Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-05
TO INCREASE THE PAY
School Bill Reported by House
District Committee.
LITTLE CHANGE ATTEMPTED
Board of Education Enlarged to Nine
Members.
PROVISIONS FOR PROMOTIONS
Teachers to Be Grouped In Glasses and
Compensation is Graduated
Accordingly.
LITTLE CHANGE ATTEMPTED
PROVISIONS FOR PROMOTIONS

At a special meeting of the House District
committee this afternoon the Babcock bill
providing increases In the salaries of local
school teachers amounting in the aggregate
TO about $4,000; enlarging the board of
education from seven to nine membersi pro-
viding that they must serve without pay;
creating the position of superintendent OF
building and supplies, and creating conn
mission to provide for the consolidation of
public school buildings in the District was
given 4, favorable report
Except for the new features mentioned in
the foregoing paragraph the bill leaves the
school organization practically as 1t is at
present constituted.
Reported by Subcommittee.
The school bill was reported to the Dis
trict committee this morning by the SUBJ
committee of which Representative Nor
rell of Pennsylvania is acting chairman. In
order to dos this the subcommittee was
obliged to work practically all day yester-
day and late last night, but the ned OF haste
was realized and the members of the sub
committee were sincerely in earnest in their
desire to get a good school bill before the
House District committee at today's regular
meeting.
The bill was considered briefly at the
morning session of the District committee
and so many members were in favor of
immediate action that Chairman Babcock
called a special meeting for 1890 o clock
this afternoon.
AT 2:15 o'clock the bill was reported prac-
tically as it came from the subcommittee.
The following are some of the provisions of
the bill, briefly summed:
Section /. That after July l. 1906 all
the schools of the District beyond theNsec-
ond grade shall be given whole school
day session.
Section places the control of the public
schools in board of education to consist
of nine members, only three of whom shall
be women. OF the nine members three
shall be of the colored race. of whom one
shall be a woman The members of the
board shall serve without compensation.
The board is directed to appoint one SUI
perintendent and one white assistant super
intendent and one colored assistant super
intendent
Section provides for the increases in the
salaries of teachers. Teachers are divided
in six classes. Those in class / are to re,
ceive from $500 to 5000 a year; class . $500
to 500; class 8. $3.50 to 5000; class T. $500 to
81, 100; class 8, $3.50 to Sl.350; class 6. group
A, $1,000 to 81 500, and group B. S1,900 to
s., 200.
Classification of Teachers.
kindergarten assistants are to be consid-
cred as In class one; assistants to eighth
grade principals, classes one and two: model
school teachers of first and second grades,
classes three and four; teachers OF first
the second grades, class two teachers of
third and fourth grade; and kindergarten
principals. class three; teachers OF fifth,
sixth and seventh grades, class four;
eighth grade teachers, class FIVE;
teachers of manual training, drawing,
physical culture music domestic~sc.ence
In he fvfad dad crhs hsnIS rf>r
one to five; assistants to directors of pri-
mary instruction, classes four and five:
head teachers and teachers of normal. high
and manual training schools, including
teachers of drawing, physical culture,
music. domestic science. domestic art and
manual training, group A, class six; heads
of departments In manual training and high
schools. group b, class six; librarian and
clerks, classes one, two and three; librarian
to the board of education. class four; teach
not otherwise provided for, classes one
to four.
Promotion of Teachers.
The bill provides that teacher shall not
be promoted from one class TO another or
from one group In class TO another, or
from one grade Of salary to another with
In group B except by the board of educa-
ton upon the recommendation OF the su-
pergisor of high schools, IN the case OF
colored teachers, upon the recommendation
of the colored superintendent supervis-
ing principal having supervision of the
teachers.
The measure provides that teachers or
classes one and two shall receive an an
nual Increase OF salaries of SO for four
years; teachers of class three annual In
crease of SO for ten years; teachers or
class four, an annual increase of $50 for
ten years; teachers of class five, an annual
increase of $40 for ten years; teachers IL
group a of class six, after the probationary
year an annual increase of s1oo for eight
years; in group b, Of S1o0 for three years.
Principals of grade school buildings snail
receive, In addition to their grade salary,
$50 year for each session room in the
building.
PRINCIPALS of normal high and manual
5000 year. with an annual increase OF
$1G0 year for ten years.
The bill provides that the superintendent
of schools shall receive 5000, the assistant
superintendent, $500 the superintendent
of buildings and supplies $500, supervisors
of high schools supervisors of manual
training schools and supervising principals
81 2C0 year. with an increase or woo
year for ten years.
Section IL provides that the clerks, assist
ant to the superintendent OF buildings and
supplies shall receive sl,500; the inspector
OF janitors, 81 500, and the stenographer ana
typewriter, 500.
Section II provides that the board of edu-
cation shall appoint two school nurses one
white and one colored. at $500 year each
Section 13 provides that a commission,
consisting of the Superintendent of schools.
the superintendent of buildings and supplies
and the supervising architect of the treas
ury, shall prepare a general plan for the
consolidation of school buildings OF the Dis
trict and for the abandonment of unde-
sirable structures.