Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-13
Superintendent, Principals and
Special Teachers Compose Grading
Board To Pass JnQua' Violations
FIRST GRADING aEIT SESSION
Merit Alone viii Count In Fixing Of
Salaries In Public Schools Hereafter.
Unless Teachers Improve After
Three Years Trial They VIII Be
Dropped.

By unanimous vote, the OoaIu VI
school trustees last night adopted a
new system of grading the teachers
in the city public schools. which was
recommended by the committee on
rules and regulations.
The report of the committee Is
lengthy and exhaustive one. 1t frst
repeats section 50, which provides for
the grading of the teachers from
STANDPOINT Of the length Of service,
and all other rules and regulations
of the schools in conflict with any OF
the provisions OF ire report. The new
system provides for the classification
of the teachers as A, b. c, ID, and +.
A and b are the highest classical
lions and there can be no promotions
above these classes. When teach
or has been promoted to class c and
Is not promoted any higher. reasons
for this shall be furnished the board
by the superintendent. and. If aftei
three years trial. teacher in class
C falls to improve he or she will oe
dropped. Substitutes will be graded
In class Z and rated as "satisfac-
tory" or unsatisfactory.
The Grading Board.
The grading of the teachers shall
be done by grading board to be
composed of the superintendent. with
three votes. tho principal of the school
to which the teachers are assigned
with two votes, and the special teach
ers of manual training. music and
drawing with one vote each.
In grading the teachers the full
merit of the teachers, all things con-
sidered, will serve to determine the
grading.
The teachers Of the High school are
10 be graded by the superintendent
and the principal of the High school
Where there is disagreement be-
tween the two officials. each shall SUBJ
init written report to the beard.
Colored teachers are to be graded
by the superintendent. after a confer
ence with the principals Of the color
ed schools. The superintendent Is re-
quired to report on the principals.
Grading for New Teachers.
The school board committee on
rules and regulations and the superin-
tendent shall recommend TO the board
a tentative grading for new teachers
elected to the schools.
While the new rules are now in
force. the first grading OF the teachers
Will be made In June. 1910. when the
teachers for the session of 19i0-i911
will be elected by the board ANY
teacher found below Z grade will be
dropped.
Miss Gertrude McNurran rendered
h T resignation TO take effect on No
vember ! and IL was accepted. Tt was
decided 10 open a new room n
Tventy-fifth street and Miss Hahie
Kelley was elected teacher for the
her resignation TO take effect on No
elected for the new room in the CEN
trsi school. Miss Flora stuart was
elected substitute teacher.
Large Overdrsft Reported.
The committee on finances reported
an oveTdrsft on October 1. of $3.50 SO.
The overdraft on September was
s2.i6e2e and the expen'e for the
month OF September totslled s3.s2s. s..
while the only collections amounted
10 s1s0.29
Superintendent jenkins reported
that total Of i.ssy white and 7ss
colored pupils are enrolled In the
schools. the total being ASH. an in
crease OF 1s7 over the enrolment at
this time last session
Mr.. J. ". Moore. n new trustee.
who was elected ~ the council last
month 10 succeed Mr. z. Stuart Blan-
ten. resigned. took his seat on the
toard last night.
The committee on building and
grounds reported that the first and
second payments had been made on
the nev school building in the Sec
ond ward and that the building win
he turned over 10 .hc hoard about