Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-05

tabtiBb scholarships at the College oil
Hawaii which shall be available fol-
students who have entered that in
stitution from high schools in the ter
ritory."3
The report of Superintendent Kin.
ney is.in part as follows:
School Supplies.
During the present school year the
distribution OF school supplies by the
department has been conducted on a
plan different from that followed in
the pAst. At the end Of the past
school year principals were called
upon TO make acquisitions for the en-.
tire term following, which acquisitions
were gone over first by, the superyis-
ing principals and later by the Office
force. In this way il has been posi-
bic to keep a better check on the re-
QUESTION for supplies than It was pos
sible 10. do in the past when requisl-
tons were made out any time during
the year whenever need arose. II has
also sifnplihed the system Of handling
supplies very materially, and has done
away with the complaints relative to
tardJ filing of orders. Furthermore,
q saving in money has been effected.
However, a further Improvement in
the system of handling school sup
plies ID. now being worked out. The
supervising principals and the prinei-
pals OF the larger schools have been
asked TO furnish estimates as to the
amount of supplies needed per pupil
For Instance, ii has been estimated
that 2 pieces Of paper, per day, per
pupil Is a reasonable amount. On this
line estimates can be made on the
amount of each kind of Supplies on the
basis Of one pupil and, when these
figures have been worked out, it will
he possible TO distribute supplies from
the head Office without asking the
teacher for acquisitions
Employment Of Teachers.
The committees recommendation
that teachers be appointed on written
contracts has been adopted. Certffl.
Gated teachers, in good standing, are
given a contract employing them for
the school year, or for the remainder
OF. the school year, in case. they enter
the service after the opening Of school.
Teachers whose work has been un.
satisfactory, or who have not the
regular certificates required by the
department, are given provisional con-
tracts, giving them employment sub
jeck to months notice In case il is
found advisable to dismiss them. Each
teacher is, upon appointment. sent 2
contract forms, both Of which are sign
ed by the superintendent and teacher.
The teacher retains anel copy and the
department the other The forms OF
both contracts are appended 70 this
report. They outline the conditions
Of employment, incorporating thesTules
OF the departments as part of the
contract, and it is hoped that BY this
means all misunderstanding relative
TO the terms Of employment may be
avoided II is too early to say def
initely as yet that this hiss been ef
fected, but Il Is certain that no case
Of Misunderstanding has come to the
notice OF the department so far since
the adoption of the contracts.
The present salary schedule is not
entirely satisfactory rs il gives rise
at times to apparently anomalous con.
ditions. However, careful study Of
the schedule has convinced me that
no radical changes can be made there
In without involving an additional ex
pense so material that do not think
L advisable to consider It.
In order to bring the standing Of
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