
scnool, $40, COO; for grading the Deering
High school lot 81. 000; for squipping a
physics room at the Deering High school,
$500, and for apparatus for the same, $500.
The committee also ask for $50 for the
repair of benches for the manual train
Ing school. The total appropriation asked
for by this committee IS Sl72, 1870. OF ex-
Guiding the repairs To buildings, etc,
the appropriation asked for which the
com mittee will control, Ia Slt6. 1870.
Mr.. McGowan finished his able report
BY giving the plan of the COMMITTEES to
establish q uniform system OF grading
salaries 10 the schools so as to stimu-
late the teachers to better work and give
them al Involvement Co remain in Port
land.
Mr.. Whitshouse said that this was the
first step the executive committee on the
High school had taken 20 bring about
uniform grading OF salaries in the
Portland High school 1t is proposed by
the committee to increase the salaries Of
the lady teachers as they show them
selves deserving cf II from 5000, at the
rate of $50 year. up to $500, which shall
be the maximum salary allowed for lady
teachers. The mems salaries Will be in-
oreNsed from si,o00 year at the rate
OF $1O0 year as thsy show themselves
worthy of 1t, up to 81, 900, which shall be
the maximum salary. Mr.. Whitehouss
said that the estimate committee had
heen unable to follow this out to the linn.
Ii, but thsy had taken the first step to-
wards bringing about this uniform grad
ing which he believed TO be for the best
interests Of the High school.
Mr.. McGowan said that the committee
lad received large petitions signed BY the