Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-08
SCHOOL TEACHERS
TO GET MORE PAY
Commissioners Believe That d
Tax of 65 Cents on the Dollar
Will Be Needed and That
Schools Will Require S154,0O0
This Year

MS Year
Teachers In the public schools Of Burr
lington, with the exception OF a few in
the junior high school who are already
pelns pa,d the maximum salary, will rec
ceive pro rata bonus of 500 each for full
time teachers and $50 each for half time
teachers on their contracts for the present
year, to take effect from January / and
continue until the end of the present
school year, according to action taken ~
the board of school commiss toner's LAST
evening. This will give the full tina
teachers approximately So more for tbs
year than their original contract caned
for. figuring the increase from January 1.
At the meeting last evening, Supc--
irtendent Chitten6eu submitted to tna
board budget Tor the year 1920 Sas.d
on a G6"cent school tax, which, /, IA
thought, will be necessary to meet ia
needs Of increased salaries to teaches.
This budget provides for an income to ,ha
schools of approximately s1E.34 It IS
estimated that the instructionni serbia
in the public schools of the city Tor tho
year le2O VII! call for the expenditure Il
isll4%S. On the basis Of this budget Mr..
Chi,tenden recommended to the board O
'' ''o'' VI 'c''-''e'9 sa'SV>
'e ~. tni o'sio az lhe puohc SCHOOLS.
.is inai'''''iIH system was gwen coH-
siderable discussion by the board II wax
decided that II ought to be looked into
more closely and was referred to tina
board committee or teachers, with the
understanding that this committee shall
report back to the board in the near
&c 20 inea's VI adjusting Tor the
r. o.. p u'eu nee" Vi t'le 'edcl-
| ..u ', liS ~ meet Tue cons
49,, NV. i'sn cost Oh living,
| sot,aI ,sa,., ,'i, VI t"e presehs
rrhi- ,,a. 800 90 ''o,eu a"oVe.
,,h;ats H. ou' W ti'c ieen's
-. ''"'u"nS I"ci CASING
.t. o 'oo'n openeu IN september
~ 80 VI 'N''S mas 80 Sreauy IN
- ~ many VI inc teacheis slsn-
Nv fair thing for +ho snhont , L,,a. '',e o,-
was 70 ho,n tho toachara ,,,o. .,,, ~
| for the present year Salaries have beon
! increased in several Vermont cities aud
| towns, and in many places outside of tha
State during the present school wear. II
has been felt for some time nv members
of the school board that the board should
| help the teachers to meet the increased
costs Just so far as funds would allow.
| Another action of importance taken last
] evening was the vote to raise the tuition
to out-of-town pupils from s45 TO SEQ talk.
| ing effect at the beginning of the newt
term of school, which opens April 3. This
action has already been taken in several
places il, the states. and is being con.
| terminated during the present wear in 9th.
! err cities
| Superintendent chittenten renorted
that for the school wear ending
! December 81. 1919, every hill has been maid
EXCEPT about $40. which will he taken care
Of hv funds still owing the department
In addition TO the regular hills of 1917
81. 900 has been paid off on bills outstand.
ing at the openlng of the year 1919. and
the department is now out of debt. II ia
expected that there will even he a small
surplus when the accounts are finally
settled
SCOT AMI c,,Our rpo,, crt1oor.
EI,pN,crc
large amount Oh routin business was
transacted n letter from Dr. Lyman All
| ZEN 10 the scl.ooi ooaru Staten 'hat ihuc"
| uoupe was peihs occasloileu t'e peoP'e
VINO nave MONIES near 'he fuihuiius mig"
schooi oui'olhs by .he soot ana heaVy
| SlhoNe W'lcH comes llo'h 'ne ch'iiii'ess oI
the hlsh school bulldihss ana setties up
on the nearby houses lawns ana clotheS
on 'He iites' many tunes so S'l'i'ch Una
cream c'othes that theN nav 10 DC "ash-
ed over again IL Amen asked that tha
matter be taken up ana some sort OF ue-
vice be secured to DO way with TINS SCOT
Inc board spent son. me IN considering
TINS matter out IL Va '''d that no satis-
Factory means OF n''rE away win sooe
from SOFT coal smoke nad peen louno.
The only means OF remedyihG the oi11l-
Guilty seemed to be to go back TO ourn-
ing hard coal, as before the war. The
building committee was given power to