Evening star., 1914-02-14
GET PLEA FOR MORE PAY
FOR HIGH SCHOOL HEADS
Senator'S Learn Salaries Here Are
Smaller Than in Other
Like Cities.
In Accepting Principalships Teach
ers May Be Forced to Accept
Financial Loss.

A strong plea TO grant the principals
OF normal. high and manual training
schools in the District an increase in
salary has been made to the subcontnlit-
tee of the Senate appropriations commit
tee in charge of the District appropria-
ton bill. At present the minimum salary
of these high school principals is $1,000,
and the maximum salary is $500.
The committee has been asked to iu-
crease these salaries from a minimum
of 5000 to a minimum of $500, and from
d maximum of 81 800 to Il maximum of
5000
In support of this request It is pointed
out that such an increase has been advo-
Gated by the board of education and by
the District Commissioners. The House,
however refused to allow this increase.
Lower Than in Other Cities.
The salaries paid to principals of high
schools in. Washington are much lower
than the salaries paid to such school
officials in other cities of the same size
III the Emitted States; in fact, they are
lower than in cities very much smaller
than Washington.
According to census reports Of seven
teen cities in the United States with a
New Orleans. pays a lower maximum sal
AIRY to high school principals than Wash
lngton The average maximum salary
of these cities is s., AZ, or S91. more than
Washington
There are twenty-five cities exclusive
of Washington with population between
100000 and 100000. Only New Orleans
of all these pays 4 lower salary than
Washington. The average maximum sal
ary of these twenty-five cities is S",2,4,
or s154 more than Washington.
Most of the cities from 100000 to 100
600 population pay from 500 to S1,0M
more than Washington; many cities of
less than 100000 pay from 500 TO $1,000
more than Washington.
Other Officers Get More.
In the Washington school system there
are eighteen officers receiving higher sal
aries than the high school principals. In
no other city in the United States does,
such condition exist.
In Washington there is difference
between the maximum salary of Il high
school principal and a high school
teacher of only $500 Out of forty-onc
cities with populations of over 100000
no other shows SO small difference
between salary of principal and teacher.
Atlanta. next lowest. is $500: Dayton.
$500; Boston. s576. and SO on up to
ference for the seventeen cities above
100000 is 1920.
The minimum salary Of a high school
principal in Washington is $4,000. This
is lower by $500 than the maximum
salary of the high school teacher. A
new principal must be placed at the
| minimum salary. The anomaly may be
presented of a principal receiving a
lower salary than the teachers under
him.
"Promotion'' Means Loss.
In case Of a vacancy in high school
principalship. a teacher receiving a sal
ary of $1,000. with no duties, cares or
responsibilities other than those of the
classroom. may be promoted" to a
princlpalship. with entire responsibility,
both executive and educational for his
school, at an initial salary Of $1,000. that
is $500 less than his salary as a teacher
Two years of service in the principalship
will be required to reach the salary from
which he was promoted. The promo
| ton will mean a cash loss for these two
years.
Two Of the high school principals at the
present time are receiving the maximum
teachers salary.