El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-21
GET PAY FOR
ACTUAL WORK
City School Teachers Won t
Have Salaries Spread
Out Over a Year.

Teachers in FL Paso public schools.
so desiring, will hereafter be paid on
n nine, instead OF the old Il month
basis At a meeting Of the school
trustees Tuesday evening at the
Bailey school. this decision was
reached. on motion OF trustee ". D.
Mayfield. The change becomes ef-
fective Dec. /.
It was the sense OF the meeting that
the school board has no right 20 hold
back any part OF a teachers salary
This is what has Deen done under the
y months basis. A teachers contract
called for nine months service. with
pay spread over a fun year. Trustee
AiGyfleld's motion provided that back
pay becoming due under the new plan
be paid Dec. 1.
There have been numerous indi-
ridual requests for nine month pay
M euts. and the board has been grant
financial conditions at this time are
different from those when the u
month plan was adopted.
Teachers desiring the nine months
payments viii in future have only to
apply in writing to the superintend-
ent and IL viii be granted autOmati-
cally. This feature OF the change was
made IN an amendment 20 trustee
Nayfield's motion offered by trustee
s. !. Prudential
AbOIishes Fees in kindergarten.
On motion Of trustee J. c. Worth
inEton. the board decided to abolish
fees charged in the lcindergartens for
supplies. which viii hereafter be fur
nished free Of cost The fee system
had furnished only about $3.50 year
TO the boards treasury.
Leave Of absence was granted prin-
cipaI Mrs. Eunice r Payne. Of Alta
Vista and music supervisor Miss Eliza
beth Doak. to attend the state teach
ers' convention at Waco and TO visit
the Dallas schools They will return
Dec G. other teachers whose places
may be filled without engaging sub
stitutes may attend also, it was de-
cided.
Miss Grace AcNieI was appointed to
Alamo school; Misses Margaret Wag-
ner and LOta Gass and Mrs. Zettie
ord TO Beall, and Miss Juauita Wills
10 Douglass.
Endorse Saturday Glasses.
Part OF the success OF the College
OF the City OF FL PasO IS due to the
cooperation Of the city school trus-
tees" said chancellor H ". COlvin Of
the college, who appeared before the
board TO express thanks for this CO.
operation. Chancellor Colvin called
attention 10 the Saturday teachers
college. asking that the board give
some endorsement OF the work He Z
explained that the United States de- I
partment Of education had found that /
cities with Saturday teachers classes |
have more efficient schools. a resolu- !
tion endorsing the classes and urging ]
all teachers TO attend was adopted by /
the board, on motion Of trustee Freu- I
denthal.
Appearing as sales manager OF the I
Red Cross seal campaign OF the Asso-
ciated Charities. MI. COlvin asked that
this movement be endorsed. A resoIu-
tiOu to this effect was adopted
Former teachers now married may,
on recommendation OF the superin-
tendent, resume their work IN the
schools when their husbands Join the
army. il was decided
Suggests Agricultural Works
The matter Of special agricultural
courses in the high school. for which
part OF the $4,000 allotted 20 Texas
BIZ the federal government could be
secured, was suggested by superin-
.eudent T. 7. TiEhe and left for
.urther consideration
There will be only one Th2nksgiv-
ng holiday this year, Thursday, the
,oaTd decided.
Auditor Makes Report.
The report OF auditor F. +. sawyer
or the month ending oct 81, showed
IN overdraft OF S65.102-12 in the main
enaucs fund and a balance OF s4ts-So
n the building fund Total revenues
OF the month were S104O.l9 and eL-
.enses were $50, 629.O5- The overdratt
vas due 10 the fact that no part Of
he state per capita allotment Of
12sOg25O had yet been received
alaries Of teachers for October this
ear were S23,56e.97. as compared
with S1s,5S5.O1 for october, 1916
Auditor sawyer reported receipt OF
16S.45 from county superintendent
Iiss Nyra c. Winkler on transfers OF
hildren from the county to the city
st session. Miss Winkler also filed
list Of transfers to date this year:
r,u1bering SO. together with a list Of
; transferred from the city TO the
oInty. 80,
a letter from Hargrovs Smith,
'iEhland Park student contained
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