The Washington times., 1906-06-16

Flnal disposal OF the bill reOrgan1Zing 2
the local public school system. and in
creasing the teachers salaries, is al
hand.
The situation is regarded as a splen-
did victory for all those who have ad-
vocated Improvement Of the District
schools and better pay for the teachers
The Senate adopted late yesterday
afternoon the conferees' report on the
bill. and it is cOnfdency expected that
the House will take similar action this
afternoon After that. the only thing
necessary to make the bill a law will
be the Presidents signature
The conferees' report. showing that
forty-eight OF the fifty-four Senate
amendments have been allowed to re-
main in the measure. leaves the bill in
such shape that II makes into law the
following disputed sections;
Disputed Sections Which Win.
Three Of the Board of Education shall
be women. There are three women
members Of the present board.
Meetings of the Board of Education
shall be open TO the public, except meet
ings dealing with the appointment of
teachers.
The white assistant superintendent Of
schools, under the direction Of the su-
perintendent, shall have general super
vision over the white schools and be
charged with the unihcation OF the edu-
cational work Of the white high schools
and Of all academic and scientific
studies in the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School and the Business High
School Under the present system -Sese
duties devOlva upon the director Of high
schools
The duties Of the coIored assistant su-
perintendent correspond to those Of the
white assistant superintendent
The appointment of a director of in
termediate instruction for the white high
schools who shall have charge. under the
direction Of the superintendent. of the
educational work Of grades 3 to in
elusive. The while assistant superin-
tendent under the present system has
charge of the educational work in these
grades. The result IS 20 eliminate the
position of director Of high schools and
place the supervision of the educational
work in the white high schools and in
the Mckinley Manual Training School
and the Business High School under the
immediate control and direction of the
white assistant superintendent. he being
the next ranking officer to the superin-
tendent. and properly should be charged
with the supervision of higher educa-
tonal work The position OF director
or nigh schools being eliminated and the
position OF director of intermediate IN
struction being created. leaves the num-
Der OF officers and their salaries the
same as provided for In the bill as IL
passed the House. The House rcce5es.
The appointment of supervisor of
manual training who shall have s-Inar-
vision, under the direction Of the amer
intendent, OF manual training irstruc-
IN
Is such an official at present and rro-
vision was made for his salary i'm ser
ton Of the bill as passed bv the
House.
Amendments in Conferees' Report.
The Senate amendment providing that
the white assistant superintendent shall
have had at least two years experience
as an instructor in high schools or as
superintendent or director Of high
schools was killed. the Senate receding.
This was known as the McCumber
amendment.
The following amendments. incor-
porsted in the bill by the conferees are
OF extreme importanCe:
Amendment No. eliminates assistants
TO eighth-grade principals. BY the pro
vision OF this bill all school principals
viii now receive, in addition to their
grade salaries, $50 per annum Tor each
session room in the grade school bulfd-
ings over which each has charge Inas-
much as this extra compensation has
been provided for this service, il was
decided that assistants We're not neces-
sary.
Amendments Nos. IL and L fix the
salaries OF the teachers OF manual train
Ing. drawing. physical culture. rousic.
domestic science. and domestic a. in
the graded schools in classes tc & in
elusive. instead of classes to 5, inclu-
sive, as provided in the House bill. As
most of the teachers above mentioned
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