The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20
PLAN FOR YEARLY INCREASE IN PAY OF B. H. s. FACULTY CULLINAN PRE- SENTS RESOLUTION WHICH WILL HAVE PROMPT
 ACTION. Commissioner Bishops Resolution Would Bar Members From
 Profiting From School
 Business.

John J. Cullinan introduced a reso- lution at a meeting of the Board of Educa ton last night, which vitalIy af- fects the salaries of Hifh school teach CTS and also deals with other matters
 of importance. The resolution was referred to the committee on schools and the superintendent for report at the next meeting. Here is the reso- lution:
 Resolved, That no teacher shall hereafter be employed in the High
 school of Bridgeport unless the can
 didate for employment shall have had at least two years teaching expert- ence, or have pursued for one year a course devoted exclusively to Normal training.
 Unless the two years teaching ex- perience required has been had in a public school, no person shall be em- ployed in the Bridgeport High school
 unless the superintendent of the
 Bridgeport schools has personally ob- served the work of the candidate be- ing regularly performed in his last teaching position.
 Resolved, That the maximum salary for male teachers of the Bridgeport High school shall be 5000, and the maximum salary for female teachers
 S1 500; that there shall be no mini
 mum salary, but the salary of all teachers shall advance automatically $50 increase a year over the salary al which they began work in the Bridge
 port High school.
 Resolved, That the salaries to be paid to all the teachers now employed in the Bridgeport High school for the school year 1912-13 shall be the sal ary at which they began work in the High school plus such an amount as will be represented by $50 multiplied by the number of years each has taught in the Bridgeport High school up to the maximum herein provided.
 The board met last night for the particular purpose of considering bids for heating facilities for the addition to the Myrtle avenue school. The bids that were received were rejected and it was decided not to call for any
 more bids for two months. This is the second time that the board has re-
 iected bids for the same work. The matter of renewing options on the Kelly and Watson properties which go to make uD the desired Lyon Terrace site for a new High school will go over until the city at-
 agreement having been made to allow such delay.
 The special committee on text books
 reported and a number of changes
 were recommended.
 W. R. Smith of Phillipsburg, N. J., was named as an assistant in the
 Commercial High school at a salary
 of s1,200; Ada G. Woodruff was made
 a teacher in the kindergarten at Wal tersville to succeed Miss Bertha New berger, and Miss Cornelia Luse was
 named a teacher of domestic science to succeed Miss Alice Blanchard. who
 has resigned
 pr. George ". Osborn submitted res olutions embodying health rules and
 regulations for the schools. The res
 olutions were adopted and will be
 posted in the schools
 The recommendation of the Finance
 committee that Miss Margaret Weeds claim for deducted pay, SIS, be allow ed. She represented that her ab-
 sence was due to illness occasioned by
 the presence of sewer gas in the
 school room, and that she had paid out
 $500 for doctors bills.
 Following is a resolution introduced
 by Commissioner N. W. Bishou, which
 under the rules lies over to the next
 regular meeting, Sept. g:
 Resolved Thai no member of this