The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-08
VETERAN TEACHERS
ON pension ROLL
Board Of Education Concludes Its
Annual Session With SeIec-
ton Of Pedagoeues.

Having appointed most of tho eight
hsndred and fifty teachers Of the terri
torial schools for the year 19l7.l91s
and transacting other routine business,
the school commissioners yesterday clos.
ed their annual meeting.
The names of the teachers appointed
will not be published, If at al, until
after the pedagogues have been person
ally and individually notified OF their
appointment by the department.. 1t
has been otherwise heretofore and the
press Of the city and islands has been
taken into their confidence by the
board Of education. the teachers being
informed thus publicly Of the action
Of the board. The board has now adopt.
ed q system Of invisible governmen.
because, II was claimed yesterday, one
Teacher a year ago "fkieked0 over
being notified of her appointment by
the press before she was Informed by
the department itself.
Not All Named Yet NJ
The appointment of teachers Of the
high schools and the new school for
detectives, as well MS about fifty teach
ers of the general public, schools, will
be made by the superintendent and
member of the board for the district
where such teachers are to serve. these
appointments to be brought up, as
recess ones, before the meeting of the
board of school Commissioners, which
is scheduled to be held either on
August l3 or 20, coming, Just before
the new school year begins. Superin-
tendent Kinney was authorized to send
to the mainland for such additional
teachers as the department may be in
need of. N1@
The appointment of the statistician
| OF the board, provided by the last legis-
lature will be made at the December
meeting, the new official, who will
probably be George s. Raymond, TAX
ing Office the first of January, 1918. AT
that time the, office of inspector general
of schools, now held by Mr.. Raymond,
will be abolished. in accordance with
the law passed by the ninth territorial
! legislature. t'| &
/ New School Year Fixed
The 1917.l9lS school year, commene.
ing on September 10, next, will
/ consist of thirty-nine weeks Of school.
Ing and will be divided. into three
periods, as follows: September 10 TO
December IA, 1917 fourteen weeks;
January 2 Ito March 20, 1918, thirteen
weeks, and April 8 to June 2S, 1918,
twelve weeks. The present school year
viii close on June %, two weeks from
today and the new school year will
open ON September 10.
The school commissioners turned
down, as not feasible, the plan OF the
Maui school teachers, which would in
crease the daily school hours from two
to halfpast two o'clock in the after
noon, il being the intention of the Val
ley Island pedagogues to devote the
extra time principally for vocational
work purposes, mainly along agricul-
tural and horticultural lines. >
Three Teachers Pensioned H.. !, ".
The board decided that no time
should be taken off the regular school
hours for vocational work, even along
| agricultural lines, unless this was un-
der the immediate school supervision.
The board placed on the school pen.
sion list the following veteran teachers;
Mrs. Nettie l.. Scott, principal of the
Holualoa School, Kona, Hawaii; Miss
Julia Il. Snow, of the faculty of the
Kaulnwela School of this city, and
Moses Kauimahu, retired teacher and
principal OF the Kahalui School, Maui,
who has become assistant treasurer of
the County of Maui, hut who became
/ entitled to his pension before he sew
cred his connection with the depart-
ment of education. ~.
Portuguese School for Summer .I1 =
At the request of Senior Agnelo
PessOa. Portuguese consul general, and
Rev. Manuel q. Santos, editor of o
Luso, the local Portuguese weekly, the
Kaakapua schoolhouse, IAN adjunct of
the Central Grammar School, mauka Of
Vineyard Street, was placed at the dis;
posal of Prof. Euelides Goulard da
Costa during the summer vacation
where classes in Portuguese may be
taught, provided the board of super
visors interposes no objection. -
In accordance with the FIVE, ten and
fifteen per cent increase of salaries Of
school teachers, authorized by the last
Legislatures, the board prepared and
adopted the following schedule of pay,
which increases the teachers payroll
| $4,000 cents per month, making the
total payroll $67 1886 a month.
New Salary Schedule r. a