The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-06-10
Board of Education Heeds Protest
Against Low Salaries and
Makes Many Increases
ALL TO SIGN CONTRACTS NOW
Kenosha Board of Education Takes
Tardy Recognition Of Christop-
her Columbus and Names
School for Him


Kenosha have won a bloodless battle
in their effort to secure higher salaries
for at the meeting of the Board of
Education on Tuesday evening the
Board, acting on a recommendation
from the committee on teachers, de-
cided to increase the salaries of more
than twenty-five of the teachers en-
ployed in the grades. The increase in
salary ranges from So to SIS month
and it is claimed that the new scale
as adopted by the Board on Tuesday
evening will result in every teacher
who has been elected signing a con-
tract for the coming year. After the
last meeting of the Board a large mum
Der Of the teachers returned their con-
tracts to the superintendent with the
protest against the wages offered.
Committees of the teachers visited the
superintendent and declared that they
could not accept contracts at the terms
stated on account Of the fact that the
wages were lower than they could Sc
cure in other places. This. fact has
long been recognized by the members
of the Board who have looked into
the matter and after careful con
sideration the teachers committee de-
cided to recommend an increase in
salary for large number of the teach
ers. The increase will make the pay
roll for teachers some $4,000 larger
than it was last year, but it will re-
suit in the trained teachers being kept
here instead of their going to some
other city where more attractive
salary was offered. It is said that
the teachers are entirely satisfied with
the contracts as offered by the Board
after last night IS meeting and that all
Of them will sign contracts at once.
The Kenosha Board of Education
has made rather tardy recognition
of the services of Christopher Column
bus in discovering America, but it was
decided by the Board that the new
building in the Third ward will be
known as the columbus School, 1t
is probable that later a statue Of Col
umbus will pe placed In one of the
corridors of the school No other
name was proposed for the building
and the selection was made by the
unanimous vote Of the Board.
All of the janitors in the schools
were reelected for the new year and
Joseph M. Scholey was named as super
intendent of janitors with salary Of
$40 month. He will have charge Of
the work at the Central School as in
the past but the Board will pay the
men employed under him.
The contract for the new school was
signed and the bond proposed by the j.
P. Cullen Company of GAINESVILLE was
approved by the Board.
The only show Of fight at the meet
ing Of the Board was in regard to the
payment of per cent of the contract
to T. Gaastra for the inspection Of the
work. Commissioners Rowell and
Barnes declared that the cost of in
spection should be covered by the
amount allowed to Mr.. Gaastra as ar
chitects fees and Commissioner Rowell
made motion to rescind the action by
which Mr.. Gaastra was allowed the
added two per cert, but the motion was
lost, the only commissioners voting in
favor of it being Rowell and Barnes.
The Board decided to take no action
in regard to the employment of a
superintendent of music in the schools
at this time, but it probable that mu-
sic will be added to the curriculum be-
fore the beginning of the school year
in 1910. The finances of the Board
will not at this time permit any large
increase in the expenditures for
additional teachers.
After the usual amount of routine
business the Board adjourned.