New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1922-03-29

SCHEDULE OF PAY DECIDED
UPON FOR THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
NO SWEEPING REDUCTIONS TO
BE MADE BUT SAVING
WILL BE $1,000.

The local school board held, a, special
meeting Monday evening to take up
various matters which had been left
over from the regular session, partic-
ularly the subject of reduction of
salaries in the city schools.
Salary Schedule. ss.
The salary question was difficult
one for the Board to deal with this
year. On the one hand, there has been
considerable local sentiment in favor
OF reductions and the School Board
Directors, in their ST. Paul meeting,
recommended greater economy in
school expenditures. On the other
hand, the action Of School Boards in
various cities of the State indicates
that reductions are not going to be
very general.
The local School Board, therefore,
decided that no very great reductions
ought to be made. After much dis
cussion it was finally agreed to adopt
the following schedule, with the pro-
Yiso that no eachers salaries should be
increased:
ELEMENTARY GRADE TEACH
Frs with one year of normal training
orless and without experience begin at
$500; with two years of normal train
ing at $3.50.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACH
ERS with one year of normal training
ior less and without experience begin
lat $3.50; with two years of training at
$1,000.
( ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHERS without experience be-
gin at $1,000.
For each of the: first five years Of
experience an allowance of $50 is
made; for each of the. fve-year periods
thereafter a further allowance of $50
is made. In this computation rural
school experience and experience inter-
rupted by several years absence from
the profession are counted at one-haIf
their numerical value.
An allowance Of $25 is made for the
principalships Of the Washington and
Lincoln Schools.
This left the special and administra-
tive positions to be dealt with in
dividually. In these positions, some
slight reductions we're made, amount
ing in the aggregate to $1,000. #
Opportunity Classes
Another matter of inn ortance taken
up was the plan Of organizing special
classes for next year. These classes
are to be for the benefit Of pupils who
by reason of physical handicaps have
been retarded in their school progress
and have not been able to keep up with
their work, There are to be two
rooms for such pupils and they are tc
be known as Opportunity Glasses. I
Especial teachers are to be provided anc
their salary is paid by the state O.
Minnesota. There are about thirty
Isuch pupils in the city schools and b5
Iputting them into special classes ane
under the care of special teachers thei
opportunity for advancement is much
greater. At the same time this vii
Eenable the school board to reduce tn,
regular teaching force by one and tn,
| salary Of one teacher will therefore b,
saved to the district.
The position of special instructor ii
4 German for the grades will also b
/ dropped during the year Of 1922 an,
i 1923. German will not be taught il
4 the sixth grade and the seventh an,
i eighth grades will take German from
j, the High School German teacher, i
/ this way again making saving to tn
district. 7s.. s5.5
Il Supt. Gloor was authorized to com
l; municate with a. nun Der Of clergyme
in the Twin Cities in order to secur
q a speaker for Commencement Day.
Dance Permission Given.
One more matter was considered b
!. the school board, that allowing ii
pupils to- dance at the Junior SEM,
4 reception. The school board decide
. that it would be best to sanction TIL
3 pastime for this one special occasio
: and the young folks may now EMO
their usual social hop.