Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-16
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Protest.

Mir. Editor; A recent article in The Bulletin stated that one of the diffi- cult questions for the town board of education to solve was the adjustment of salaries.
 These officials seemed to settle with out trouble the question of salaries forr the new superintendent and the super yising principals, report naming $3,000 for one and an average salary of about $2,000 for each of the others, this be- ing an increase of several hundred dollars over what each had previously received. and the total amounting to about s9,O00
 Why should there be any question of reducing the salaries of the teach CTS of the Central district, because the taxpayers may object" to raising the salaries of other teachers to cor responding amount? Do the "taxpay- CTS" object to the increase in the sal aries of the supervisors? Has any of ficial in the employ of the city or town of Norwich had his salary reduced during the last few years? Why should the teachers to whom is intrusted the work of furnishing a common train ing and common ideals for the children of all the mixed peoples who are here being fused into one nationality" and who have given their time and strength and lives to the upbuilding of the minds and characters of the children of Norwich, now be called upon to suffer a reduction in their pay? Your paper recently asserted that living ex- penses had increased 10 per cent. since June, 1911, This increase affects wom- en as well as men. Some of the teach CTS have now. or have had in former years, parents or children or other rel- atives for whose entire or partial sup port they are responsible. It is with much sacrifice that such teachers have been able to meet all expenses in the past. How will it be with reduced salaries?
 The people of the Central district are beginning to realize something of the sacrifice which falls especially upon them through the vote for eonsolida- tion. By this movement they had ev- erything to lose and nothing to gain For more than thirty years the tax payers of this district have provided their school with superintendents ol unusual character and ability, have furnished 8 corps of carefully selected and high grade teachers for the schools, have supported kindergartens music and drawing, and have furnish GU llDeIdllN lhs supplleS uesueu loI cl' fieient work in the schools.
 Now the people of this district have witnessed the loss \of their esteemed | superintendent, they have placed in the | hands of the town school property valued at perhaps $2O0,00O, and they have consented that their supple: shall be used for the good of the whole A protest should be raised agains their teachers being called upon tt submit to any further sacrifice. It ii certainly unjust that their teachers 1 deprived of the, ready assistance st freely given in the past, their school 1 rooms filled perhaps with. outsiders called upon to work early and late tt 1 sustain the high reputation of th' 1 schools. should be asked to do so a l lower salaries than they have former 1 ly received If each of the supervisor l can be granted an increase of severa | hundred dollars, surely the regula 1 teachers of the Central district shoul' 1 be allowed their full salaries. A TAXPAYER
 of the Central District Norwich, July 15, 1912.