Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-04-26

clerk who gets GOOD SALARY az
clerk and EXTRA CLERICAL SER.
VICES, and the Supt. who gets a
MAGNIFICENT salary. together with
numerous side salarys or extras. are
the Bosses Of the people and not the
servants Of the people. One Of the
first matters wish to call the atten.
| ton Of the new trustee to II the
| injury to the school In continually
changing teachers during the school
term. This matter has been discus.
sed through the state and In the press
of the state, until believe every one
is convinced that the only people
benefited by. the practice are the
teachers agencies who get about 6
.,er cent Of the teachers salary for
the first year and those sharing a
per cent with the Agencies. Blank
contracts are furnished each Board
In the County to be filled out and
signed by the teacher and the school
board. This board refused to use
those blanks, and use one OF their
own making. The furnished blanks
provide for the payment Of GER
tain sum per month for the school
period Of so many months. There Is
nothing In the blank that provides
for, contemplates or sugge SITS that
they may quit any time during the
term. It does not even suggest that
death would be grounds for quitting,
leaving that and many other matters
to the laws governing contracts.
The blank also provides that moth
ing In the contract shall waive any
Of the rights. powers, privileges or
duties Of either party under the laws
OF the State Of Idaho.
One Of those rights which the teach
or does not waive In signing the con-
tract furnished, is that she cannot be
discharged before the end Of the
term without giving her q hearing.
This law was evidently passed by the
Legislature to protect the teachers
from the whims or caprice OF Sup
erintendent or Board, and give to
school teaching In the State, the dig
nifty not attached to a common labor
er who can be kicked out just be-
cause you don't like him. But this
protecting clause Is left out Of the
contract drawn by and used by this
board, and a clause inserted In Its
stead, whereby a teacher has to sign
away his right to a hearing and can
be turned out at any time during the
term without cause, reason or hear
ing, by giving him 80 days notice.
But the greatest injustice Is done to
the school, by giving the teacher
the right to quit at any time during
the term without cause or reason by
giving 30 days notice. They do en-
body a clause that II she doesn t say
she is sick or dead or give other ur-
gent reason, she must forfeit two
weeks salary. That there shall be
no mistake, l copy verbatim the
clause:
Provided, That either party
shall have the right to annul this
contract by giving thirty days
notice In writing, and further
provided that should the party of
the second part give such no
tice for any other reason than
sickness, death, or similar urgent
causes, said party shall forfeit
one-half month q salary"
A mighty poor proviso in a con-
tract If you want teachers to remain.
1t not only suggests to the teacher
that she can quit but it provides an
easy method for her to do It. The
law contemplates that she remain to
the end of the term.
l should like to discuss this con-
tract matter further but space for
bids this time. This Ia one Of the
things for which think we may hope
for relief from the new trustee, and III
not we hope and expect he will tell us
WHY.
Meantime, shall call your atten-
ton from time to time to matters
and things that in my opinion should
be corrected or given the benefit Of
publicity.
Yours very truly,
G. e. CORKER.