Evening star., 1921-07-24
Paid Substitutes, With 207
Additional Teachers,
Proposed Here.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
= EXPANSION INDICATED
Provision to Be- Made for New
Buildings on City Program
in Pay Schedules.

ficials. teachers and clerks in the Dis
triet public school system, aggregat-
ing nearly s2,ooo.ooo annually. are
provided for in the school budget for
the next fiscal year. it was learned
last night. Creation of a paid corps
OF twenty-five substitute teachers and
the appointment Of 207 additional
regular teachers also are provided
y In addition, there are provisions for
the appointment of two more assis-
tant principals at Central High
School. the creation Of a new salary
class composed of administrative
principals Of elementary schools who
are In charge of buildings having
more than sixteen rooms. and the ap-
pointment OF ten new junior high
school principals. The request for
the new junior high school is indica-
tive of the plan Of school authorities
to extend the junior high school sys-
tenn in Washington on an elaborate
scale.
Superintendent's Increase.
The budget carries an increase in
pay for the superintendent of schools
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year The
salary of the assistant superinten-
dents. it is understood, is raised to
$500.
Pay increases provided for the teach
ers are as follows:
Group B, class 6, which is composed
Of high school teachers. promoted for
superior work. from $4,000 basic to
$1,000. a raise OF $700 annually.
Group A, class 6. composed Of high
school teachers and principals Of ele-
mentary school manual training shops.
from sl,449- to Sl.s0o. raise of $3.50.
Group A. class s. composed of eighth
grade teachers. from 1900 to sl.4oo, a
raise of 5000.
Group A. class 4. composed of ffth.
sixth and seventh grade teachers.
from $1,000 to $1,itD. a raise of $500.
Group A. class 8, composed of third
and fourth grade teachers, from 81 200
to $1,40O. raise OF 5000.
Group A, class 2, composed of first
and second grade teachers. from $1,000
to $1.40O, an increase of 5000.
Group A, class 1, composed OF
kindergarten teachers and assistants,
from $1,000 to $l.4e0.
The new salary class composed of
administrative principals is given a
salary Of $500 year.
Directors and Principals.
The increases in pay for the direc-
tors, heads of departments and high
school principals are:
Principal of Central High School.
from $500 to $4,000; assistant princi-
pals from $2,400 to $500.
Other high and normal school prin.
cipals from $2,7o0 to $4,000.
Junior high school principals from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Heads of departments in high and
manual training high schools. from
$1,000 to $1,000.
Directors of physical culture and
special subjects. from $4,000 to $500;
assistant directors Of physical culture
and special subjects, $1,000 to $500.
Director of penmanship. from $1,000
to $4,000; assistant director Of pen
manship, from $l,s0o to $500.
Supervisors of manual training. from
81, 800 to $500; assistant supervisor
of manual training. from $500 to
$500.
from $500 to $4,000; assistant di-
rector Of primary Instruction. from
$500 to $4,000.
Librarians at a minimum Of $1,000
are increased to $1,400.
+ Clerks at minimum of $3.50 are in
creased to $1,000.
In addition to the basic salaries, the
school. employees will receive the $240
federal bonus and a longevity in
crease Of 500 annually for a period
of five years.
.-' Other Cities Studied.
The above detailed salary schedule
has been drafted by school officials
after; a careful study of wages paid
teachers and other school employees in
various cities throughout the United
states. 1t is designed to give WASH
inRton teachers a wage which will
compare favorably with that received
by teachers in cities of the same size
as the National Capital
Creation. Of the paid corps OF sub
stitute teachers which is provided for
in the budget has been the aim Of
school authorities for years and has
been pointed out as one of the funda-,
mental needs of the District school
system. =
The ,2o7 additional teachers asked
for in the budget are needed for the
new schools now under construction.
which. will be completed next year.
come of them will be used to relieve