The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-22
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SALARIES SLAShED
Board of Education Uses Prun=
ing Knife on Payroll OF
the Department
Sweeping Reductions Caused b.
the CurtaiIed Appropriation
by Supervisors

Sweeping reductions in the salaries
OF the heads OF departments in the
high schools and in the heads of de-
partments in the grammar schools
are made in the budget prepared by
the board of education and sent TO
the supervisors yesterday for the year
lsos-1slO The reductions amount to
about $4,000 less than last years
schedule. A further departure from
The old system IS that the salaries of
principals viii hereafter be paid on
the enrolment OF pupils and that eX-
perience viii not in the future be re-
earded in the making Of salaries, the
work done being the chief factor in
the remuneration.
The reductions were prompted by
the refusal OF the finance committee
Of the supervisors TO allow the board
Of education the money the directors
said was necessary For salaries the
board was allowed s1,171,000 TO be used
i'm the grammar and primary grades,
sl61. coo for high schools and CONNER
cisl schools and $4,000 for additional
teachers. Three thousand dollars was
given to the teachers annuity fund out
OF the budget.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
The high schools are divided into
three classes in the first with 700
pupils the principal viii receive S219;
in the second class, with more than
400 and less than zoe pupils the prin-
Cipal Will receive $25e month ana
under 400 pupils 1925 a month
The position of vice principal in the
hsgh schools the evening and CONNER
cial schools was abolished. They viii
herea fter be known as heads Of de-
partment1 and will receive sl65
month. A reduction of $50 a month All
teachers in the high school will re-
ceive a fat salary Of s135 month.
In the commercial schools, the prin-
cipal will receive $500. and the assist
ant teachers 500 for the first two
years. the probationary period and
sl2O thereafter.
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
The grammar schools are divided
into two classes. The first class must
have over 500 pupils, of which S25 must
be in the grammar classes. The prin-
opal viii receive sos. a reduction o.
$50. A school that has over 100 pu-
pills and less than 500. 225 of which
arc in the grammar grades. will be
classified as a secondary school The
DrlmcApat VIII receive SAcv d l4lS--eaAf q
reduction of $50.
Assistant teachers viii receive the
same salary as last year, except that
there win he no increase by reason
OF experience
The primary schools are put in four
classes. The principals VIII be paid
according to the number Of pupils en-
rolled. seven hundred or more pupils
win bring the principal salary or
$3.50: four hundred of more, $3.50; two
hundred or more. $3.50, and less than
two hundred, $40.
Vice principals in the primary schools
start at 1928 and after two years Of
service viii receive s135, which viii
remain a fat salary. In each OF these
instances there is a general reduction
Of from s. TO SO.
THE EVENING SCHOOLS
There is a reduction all along the
line among the principals Of the even
ting schools The principal Of the
humboldt evening school was reduced
srom S125 to 500, the principals OF
The Commercial. the Lincoln, the Ham
iton, and the Horace Mann were each
reduced TO $50 from 500. the prin
eipal of the sherman to SIS from $50,
fhe Richmond TO s65 from $50, and the
Washington to $50 from $50.
The salaries Of the rank and file Of
teachers remain unchanged
Action on the adoption Of a resolu-
ton 6isbanding fraternities in the high
schools was further deferred by the
directors Of the board OF education at
their meeting yesterday.
The members seem to be in a guam
dairy as TO what the legislators ex-
sctly meant when they put the ban on
the secret societies OF the public
schools.
resolution making the minimum
enrolment in evening schools % was
adoDted