Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
HIGHER TEACHERS
PAYRECOMMENDED
BY SCHOOL BUREAU
Changes in the Management
Also Urged, After Survey
by u. S. Officials.
so SMALL GROUPS PLAN
FOR NEW ORGANIZATION
Larger Participation of District In
structors in Policies Is
Thought Advisable.

Thought Advisable.
Sweeping changes in the manage
ment of the local public school sys-
tenn and substantial increases in pay
| for all teachers and executive officers
are recommended by the United
States bureau of education in the re-
port of survey which it made re-
Gently of Wsshington's school or
ganization.
The United States bureau made the
survey at the request OF the local
board of education. The purpose is
| to assist the joint Redistribution
commission in revising positions and
salaries in the public schools here.
In transmitting the report to the
local school board DR.. p i. Clax-
| ton, United States commissioner OF
education, expresses the opinion that
| justify the Recommendations which
have been made.
More SUPPLEMENTARY.
One of the most important recon-
mendations is that there should be
six assistant superintendent instead
of two as at present. 1t recommends
| tnaI the SdldTy Vi tHC
should be not less than $1,000 a year.
and for the assistant superintendent.
between $4,000 and $500. The super
| intendent now receives $4,000; one
assistant now gets $500 and the
other $4,000.
Another important suggestion is
that the grade schools be reassem-
bled into fifty small groups. instead
of the present arrangement OF mir
teen large divisions. and that there
be a group principal for each group.
| in place of the present thirteen super
| vising principals.
Before going into details, the report
says:
TT is fully understood that the
adoption of these recommendation
will increase quite considerably the
cost of the schools of the District and
necessitate much larger appropria-
tions for their support: but 1t is be-
lieved that the results will fully justi-
| fly all the increases in cost"
Fear Deterioration.
FurtherSon the report adds: cit is
also quite certain that with the pres
emit Organisations ars6 scale of salaries.
the standards and the work of the
ssee s,sss m Inevitably
ton tells the board that the tentative
report of the committee appointed TO
| make the survey. contained suggestions
| for a larger participation by the
teachers in management and In the
| general policies of the schools. but be-
cause of the faf-reaching effects of
| such changes, it was deemed advisable
to withhold these Recommendations
for further study. A. report on these
recommendations viii be submitted
later. - Hfs
The men who made the survey for
the United States bureau are DR..
Frank F. Bunker, DR.. Samuel p Capen.
Dr. willard s. Small and DR.. w. Car
son Ryan. -
More Assistants Recommended.
After explaining why the superin-
tendent of schools should have more
assistants. the report goes on:
1T is therefore recommended that
the number of assistant superintend-
ents in the District be increased
from two to six. and that one of
these be charged with the manage
ment of the business affairs of the
school system. The other assistant
superintendents should be selected
with special reference to the needs
of the following five chief divisions
of the work of the superintendent
office:
elementary schools and the normal
school for white persons.
''Second-The management of the
elementary schools and the normal
school for colored persons.
''Third-The management of the
high schools. vocational schools, ex-
tension schools. evening schools and
other special schools and activities
for white persons.
''Fourth-The management of the
high schools, vocational schools. ex-
tension schools. evening schools and
other special schools and activities
for colored persons.
'Fifth-The management OF all ac-
tivities pertaining to the care of the
health of children in school. includ-
ing the heat. light. ventilation and
cleanliness of school buildings and
other janitorial service, instruction In
health, physical training and at
tendance"
Discussing these recommendations
the report adds:
Were it not for the fact that the
school system of the District is practi-
cally a double one and that il is found
supervising officers in proportion to
population of the two races, a better
and more economic policy in regard to
this might be devised
'Al assistant superintendent should
be elected on the written recommended
ton of the superintendent of schools
and should act under his direction and
be responsible to him.
Group Principals Advised.
Unfortunately there is in the Dis
trict a very large number of small
school buildings-ninety- of eight
rooms or less and forty-two others of
twelve, fourteen or sixteen rooms. The
present policy of providing for each of
these small buildings a teaching princi-
pal, dividing her time and energies be-
tween the work of a regular grade
teacher and the duties of principal of
the building. is evidently very unsatis-
factory. To provide managing princi-
pal for each of the small schools would
be very costly.
at is therefore recommended that
the schools of the District be combined
into approximately fifty groups, the
number of schools in each group de-
pending on their size and the proximity
of the schools to each other, and that
there shall be assigned to each group a
principal who shall be relieved of all
for the teaching of any
schools, and who may, therefore, devote
all his time to the important duties de-
volving on managing principal. II
may be found advisable to assign a
group principal to each building having
sixteen or more rooms.
ITO each of these groups Of schools
there should be assigned a competent
clerk. who. under the direction of the
group principal. should transact ali
business and attend to the compila-
required of these schools. without
such relief from clerical duties ID
CONTINUED on Eleventh Pag.