Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-25
BILL OISPlEASES TEACHERS
LOCAL INSTRUCTORS SEE DIS
ELIMINATION IN MEASURE.
Provision Allows Service Of Outsid-
ers to Count in Salary Grade
Upon Employment Here.

The Burleson amendment to the District
bill, providing that teachers appointed to
positions in local high schools can. at the
beginning OF service. receive pay accord
ing to the longevity Of their service in
other school systems. is believed to dis
criminate against local high school teach
ers in favor of outside teachers.
This assertion is made by members of
Washington high school faculties. The
law under which the system is working
now, it is declared. does not consider
length of service of local teachers prior
to the passage Of the act. Yet it is pro-
posed to recognize such service Of outside
teachers appointed to positions in the
District high schools.
The amendment was designed. it is
otherwise explained. to allow local school
ofic;als to get better high school teach
ers from outside then is possible at pres
on, Under the school law. without the
amendment teacher appointed to the
loca, high schools could receive only the
lowest salary. 1.Co0. and advance from
tba, nav according to her length of serv-
ice in the local schools.
Under the amendment. the outside
teachers length of service in other
schools is considered. She is given a
salary in accordance with that length OF
service ranging from SLIGO 70 S1sOO per
wear On account of this low salary at
first il is declared, local school authori-
toe have had difficulty in getting out
side experienced high school teachers.
This amendment is intended to remedy
that condition.
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giving the teachers here an advance in
ealary'' IL was explained by veteran
teacher today. the law provided that
all tea chers would receive a salary of the
fore the passage of the law. In other
words the law took the salaries of teach
ers as they were then
"As under the old law. longevity of
service was not considered. salaries were
not graded according to length Of service.
Thus a teacher who was receiving $1,000
when the law was passed was advanced
to a salary of 81. 100. She might have
been in the service ten years. That
tea cher would get'S1 200 this year.
'.I1nder this new amendment teacher
who has been teaching in other schools
outside of the District for ten years can
he annointed to the local high schools
and receive the salary of teacher who
has been advanced each year Tor ten
Years under the present school law In
other words. she WouIu IeeeiNe soidis VI
81 800
..Tberefore. with the law as amended,
the local teacher who has been teaching
hare for ten years will probably receive
less salary than a teacher who has been
i'm outside schools for the same length OIL
time
az cannot blame the high school teach
ers for being aroused over the matter. II
the longevity of teacher coming from
the outside is considered. II seems to me.
the longevity of the high school teachers
in the local schools should DE considered.
.If u,a conclude that the length of serv-
ic. of high school teachers. prior to the
nresert school law should be considered.
the question at once comes up as TO
whether or not he length of service OF
the teachers in the grace ana kinoer
rartar schools should also he considered.
But without going into the merits of that
matter. it would seem that the amend
ment Of Mr.. Burleson provides a dis