The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
Many DisgruntIed Over Cutting
Of Pay Checks.
Holman Says 1t Was "Mr. Will
sons ORDERS"
SCHOOL BOARD NOT CONSULTED
Institute Time Is Held Against
the Teachers.
Another Day May Be chopped
OF" Before June.

The teachers in the Topeka public
schools are spending their nights
thinking what badly abused set of
persons they are: 1t seems that the
dearly beloved school board so ar
ranged the years calendar that the
teachers would receive pay for only
eighteen days in January of this
year. Ordinarily the checks would
have been pay for twenty days teach-
ing or as the school calendar calls IT,
four weeks. Numerous teachers VINO
were called by telephone this morn
ing in regard to the reason Tor tne
docking of the wages said that the
only explanation offered was NJ. C.
Holman's laconic Mr.. Wilson'S or
ders."
Later in the day Holman was asked
for the reason why the teachers were
locked for the last day of December
and the first day of January Inc
teachers never have received pay lot
the Christmas vacation" Holman salu.
THE two days mentioned were part
of the Christmas vacation. Super!n-
tendent Wilson Interpreted the IN
structions of the school boardtso that
the two days pay were locked from
the January checks"
How 1t Figures Out.
Holman went on to explain that the
teachers are paid on the basis OF
of nire months, or $50 DAYS Inc
school calendar for the 1911-1S1o
term calls, for d total elapsed Tune Oh
81 weeks or 18J days plus two Gays OF
teachers institu+e before School opeIeu
in Septe.ns,er- makes 1871 working Gays
il, the school year. There were zen
days in the Christmas vacation TINS
wear. Take the ten days OF vacation
away from the total working Gays III
the school year and the result is 30
1iH1
will receive pay Even if the teachers
were not supposed to be paid for the
institute work the total or pald Worh-
ing DAYS after adding the two lnstllule
DAVIS would be one day snort OF Iiie
contract number of teaching days IN
a school year.
Aethings stand now it looks as tho
the teachers of the city will only re-
cefve pay for the 179 days 1Rsteau os
TN, / 80 days the contract calls lot anu
this 179 days includes tne two &c
days of teachers institute wnlch are
supposed to be considered on the pay
checks This will leave three days
10 be doeked from the checks. two
of them are already taken out. and
one is evidently to come later in the
year.
School Board in Dark.
L. NJ. Jones' president of the school
hoard. said this morning: Il never
heard of it before. The school board
never acted on it. AS TAR as kho"
the school board would not sanction
the action
The State. journal was unable to
obtain a statement from Supt. H. B.
Wilson this morning as he is out of
town Miss Caps, Wilson's private
secretary, said in explanation of the
docking
The teachers were told that they
would receive pay for the two days
institute at the beginning of the term
but it was thought they understood
that the two days would be deducted
from the January pay"
The teachers over the city were very
reluctant to give out any statements
this morning, one or two of them even
going so far as to~Say that Gear"
Wilson would get their jobs if they
talked to a newspaper. One teacher
VIXEN pressed said: 1--WE are hired by
the year, and should have been of
fered an opportunity to make up that
time. / do not see how they harp
back to the institute for a reason. It
was understood and we We're told that
the pay for the institute was in addi-