The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-16
Increases Given Office
Staff of Board of
Education
CHADSEY GETS 204
MORE TEACHERS
Million Clipped From
Budget; Several New
Schools Cut Out


and accounts, Monday morning. vot'
ed nice little salary increases TO
most OF the members OF the Board
OF Education ONCE stan. Charles A.
Gadd. secretary and business man
ager Of the board. led OF with n $500
boost. which. II allowed by the eoun-
Gil In committee OF the whole. viii
make hts annual salary $500. The
ehef clerk in the once was refused
$500 increase. bat two bookkeepers
were given 500 each. being raised
10 81 500 a year A new stencgra-
pher WIS allowed AT $500 and the
salary OF the present one was In
creased from 500 to $500. A $500
increase was asked for the boo
room clerk. bu, the committee cut
Il IN half. making his new salary
81 $50.
The assistant book room CLERK
was down for Si,l0e, an increase %
500. Chalrman NartelI was 30 aax-
ious TO get this increase through
thar Aldk Nowc demanded an exrls
nation
Hes good man. and besides be
lives in my ward. said wartell. So
riously.
I'VE are nor rating city emplo~es
according 20 the wards they live In. =
said Md. Movie. and the iHcreas,
was voted down Aid. wartell. as
chairman OF the claims and accounts
committee. is trying to see that the
nth ward gets everything asked
for II in the school budget.
III you don't give me what | want
I'll vote against every salary boost
in the budget" wariell told the 9th.
er members OF the COMMITTEE.
Supervisor A. r. Sfewar, obtained
an increase OF $500 for the chief
clerk in his depar,mc and 800
boost for another clerk.
The committee allowed Eve new
2O-room schools at sl0o.0 900 each. not
including the sites Instead OF s275.
00e asked By the board for the com
pietion OF the Southwestern high
school. the committee allowed $780,
003 TO make the proposed high
school into a 24.room elementary
school. Seventy-fiye thousand dollars
was allowed for a site for a school
20 relieve the present Palmer and
Moore schools The committee dis
allowed an item OF si25.000 for a
new building TO replace the pres
ent wilkins school.
The school board Is asking 81.
4J9,140 for salaries OF employees In
the educational department and the
committee passed the entire amount.
Supt. Charles r. Chadsey explained
that he will need 204 additional
teachers next fall because OF the
constantly growing school attend.
ance. One teacher Is needed for
every 40 pupils In the elementary
grades. and one for every % pupils
in the high schools. he said There
are now about 2.Os2 school teachers
on the payroll.
The committee allowed s65 1915 for
night school teachers salaries The
superintendent said he figured on
opening three more elementary night
schools next winter and also intends
TO keep them open for 100 nights
AZ the urgent request OF Controller
George Engel the committee allow.
cd 1909 .0s5.s1. which Ia half the
amount of the deficit in the teach,
ers' salary fund. The deficit occurs
every year. owing to the fact that
the primary school moneys are not
available until the fall. The con
lfroiler wants the deficit wiped Out
20 that he will be able 10 keep his
books straight. The estimators re
fused TO allow any money for this
purpose last year.
The committee cut about 81 900.
900 from the boards budget, Mon
day morning. most OF the cuts beln,
made on school building estimates
and requests for expensive sites an,
additional land for present schoo
cites
Aid. Barnett left the meeting o
the parks and boulevards commit
tee In disgust. Monday morning
when he and Aid. Burton failed q
prevent their colleagues from CIV
ing the park ONCE employesoa gen
eral salary increase.
Barnett started his insurgen
movement when Secretary fuscl
was given a $500 increase.
These are hard times. and wha
money we give away ought TO go q
1.-THE once clerks getting less thai
lti.200." shouted Barnett.
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