South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-01
WAGE y
INCREASE GIVEN
iules of Classi :catiOn
Following Board
< Meeting. saa

Teachers schedules Of olsssihca-
tiens and salaries for the 1s2o-1s2I
school year. and succeeding years
thsreafte-. were agreed 10 today By
the board Of education, acting in
conjunction with 2 committee OF
teachers. ". ". Borden superin-
tsndent OF schools. who had con-
Aducted the negotiations bringing
&c school board and educators to-
hsT. made the announcement
nesday morning.
lRns schedule calls for a straight
Fary increase OF s40O to all teach
Is. the increase being based on last
ears contract rate, from which the
board OF education insists upon
holding back 600 20 the end OF the
school year - a forfeit in case a
teacher does not keep her contract:
that N II she or he violates il by
diEcontinuauce Of service for other
reason such as sickness or death. In
hat case she will be paid out OF the
2i0e proportionate TO the time
served. A clause inserted IN the
agreement, 70 which the teachers
have not as yet consented. Is that
the 1900 shall also cover the SIS al
loved under this years contracts for
attendance At county and city insti!
tuteH.
DrumnOnd Quits Beard.
Following agreement TO the sched-
ules made public IL Is reported that
Charles =. DrummOnd. member OF
he board. sent his resignation to
. Mayor Carson. not that ne objected
a 10 the agreement. or 20 the salaries
Rgced to-which supt. Borden says
carried BY unanimous vote.-but as
sorting that IL IS physically impOS-
4 sible for him to give the time 10 the
work that - requires. He also criti
kcises the process pursued by the
eachers, forcing the wage increases
5f this year. already allowed. by ig
ncring their written contracts
Mayor Carson is out OF the city. and
Ywhether or not the resignation viii
be accepted without an effort to
have Mr.. Drummond reconsider it,
could not be ascertained.
Politics is said to have entered in
10 the negOtia tons for salary in
Creases. with an effort on the part
Of certain of the teachers edged on
by politicians of the republican
school, TO make Mr.. Drummoud.
democratic member OF the board
W goat" incident to all delays. ~
bald that the board has worked
ether as of one mind IN the mat
from the start. but At every
en- In the negotiations the st0ry
gone out that Drummoud was
he responsible party This is said
70 nave contributed 10 his resigua
ton.
Teachers Schedule Submitted.
The committee on teachers and
salaries, together with the superiu-
te1dent OF schools, submitted the
following schedule TO the board
which is adopted with the additions
above referred to:
The schedule aims TO emphasize
the following elements: (p scholar
s1lp and professional training. O.
successful experience. CD greater
efficiency of the teaching body.
The question of salaries Tor 1920
. has been given careful Consid-
eration and the schedule here sub
uitted seems just in the light Of
present conditions and Of the CON
Gltions OF the immediate future so
FAR as they can be foreseen.
Il. Before the teachers now In the
employ OF the school city are group
ed into classes I'm accordance with
the new salary schedule. the board
81 education authorizes that an in
erease not 20 exceed $500 in excess
of salary 81 ecifed in the contract
for the year 19I9-I92O be given each
teacher provided CD that the work
and efficiency Of the teacher merits
the increase. ca that s10O Of said
increase shall be retained by the
hoard TO be paid 10 the teacher at
the close OF the school year II she
shall have fully performed her con-
tract, 90 that payment for county
and city Institutes held during year
shall be included in said increase IN
salary.
III. After the reappointment of
teachers now I'm the service. they,
together with all new teachers en-
ploycd shall be grouped into class
IS rs follows:
Glass l. Ca Teachers who do not
possess two years of training in a
standard institution or who are not
normal graduates Of schools main
tanning two year courses shall be
classed as group one.
"th) Teachers OF several years Of
successful experience who are in the
school system at the close of the
year 1920, and who possess special
merit and ability shall be advanced
10 class two when they reach thc
maximum i'm class one. provided
they continue To maintain the same
professional characteristics.
- lass H. IedCRerS VINO are grad %
yates Of standard normal school
r-aintaining two year course OF
study. or those who possess the
cQuivalen. of the same.
Glass III. Teachers who have
lad three years Of educational
raining IN q standard institution
and one year OF successful teaching
experience
Glass " High school teachers
who are graduates OF college or
university maintaining four year
and who have had two years