Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-13
SIMULTANEOUSLY
BOARD OF EDUCATION MAKES AP.
PEAL FOR TEACHERS.
Promotions and Appointments An
nounced-Propossd Schedule Of
Salaries andsIs Basis.

The regular meeting st The board Of edu-
cation at the Franklin building last even
ing was devoted almost entirely to the con-
sideration Of the estimates for the support
Of the public schools for the next fiscal
year. 1t developed shat in submitting the
annual estimates to the District Commits
sioners the board made a strong argument
in support of the estimates for increased
pay of the school teachers.
After pointing out that several Of the best
teachers had gene to schools in other cities.
where they were better paid, the board said
! that "a still greater danger to the future
Welfare of our public school system Is now
threatened. The situation was had enough
when after another of our leading
teachers, at the very meridian Of useful
ness, reluctantly turned toward other fields
because there seemed to be no future here.
But a more serious condition of affairs Is
that developed within two years In the
marked falling off in the number of gradu-
ateS of our high schools, who seek admiS-
sion to the Washington Normal School, to
be educated for the profession of teaching.
If this falling off continues, the output of
trained primary teachers in the District Of
Columbia will be SO much diminished that
the board will be forced to employ an ever
increasing number of teachers with no pro-
fessonal training.
Better Initial Pay.
Better initial pay for the trained young
teacher who has spent four years in the
high school and two years In the normal
school in preparation for her work, and the
prospect of substantial pecuniary reward
after years Of service, would nc doubt re-
store the prestige Of the teaching profess
sion in the minds of the high school grad
yates, who now, in large numbers, seek
more remunerative employment elsewhere
The schedule of salaries as proposed by
the board of education is based on grade,
length of service and efficiency, and is as
follows:
Glass 1, $500, $3.50, $500; class 2, 5000,
$3.50, 500; class 3, $3.50. 500, $3.50; class
4. 500. $3.50, $500; class 5. $3.50, $500,
$3.50; class 9, $500. $3.50, 5000; class 7,
81, 200; class 9. 81 POO, $1,000. 81 400; class
10, 81 400, $1,000, 81 800; class II, 81 900,
$1,700, $1,000; class IL, $1,000, $1,000,
$1,000.
kindergarten assistants, class 1.
kindergarten teachers, classes to 4.
Assistants to eighth grade principals,
classes to 4.
Grades first and second, class 2.
Model teachers, classes 4 to Z.
Third grade, class 3.
Fourth grade, class 4.
Fifth grade, class 8.
Sixth grade, class g.
Seventh grade, class Z.
Eighth grade, class 8.
High school and manual training,
classes i to IL.
Sewing, classes to 8.
Drawing, classes 2 to Z.
Music, classes to 7.
Physical training, classes to Z.
Cooking, classes 2 to Z.
Carpentering, classes to Z.
Assistant directors of special depart
ments, classes and 10.
Normal teachers, classes to H.
Eighth grade principals of eight-room
buildings 81 1900 to 81 800.
Seventh-grade principals of eight-room
buildings. $1,000 to $1,400.
Principals of twelve rooms or more,
81, 900 to 81 800.
Principals of high, normal and manual
training schools, $1,000 to $1,000.
Directors of special departments, 81 400
to 81 800.
Assistant directors of special depart
ments, 81 200 to 81, 500. of,t,,. ~
Directors of primary work 81 800 to
81, 900. 80
Assistant director of primary work,
81 400 to $1,000 3d..
Assistants to the directors of primary
work, $500 to $1,000.
Director of high schools. director of man
ual training and supervising principals,
$1,000 to $1,000.
Assistant superintendents $4,000 to
$4,000.
Superintendent, $4,000
Promotions and Appointments.
The secretary of the board of education
last night announced the following
changes in the schools:
Promotions-J. G. Lockwood, fourth d.
vision, from first to second grade, and M
Bowling, thirteenth division, from $500
to 1925 per annum.
Appointments-M. E. Wilson, tempo
rary teacher; Eta Wilson, Ethel M. SAT-
fold, Elizabeth Tompkins and Mary A.
Bond, substitute teachers, and Mary EN-
mons, Octavia Green, F. G. Richmond,
Laura Jacobs, Rachel Willard, Alice
Berry, Margaret Skinner, Mary Farquhar,
Irma Weldon, Julia Sommerville and
Evelyn Lynch, substitute kindergarten
teachers.