The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-04
TEACHERS ASK
FOR COMMISSION
Would Put Into Effect New Law
Providing for Retirement
After Service
MORE BUILDINGS PLANNED
CHANGES IN TEACHING CORPS
ARE MADE.

The board of education at its meeting
last evening referred to the commit
tee on schools laws, after some dis
cussion, the matter of providing for 4
! teachers retirement commission. The
committee is to report at the April
| meeting.
The last legislature passed a law
providing that if two-thirds of The
| teachers in a city ask it that the board
of education must establish a retire
| ment commission. This commission is
to have charge of the retirement of
teachers on "A pension with the con-
currence of the board of education. The
pensions fund is to be raised by de-
Quoting / per cent from the wages of
| all teachers belonging to the Retire.
ment association. This association has
the power to select three teachers for
the commission. the board of educa-
| ton names two of it's members and
the clerk of the board and the city
superintendent will be the other MEM
| beTs.
After five years service, if any
teacher is mentally or physically in
capacitated for further work. the COM
mission can retire her on a pension,
| which shall be One-half the average
! salary earned during the five years
| preceding retirement. Any teacher who
I has served twenty years shall also be
/ eligible for retirement on the same
I basis.
Oscar w. MOyle stated to the board
| that the law was mandatory and that
| as 914 of the 40 teachers had petit
toned for the formation of such an as
| ISOLATION, he moved that the petition
| be granted and that the president ap-
| point two members to represent the
| board on the commission.
This was opposed by Mr. Giaudue
/ who insisted that the board have a
! better understanding of the provisions
of the law before taking any action.
1t was finally decided to let the school
law committee investigate.
Plans for Buildings.
The committee on buildings and
! grounds was instructed to have plans
| prepared for the erection of an eigh-
| teen-rOOm building on Ninth South
| street, between West Temple and Main
| streets. The property has recently been
purchasd from the Walker estate, at
a cost of $500. This committee was
| also ordered to have drawn plans for
additions to the Emerson and River
| side schools.
| A motion to burn all the old election
!
reports was tabled pending further con-
/ sideratiOn. and a resolution authoriz-
/ ing the purchase of two flags for the
! High school was referred to the COM
mittee on buildings and grounds
Mr.. Martin secured the passage Of
| a resolution forbidding the drilling OF
! High school cadets on the new armOry
| floor The claim was made that the
| floor was being injured.
Teachers Are Named.
The board voted to release Miss Mary
| c. Garfield and Miss Winnifred Wood
| mansee from the terms of their con-
tracts, to be effective since Febru-
/ AIRY p.
The following teachers were appoint
ed; James +. Todd, Margaret Vote
Amber Bardsley and H. n. Hough
The contract of Katherine Mcdonald
was Cancelled. that young lady having
preferred matrimOny to school teach
ING.
The suggestion that principals be al
| lowed to announce to pupils the must
cal festival in April was turned down.