Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-13
NEW SALARY SCHEDULE
PUTS CITY ScOOOL DADS
IN SERIOUS QUANOAR\
City Superintendent Elliott and
Principal Nelson Of High
School Are Reelected

Hh'lhOI VI Hut 10 duOpl 1lAed
schedule Of salaries with graduated
scale of increase for service for one,
two and three.year periods and make
that schedule retroactive to the extent
Of giving credit for years Of service al.
ready rendered or to put the schedule
into effect regardless Of present sal
aries and to start the teachers in upon
the scale which their salaries fit in the
new schedule is one of the most per.
picking questions with which the Salem
school board finds itself confronted il
its efforts to place the district upon {
sliding scale of salaries under which all
teachers will be treated justly and
equitably and given due credit fol
faithful and valuable services.
Last night IS meeting was devoted en-.
ircly to the consideration in detail Of
a tentative schedule of salaries TO eff
feet every teacher of the city system,
which had been prepared in advance by
| City superintendent Elliott but nothing
of definite nature was decided upon
and adjournment was taken after II
o'clock until Tuesday evening when
superintendent Elliott will submit a
complete comparative statement show.
ing the effect of the tentative schedule
passed upon together with an estimate
Of the total budget that will be required
under the proposed new schedule. City
/ superintendent O. NJ Elliott was re-
elected for the ensuing year Mt $2750
and Principal j. G. Nelson, Of the high
school was also reelected at Il salary
of $l740 for 70 months service. instead
OF his present salary Of $1,000 for ~
months.
The reelection of Superintendent El.
lott was made upon the motion of Di.
rector Lee, seconded by Director Barnes
and following the election which was
unanimous, Chairman Miles delivered Il
brief eulogy upon the quality of the
services of the superintendent, eE.
pressed unqualified satisfaction on be.
half Of the board for the excellent
showing Of progress which has been
made by Mr. Elliott and congratulated
the board for its good fortune in having
selected man OF his calibre for the
head Of the Salem school system. In
the election Of Principal Nelson upon
the IL months basis the board acted up.
on the recommendation of Mr.. Elliot
the idea being to secure the services OF
Mr.. Nelson during the vacation period
when he will be Of valuable assistance
to superintendent Elliott and relieve
him during his vacation.
In considering the adoption Of new
schedule the board has had prepared q
new standard of requirements for the
teachers Of all grades which will work
some important changes over the pres
ent qualifications but these require
ments will not be made retroactive and
will not effect teachers already on the
staff. The question Of crediting teach
ers coming to the city from other points
with experience TO their credit in Other
cities or towns in the matter Of salaries
under the proposed new schedule also
came up for consideration but Superin
tendent Elliott advised that experience
in other cities be not taken into copsid
Grafton when employed here and that
all new teachers should be started at
the bottom Of the schedule and permit
ted TO work up, in justice to the HON,
staff.
The old chimney subject also came
up for brief consideration at the con
clusion of the session over the sulary
schedule and it developed that the
building committee is still cup in the
air. regarding settlement Of tn,
| difficulty and no action viii be taker
until expert advice can be secured upol