The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-27

Editor Tho star. Z
Replying to Mrs. WHITE. permit me
20 says
Mrs. Blair IL not Ar. Axpsysr. Mrs.
Blair writes over her own signature.
never anonymously.
Anyone who has been In public
work In Seattle knows that Mr-.
White speaks untruiy when she says
Friend wife was not at all con
crrned about taxes Ten year. aso
In the old Seattle th~atsr Mrs. II.
was tho hardest hitter on that point
There has never been q time when
Mrs II. did not hin and nj, hard. fair
~ and open and above board. on this
point. seldom. indeed. has she HIT
with tho popular voice. That has al
ways come later.
Mrs White 10 mo; . teacher she
rsys. but II ~on the substitute list"
As Miss Black abe worked many
years 10 Brighton. and ~ Mrs white
anyone can ind her name on the
payroll records IN Brighton later. As
she worked every day. you win find.
then. that her being r~ted as Sub
sfifute' was simply another evasion
OF the rule which she says EXISTS that
married women are all on the sub
esitu,s list
We found ana complained % many
such. drawing IS and $40 n day. even
whilst In some case. both she and
Friend Husband drew neat salaries
for day and evening work in our
schooi-. and one family which hit
our payroll for $3.50 20 sToo a month
also worked on alternate evenings at
tho Knights Of Columbus school
I The school board squashsd that.
but not until Mrs Whites letter dsd
I know that IL affected her as teach
sr. Seeing her at Brighton every
school day. ! naturally bellaved her
her 20 be a teacher" A suhstifuts
implies on. who takes the piRr. Of
teacher temporarily. No wonder our
Seattle normal trained girls complain
continually Of being frozsn out
In vi-w Of tho fact that Their. are
1900 applications for school teschers
positions on ~. In Seattle. will
someone rise and state why We shail
stand In awe and fear and trembling
lest ws lose our teachersr Are the
present trained girls not properly fin.
ished In their work.
There are soms exceedingly good
teachers IN our service. We want
them well paid. but viii someone tell
mo why they should continue 10
hang onto bonuses granted on war
plea7
The list Of statistics on school work
WINS complied first by teachers. We
checked. found what we did. and now
tho school board II doing IL. own
checking. ''Nuf sed."
Actually paid. as per payroll fig.
ures. month OF March:
salaries--isis. s.s3. oss: 1918, siT?..
40: 1921. sssi.5io: 1929. s52a.es
Attendance--tsi5. 35.634: 1918, a..
sos; 1921. 42.ess; 1929, Si.2s5.
Grade teachers received a bonus o,
50. IS. SIS. t25 n month. SEQ per
month IN all. This Is stili continued.
plus the raise which Ia made auto.
matically each year.
II our recommendation that there
be a reduction OF rs per cent Of the
raise on all school salaries since Jan.
uary. 1918. were acted upon, every
school employe would still be retain.
Ing 75 per cent raises. which were
granted strictly on plea Of high war
cost.
This reduction would amount 20
$4,000 per month, over $500. 600 a
IffaH
schools. or to reduce the $4,000. 900
debt which the salary fund Of the
school board owes the building fund.
In Seattle tho dominant group
largest number OF teachers drawing
certain salary. stands as follows:
Grade teachers. si75 n month; high.
1900 month. Average--Grade, 81.
9ii.44; high. t2.211.50.
These are the latest figures. Note
that they have gone up since 1921.
Expense Of instruction alone
(Which IL only salaries OF instruction
foreesD In 1918, si,79s.0O4; in 1921,
sS.b3s.Sf9. With the automatic raises
this year, will someone tell where we
are headed?
When we asked this reduction we
were met with taking out our domes
tic science and manual training and
had more pupils added per room.
This threw out OF work many good !
reliable teachers; Is a distinct menac e |
to education itself: a disadvantage to |
many pupils. as not all are treated |
alike, some children going miles 20 !