New Britain herald., 1920-06-12
SALARY INCREASES WILL COST S75.3OO
School Board Adopts New SChed-
 ule-TO Seek Appropriation


 June meeting Of the school commit tee yesterday afternoon. the finance committee of that board will appear
 before the board Of finance and taxa ton shortly to seek an appropriation or sT5.30O so that a newly adopted schedule Of teachers salaries may be put into effect. The schedule was adopted upon n resolution presented by the conference committee of the school board which has been working on the matter for several weeks.
 The salary. schedule adopted fol- lows: Kindergarten. grades to G.: first year. s95o: second year. sI.05O; third year. sl.I5o: fourth year, sl.25o: fifth year. Si.35o: sixth year. si.45o: seventh wear. sI.550: eighth year. s1.65O: ninth year. sI.75O; tenth year, s1.s5o: Junior High school. second year. men. s.5oo: third year. sI.s25: fourth year. Si.75o: nfth year. s2.1e5: eighth year. s2.250: ninth year. sa,375; tenth year. s2.5O0. Junior High school. women. second year, si.15O: third wear. s1.250: fourth year, si.35o: fifth year. sI.i50: sixth year. sl."5o: seventh year. Sl.65O. eighth year s1.'50: ninth year, sI.S50: tenth year si.a50. Senior High school, men. second year. s1.6O0: third year, S1.I25: fourth year. sI.S5o: fifth year. $t.s15: sixth year. s2.100: seventh year. s2.:25: eighth year. s2.35O: ninth year, s2.415: tenth year. s2.soO. Senior High school. women. second wear. s1.25O: third wear. *l.JfG; rcurth year. s.4aO; firth year. St.550; sixth year. s1.s50: sev- enth year. S1.7s0: eighth year. si.S5o: ninth year, s1.o50: tenth year, S2.050.
 From this schedule it is clear that starting with the minimum salaries for women as proposed by the teach CTS. and with tho minimum for men in Inc Junior and Senior High schools respectively annual increases of sl00 in the case of women and of SIPS in the case of men. bring the maximum salaries to st.s50 for elementary teachers: s1.s5O for women in the Junior High school: s2.050 for women in the senior High school: s2.500 for men in the Junior High school. and s2.6O0 for men in the Senior High school,
 The committee presented two plans of procedure. as follows: Plan X. pro- viding for but a partial application in ta2O. of the proposed schedule of salaries to he effected by increasing the sniary now being re- coiyed. by s20o for each teacher whose total salary would not thereby be In excess of the proposed salary sc schodulc. and by increasing the sal ary now being received hy all other teachers by an amount in the case of each teacher sufficient to make the salary equal to that to which the teacher would he entitled in accord ance with the proposed salary sched- uIc.
 Plan F. making the proposed salary schedule fully effective in September. 1920. Plan F was adopted by the board.
 To carry Plan \ into effect begin ming S~ptcr- her. 1920. and for the re- na tudcr uf tho present financial year ending April l. 1921. would call for m extra appropriation of s3T. 500. To put plan B in full effect in Septem- Der. ta.0. and for the remainder of the present nnarrial year will call for ar extra approximation Of k7a.3O0.
 Supplementary recommendations of tho committee were also adopted. as "In tho employment for new teachers tt IS recommended that an additional salary allowance of $50 be made for each year of academic or professional prepa ration offered by In addition to the mimi nurl requirement now presented by vote of the school committee. and t,n year of successful teaching experience outside of New Britain. also in order to encourage further professional study by teachers in service it is fur thcr recommended that teachers com pietinS not less than three profession a1 courses of not less than six weeks each. or an equivalent. in any ono year in any professional school of recognized standing.-be granted d special allowance of s15 payable upon of the following school year in the New Britain schools
 Tn the report or the health and sanitrtion committee. Chairman F.. r !Sromen called attention 10 the fact that the school doctors. Drs. Dalton. zWick and Lyon. find SO per cent. of the children need dental attention.
 The financc committee was given power to act on request of tEe New Rontpayers' association for use of the Elihu Rurritt school build Ing for d nass meeting.
 For thc school accommodations Chairman r.. Clayton Goodwin reported that all the Ire mont street property wanted for school purposes had been secured for s45, ,O00.
 On tho matter of adopting a school calendar 1t was brought out that no