Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-27
RAISE SALARIES
$4,000 A YEAR
EDUCATION BOARD ADDS TO
PAY ROLL
Teachers Get Increase of So Per
Month-High Officials Will Get
From $3.50 to $500 More
Pay

In its readjustment of the salary list
for public school officials and teachers
for the coming year the city board of
education has provided for an annual
increase of approximately ;1s,OO0. The
new salaries were fixed at tie meeting
of the board held last Monday nj, hit.
In teachers salaries alone there has
been an increase amounting to nearly
$4,000 a year. The individual in
creases were small, amounting only to
81 month for each grade teacher, in
Guiding those in the kinder. arten de-
partment. but as there are nearly 800
of these teachers who are affected by
the change the aggregate amounts to
a considera bic sum.
The superintendent sals y remains
unchanged at $4250 year, but the
deputy and assistant superintendent
are each given an increase from $2750
to $4,000 year. The salary of the sec
retary of the board was raised from
$1,000 to $2100 and hat of the attend
ance officer from $1,000 to $1100 One of
the superintendent clerks is raised
from 800 month to $1,000 a year and
another from $50 a month to $500
year.
Placed on Yearly Basis
The foreman and assistant foreman
are each given an increase of 5000 a
year, the salary of the former being
fixed at $2100 and that of the latter at
$500. The supply clerk also will re-
ceive $500 more than heretofore, his
pay having been advanced from $1OO a
month to $1500 year. Several of the
employees of the board have been
placed on a yearly basis instead of a
monthly basis as heretofore.
In the high schools no changes have
been made in the salaries of the prin-
cipals, these remaining at $4,000 year.
But the two vice 'incipalS have been
granted an increase of $50 g year from
$3.50 to $780, Heads of departments
also will figure on the pay roll as here
tofore with salaries of $170 a month.
The board, however, has created some
new positions to be known as sub
heads of departments, and to these
salaries of $140O a year have been at
tached.
The head of the music department
will receive $1700 year hereafter, as
against a former salary of $1,000.
Total Runs High
The librarians salary has been fixed
at 5000 n year, as against $50 per calen- |
dar month as heretofore, and the prin-
cipal of the parental school has been
advanced from $1,000 year to $1400. !
For each room in the public schools
having double sessions the teacher will
receive $3.50 :. month extra except in
eight-room buildings.
In reference to this new schedule of
salaries, j. NJ. Quinn, member of the
finance committee of the board. said
yesterday:
None of the increases in salaries
granted by the board can be considered
large but as good many persons are
affected by the change the total natur-
ally runs up into rather high figures.
The additional pay of the teachers
amounts only to 50 month for those
in the kindergarten and grades, but
there are about 80 of these in the Los
Angeles schools.
"The salaries which heretofore have
been in force were established several
years ago, and considerable pressure
has been brought on the board in favor
of a change. Conditions have changed
greatly since the former salaries were
fixed.
Standard Is Raised
mot only have living expenses in
creased largely but the standard of the
public schools has been steadily raised
and a greater degree of efficiency on
the part of the teachers has been de-
manded.
Los Angeles for some time has been
far behind other cities of it's class so
far as the schedule OF teachers sala-
ries is concerned. The result is that
good teachers have with difficulty been
Induced to remain here for the salaries
offered. The same is true to large
extent OF other departments Of school
work.
"The members Of the board felt that
the assistant superintendents and
other employees were entitled TO some
increase in pay as the work of their
departments Is eadily increasing, and
in the cases Of several of these depart
ment heads and employees there was
readjustment OF the lay roll to meet
the new conditions"