The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-15
Representatives of Many Schools in Conference To ndaIxe Plans For Gather ing of Whole Teaching Corps Soon.
CLAIM SALARY CUTS
 ARE NOT JUSTIFIED
Teachers will Prepare Argu- ments For Board of Edu- cation in Effort to Effect Change of Boards Pro ] cram.
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Br1dgeport school teachers will hold a mass meeting before the next board of education session to protest the merit system that has been installed in the public schoo1a-
 Delegates from most Of the schools ins the city met yesterday afternoon and made arrangements for the mass meeting It was the. seIftl1ne1lI or the meeting that the teachers prepare sew eraI questions to present to the board Of education One question Will Joe: why wasn't the merit system adopted at the beginning of the school year, so that the inefficient teachers Nould have a chance to improve their work and become efficient, by the time. he. scheduled salary raise became. Gue7''
 Another will be: 'fwhy was it an- nounqed only week pr two before the Increase was due, that inef1cfency will mean a loss of thesincrease 2,
 Another: '41s the merit system fair? Does not too much depend on the principal Of the school and his or her personal fee1ings2s
 One principal is is said, refueed to give any of her teachers a perfect mark ibecanses s2no earthly teacher can be perfect = Another is said to have given all her teachers perfect marks because she preferred peace in her school One prznipa1 gave all the older
 
 was a new teacher, it is said, gave her a lesser mark simply because she was young It is said the latter was rectI- fled.
 According to a published statement attributed to the president of the board of education, nobody will know who the deficient teachers are except : the school authorities because the names will not be made public. seNo7 body will know he is credited with A iz expected the teachers will prepare a report informing the board of educa- ton that every teacher may learn what another's salary is when she's Signing for her own, simply by con- Eulttng the paper.
 How the board Of education ttstucH Bne over on,' the board of apportion- ment after the members of the latter body had scored the school board fol extraVagance is ping discussed todaS Eial transactions.
 when the school board appeared be lore the tax board, and after the lat ter boards members had pointed ol1 the errors of the school boards ways the board of education was asked how much 1t needed for teachers. The ta1 board was given figures in which i was explained that so much must b. had for regular salaries and so mucl for increases.
  tfon representative explained that tn increase had been voted by the boar, and must be had. It was granted in total of $395.75O.
 The merit, system was adopted a soon as the appropriation was re ceived. It had beens hinted at dark before but never caused much enthu siasm in the board However tn school. board established the system O marking, which is calculated to save large sum for sundry uses that tn board of apportionmetn didn't thin absolutely necessary.
 Elmer H. Ravens, president of tn board of education. has explained tha te refusal of the board to grant a cer tain number of teachers their sched u1ed raises in salary. is not for tn purpose of economy, but for efficienc, The board of education is savin money this year by the merit system but not for the purpose of making u for rash expenditures of the RepubI can administration, according to M Ravens
 1t will raise the standard of tn
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