Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-04-05

the matter was brougt before the
board in regular session, m otion was
| made and carried that the matter be
referred to the committee Of the
whole, nothing else being said con-
corning the subject.
Commissioner A. G. Clark, chair
man of the teachers committee,
placed the grade school teachers pc
tition before the board, stating that a
committee Of the teachers had waited
| upon him and requ ested an increase
| according to a schedule worked out
by them. This schedule. together with
the present schedule was presented to
the board. The grade teachers ask
| for a minimum increase of $3.50 per
year and a maximum increase Of
| $500.
Following Is. statement of the
salaries now being received by the
grade teachers, what they request and
| the increase: Present minimum,
$3.50; requested minimum, $500, in
crease of $3.50: second year, present
| $500, ask $3.50, increase of $3.50; third
year, present $40: ask $500, increase .saa
of $3.50; fourth year. present $3.50,
ask $3.50, increase $270: fifth year.
present s72o, ask $1,000, increase
$3.50; sixth year, present $3.50, ask
$1,050, increase $3.50: seventh year,
present $500, ask $1,10o, increase
5000; eighth year. present $s4O, ask
.1,150. increase 331o; ninth year.
ss2o; tenth year. present 1920. ask
$3.50. increase $3.50; eleventh year.
present $3.50, ask $1,000. increase
$40: maximum at present, 81 900.
| ask $500, increase Of $500. In addi-
ton the teachers ask that for the
twelfth year they receive 1850; the
thirteenth year, $1.400; the four
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the maximum of $1,500.
At present the grade teachers are
lreceiving a minimum of $3.50 from
which s11 is taken out for the retire
nlent fund, giving them actually $3.50
a year or a little. over $40 a week.
With the increase asked the mini
mum will be $500. less SIC tor the
retirement fund, or actually s7S4 per
| year. This will mean a little more
| than SIS a week.
The petition from the high school
teachers asked an increase be awarded
| them owing TO the increased cost of
living, because salaries had been rails
ed in other lines of employment, be-
cause other school boards had increas-
ed the salaries of their teachers and
because schools in other cities are Of
fering more lucrative positions 10 some
of the best teachers here. The petit
cipal receive maximum salary of
l$3,10O per pear; that the vice prin-
Gpal receive a maximum of $4,000;
that the men teachers receive max
imum salary OF $2.400 a year, the
minimum to be $1,000 and that the
women receive a maximum of $500
year, the minium to be $1,000.
The petition from high school teach
ers asked that an increase be awarded
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crease for the school year 191S-19
twice the present increase, that Is
where teacher Is to have his or her /,
salary increased 800 a year the In !
crease will be $500 instead, etc. This |
doubling Of the increase will be for /
one year only after which the annual |
increase of 500 is requested until the
maximum is reached. This method
Is made to apply to the mems sal !
aries as well as mems
The teachers committee recon-
mended the appointment OF L. H.
Wiebesiek physical director in the
high school to succeed Harold Evans
at a salary of $40 per month and
of Miss Ruth Woodruff, unassigned,
at a salary OF flfty-five dollars a
month. The designations of Miss Cath
crime Cleary and Mrs. Antoinette Kerr 4
Gordon were accepted. VI
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that it will be necessary to start an
additional class at No. 4 school, owing
to the crowded condition in the kim
dergarten. He stated that there are
now about 104 in the kindergarten,
about sixty Of whom are old enough
to go into the first grade. The recon-
mendation of the superintendent that
commencement exercises be held on
the evening Of June q, and speaker
procured was adopted. A warrant
was ordered drawn for fifty dollars
A communication from the Western
Improvement Association with refer
ence to the unclean grounds at school
No. was received and referred to
the building committee. Chairman of
building committee. Victor w. Main.
reported that the Perth Amboy Coal
and Ice Company and the John Olsen
Coal Company had both completed |
their contracts in delivering coal.
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