The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
tate Report Received Today Shows That Ke-
nosha County Is Not Tagging Behind
in Duty to Schoel Teachers.
MAJORITY GET OVER $4,000 A MONTH
Only Four Counties in State Show Record which
Approaches that Made By the Rural School
Boards OF Keaosha County.

4 The teachers Of The er6ra1 schools o.
kenosha county are the best paid Of
any teachers in the rural schools Of
Wisconsin. This does not mean that
they are better paid than any of the
teachers in other parts of the state
but Kenosha county is one of the five
counties in Wisconsin where the sal
aries of the rural teachers have adj
vanced to the point that they are get
ting pretty nearly as much as the av-
erage hard working and competent
farm hand.
School officials today re civ d
from State Superintendent Cary at
Madison the report of Garter Alexan-
der, state statistician who has care
fully prepared the figures of the wages
paid to the teachers in'all of the rural
schools and the report is one which
is decidedly encouraging to the people
Of rural portions Of Kenosha county
who believe that the schools should
keep pace with the advancement Of
other things in the county.
Half Get $50 or More a Month.
The report shows that more than
half Of the teachers employed in the
rural schools of Kenosha county now
receive eighty dollars month or over.
1t shows that the lowest paid teacher
in Kenosha county receives sixty-five
dollars month and that the highest
paid teachers run from $t00 to $110 a
month. 1t shows that less than one
fourth of the teachers in the Kenosha
schools get less than seventy-fve
dollars a month and that one-fourth
and more of the teachers have month
ly wages in excess of eighty-fve dol
lars month. Just four counties in the
state approach the plan set for Keno
sha rural teachers. These are Wal
worth, where the report shows scale
identical with Kenosha county; Mil
waukee, where the lowest paid teach
-ers fell lower than in this county by
five dollars month; Manitowoc coun-
~, where the wages paid are slightly
lower but the general high plan is
maintained,
Lead First District Teachers.
The rural teachers of Kenosha
county lead the first district in the
salary schedule. The new report
shows that they are five dollars over
Racine county, and similar amount
over Rock and Waukesha counties.
The report shows steady advance
in the cost of living for the teachers
as we'll as steady advance in the
amount they age paying for their
clothing and other neccessaries. There
is no recommendation made in connec-
tion with the sending out OF the re-
port but it is understood that at the
ming meeting of county superintend-
,nts a movement will be inaugurated
to give every rural teacher in
the state substantial increase in
wages with the understanding that
none will receive less than $500 per
month. In all of the rural schools
the salaries are paid oil the nine
months basis and not on the lively
months basis which has been adopted
IN many Of the cities of the state.
Not Better Paid Than City.
The rural teachers of Kenosba
county are, not better paid, in most
eases, than the teachers in the citv
OF Kenosha as Kenosha teachers have
the advantage Of being paid for the
full twelve months in the year. The
movement to have rural teachers
similarly paid with view of giving
them chance to seek higher eduea-
tional advantages is now being turned
and it will probably be brought up for
consideration at the next session of
the school committee of Kenosha
county. Many of the leaders in school
work in the county have already de-
clared themselves favorable to this
plan.