The age-herald., 1901-06-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL
 TEACHERS ELECTED Interesting Meeting of Board
 of Education REPORT ON INSTRUCTION Committee Makes Many Recommenda- tions-SeveraI Teachers Are Com plimented for Their Work-P.
 L, Lewis Will Take Census.
REPORT ON INSTRUCTION

A meeting of the board of education was held yesterday afternoon in the Mayors office and teachers for the coming term were elected. The following members of the board were present: Chairman A. O. Lane Mayor W. NJ Drennen, Messrs. B. Steiner, John L. Parker and Superinten- dent Phillips.
 The commmittee on instruction made the following report:
 To the Board of Education, Birmingham: Gentlemen-Your rules require the com mittee on instruction together with the superintendent, to report prior to the an- nual election of teachers the number of teachers required for the ensuing year, to suggest suitable teachers for the several positions and to recommend a schedule of salaries.
 In compliance with these requirements your committee herewith transmit the re- port of the board of examiners, which contains the list of eligible applicants, ar ranged according to rank in scholarship and professional attainment. The commit tee makes the following recommenda- tions:
 1. That all the teachers employed last year who are applicants be reelected.
 9 That all vacancies be filled by the election of teachers from the eligible list in the order of rank, as given in the ac- companying list
 B. That the sliding scale of salaries provided for in section l. article I, Of the rules be applied as follows: An increase of S2.50 per month of salaries Of teach CTS who have taught one or more years at the minimum cf $40 per month, or S36O per year; the same monthly increase for all teachers up to $60. according to efTi- ciency and years of service, teachers who are beginners to receive the minimum of $40 per month On account of the with drawal of teachers employed at the hgh- CT rates of salary and the election of new teachers at the lower rates, this mafn- ta1ns about the same average amount paid last year in the old schools, the net increase being only $10.
 4 The committee recommends that teachers who have served one or more years at the minimum of $40 per month and new teachers with successful expe- rience elsewhere of more than two years be paid $45 per month, or S4O5 for the scholastic year. This will make the actual increase in total annual amount of salar- ies for the old schools s4625O.
 g. The committee recomends that three acting principals and nine regular class teachers be employed for the three new schools at a total annual amount of salaries of S6,030.50, as shown in accom- panying schedule.
 G. We recommend further that negro teachers whose names are given in sche- dule be elected at the salaries therein named which will average the same as last year, without any actual increase. !. That the president of the board and the superintendent be requested to hold an examination of applicants for the ne- gro schools next September, and that they be authorized to appoint teachers to fill vacancies according to rang from the eligible list.
 S. That the president and the superin- tendent be requested to select a suitable male teacher who is a specialist in the na- tural sciences, to fill a vacancy in the High school at a salary not exceeding s75 per month, as shown in the accom- panying schedule.
 g. That the supernumerary teachers elected be paid the usual stated salary of s15 per month and g per diem for ac- tual service as substitutes, provided that the salaries of such teachers for any one month shall not exceed $40
 10. We further recommend that the next scholastic session of the public schools shall open Monday September 23 1901.
 The accompanying schedule of teachers and salaries is herewith submitted for your approval, subject to such reassign- ment as emergencies may require. Re- spectfully submitted,
 M. J.. GREGG,
 JOHN l.. PARKER,
 W. M. DRENNEN.
 Committee.