The Washington times., 1901-10-10

for the Next Fiscal Year Is 81 .S51 -
66S - Salaries of Teachers and
Care of Buildings and Grounds
The Board of Education yesterday sub
| mitted to the Commissioners their sched-
ule of estimates for the purposes of pub
! lie education for the fiscal year ending
June go 1902. This schedule carries an
| aggregate sum of $1,S5l, ,66S. including the
cost of sites and the completion and erec-
tion of a number OF new school buildings.
| The sum estimated for the cost
| the central office of the Board of Educa-
ton is $2O52o distributed as follows:
| For seven members BoarG of Education.
$500; for one Superintendent, $1,000; for
two assistant superintendents at S3,OO0
| each, 5000; for one secretary. $2.000; for
one clerk. $l4oo; for two clerks at 81 .O0l
| each, $z,G60; for one messenger, $40; for
one stenographcr $500.
In addition. the board asks for the
payment of the salaries of 1901 teachers,
, for which is required the sum of $92S, ,225.
| The salaries range from that of the Di-
rector of the High Schools. 81, 700. to that
of the lowest grade of teachers, $3.50. In
the latter class are included 166 teachers.
With reference to the payment Of teach
ers' salaries, the following proviso is
made:
Provided That in assigning salaries to
teachers, no discrimination shall be made
between male and female teachers, en-
ployed in the same grade of school, and
performing like class OF duties: and it
shall not b. lawful to pay, or authorize
or require to be paid, from any of the
salaries Of teachers herein provided, any
portion or percentage thereof for the pur-
pose of adding to salaries of higher or
lower grades"
For the salaries of janitors and the care
OF buildings and grounds the sum Of sS3.-
SIS is asked. Miscellaneous expenses ag-
gregate 1895 403. Tire cost of completing
new buildings IN process of erection, for
sites for buildings and for new structures
is estimated at $i73,74 This sum will
complete four buildings. for which sites
have been purchased and plans prepared:
viii reconstruct the Henry Sch1ol build
ing, and will provide fer the erection of
four new buildings. and for the sites atnd
toward the construction of threc CHEERS
II VIII pay for the site and start the
construction ORA building for the bust
ness High School, 1.-The complete cost of
which is not to exceed $500 600 II is also
specified in the Schedule of estimates:
THAT the totabcost of the sites and of
the several and respective buildings here
III PROVIDED lot, Wnen completed upon
plans and specifications to be previously
made and approved, shall not exceed the
several and respective sums of money here
In respectively appropriated or authorized
for such purposes: Provided That the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia
in case they shall consider the bids received
for the construction of any number of
the school buildings herein provided for
not exceeding three, to be in excess of
a reasonable amount are hereby author
lied to construct such building or build
ings by day labor, and the purchase of
material in open market if the same can
he completed within the amount appro-
priated or authorized therefor
That the plans and specifications for
school buildings shall be prepared under
the supervision of the Inspector of Build
ings of the District Of Columbia and shall
be approved by the Board of Education
and the Commissioners of the District
and shall be constructed by the Commits
sioners in conformity Herewith.