The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-10
BOARD OF EDUCATION BARS
 MEMBERS FROM BIDDING AND
 OPENS WHITTIER SCHOOL BIDS
Have Funds But Are Going Ahead Expeca
 ton of Generosity of Board of Apportionment
Strange Telephone Conversation Between Architect Ashem and Hubbe Building Co Lowest Bidders Followed by
 Withdrawal of Company's Proposition

buy the property by. June 1st even if | city hasn't the right T guess the state legislature would provide d, way to secure the property if the present pointed out that the city will pay l about $16O for the option. It was voted to let Secretary Elmer H. Ha- vens and Richard D. Murphy close up the option agreements. The Kelly property owners. are willing to enter | into similar agreement as do the Wat son owners.
 i When the report of the committee on schools relative to the resolution of Attorney J. J. Cullinan providing for increases in the salaries of high school teachers, was asked for Col Ravens replied that the committee had been too busy to take up the matter. Attorney Cu111nan stated that the resolution called for a report at
 last nights meeting and in view of
 the fact that the committee was not
 prepared to make. a report the
 matter he would like to introduce a
 resolution He then offered the fol-
 lowing:
 Resolved, That no teacher shall be
 employed in the Bridgeport High
 school who has not had at least two
 years experience. as a teacher or. who
 has not, spent at least one year as a
 student in school devoted to nor
 mai work exclusively and that if said
 experience has not been had in a
 public school said teacher shall not
 be employed unless the superintendent . of schools or a committee of the Board of Education shall have ob-
 served the work of said teacher while
 regularly engaged in teaching, and
 Resolved, That hereafter the max
 mum salary to be paid to male
 teachers in the Bridgeport high school
 shall be S2000 and the maximum sal ary to be paid to female teachers shall be $1.500 and that the minimum sal
 ary to be paid to male teachers shall
 be $500 and the minimum salary to
 be paid to female teachers shall be
 700 and that the salary of all teach CTS shall increase at the rate of $75
 per year and that the salary of no teacher employed in the Bridgeport High school shall exceed such an amount as is represented by the mini
 mum salary plus such an amount as is represented by $75 multiplied by the mum Der of years a teacher has taught in the Bridgeport High school, except where said teachers are now Eaiary. hSEasttsn ana be employed at sreatsE s
 -'ResoIved, That where a teacher is now receiving a greater salary Or shall hereafter Joe employed at greater salary that the salary of said teacher shall not be increased until entitled to an increase if originally employed at the minimum salary"
 There was good deal of discussion over the resolution A. W Bell thought tha the syearly Increases should be sfoO Instead of S75- There was also some question to why women teachers were paid less than men teachers. since they did the same work. MT. Cu11inan was ready to an swer all questions in support of his resolution and argued long and we'll as to why the resolution should be adopted, He gave statistics compar- ing other ci Ves of similar size to Bridgeport. MT. Cu1linan paid splen- did tribute to the teachers of the High school and said that they de- served increases in salaries. He pointed out how they were of high quality and that as result of the good teaching done in the High school to colleges where they gained honor marks
 Col. Ravens thought the matter of serious import, that it concerned the entire city and not the teachers. alone. and for that reason he felt that the matter should go over until such a time as more consid deration could be given it. He said that if the board | adopted such a resolution it would l mean that the whole salary Schedule in the city would have to be changed. l MT. Cu1linan finally agreed to let tn l natter go to the committee on schools | again.
 On recommendation of the com n1ittee os schools these teachers were l appointed, all to start at $500: Misses | Mary A. Hendrix, Mich olfne Bruce | Eleanor Cushman, Margaret Devine | Evelyn Barkey. Mary A. Barker and l May T. Connolly, all graduates of the | al cch |