The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-04-21
To The Rural Teachers
of Lawrence County:
Louisa, KY. April 8,

4
schools with no extra provisions for
pay After this year the sub district
will elect a trustee by the voters and
his duties win be set out in the law.
The present legislature appropriated
$4,000 for teachers summer schools,
| This $4,000 goes TO defray the ex-
i pense of teachers who teach in said
! schools, The teachers who attend are
not charged any tuition in said school,
| neither is II compulsory on teachers
4 to attend, but those who do attend are
paid better wages than those who do
not attend. The County Board of Ed
ucation says whether or not that this
\ school shall be organized. The re-
n uuirements are as follows:
There must be at least two teachers
\ for said school and not less than thirty
] pupils and the County Board of Edu-
cation furnishes the rooms for said
school andepays one-half of teaching
expense and the State the other half.
4 All teachers who think they win at
4 tend said summer school, please notify
] me. have application blanks in my
4 office for teachers who wish to apply
| for schools in Lawrence county, They
may be had by, calling at my office OF
! they win be mailed ON application.
| These blanks are just the same as last
! year.
/ wish to call each teachers atten-
ton TO the fact that you apply TO the
4 County Board of Education for ap-
| pointment and not TO me. You address
your letter TO ms because ! am Secte-
1 tary Of the Board OF Education by the
law saving that.I am such. When yau
are appointed as teacher by said board
then must place you in school
some where in the county. The law
says that each teacher must be placed
where he or she is best fitted TO teach
\ and / wish to say that this will be
done TO the best OF my ability with
out favor to any one unless this favor
is merited.
AS to the salary Of teachers this
year / am not able to say just what
! II will be but from my best knowledge
the salary will not vary much from
1 the present year.
4 Z have been requested ny he State
| Superintendent 10 call your attention
4 10 the certificate law which requices
all applicants for teachers certificates
after July /, 1922 to have N east one
year of high school and five weeks ~
professional training before they are
eligible to be admitted and the work
must be in a school supported oy the
State or the work must be recognized
1 by the State.
Teachers may take the examination
/ in both May and June without The
above qualifications.
/ Anyone now holding a certificate
will teach the life OF said certificate
without high school and professional
! training but on minimum wage.
! one school does NOT pay any more
4 than another Teachers pay this year
is made up of preparation as you see
4 in the following schedule which is not
/ filed out but later 1t will appear in
I the paper filled out.
All persons desiring TO apply for
trustees place will please do SO be-
tween now and May 10, for on this
day new trustees viii be appointed in
the various districts in the county.
i Some teachers call at my Office and
ask me II have any idea where they
are going to teach. ! tell them no and
then they say John Jones told me he
was going to teach in district x. l
wish to say to John or any other
teacher that he is mistaken IL he
thinks have promised him certain
school. have not made any prom
ises at all from the fact that no teach
ers have yet been appointed.
/, have been teaching school for at
least 26 years and the schools havs
been for the teacher instead of the
children. have taught several schools
in my time just because It was
my friends and ! who had the control
/ ID m rht1drnn he
ing considered in the least. am plac-
ing the teachers this year and the
children of the district will be first
considered and teachers convenience
second. DOCK JORDAN.
Teachers Salary Schedule.
/. PREPARATION.
la Graduate of the sth grade $780,.
lib Graduates of the 8th grade plus
. year of high school s......
lie Graduates of the Sth grade plus
years OF high school $500.
Id Graduates of the 8th grade plus
years of high school S......
lie Graduates of the Sth grade plus
years OF high school s...,..
If Graduates of the 9Th grade plus
year or normal S......
1g Graduates of the sth grade plus
years Of normal $.....
In Graduates of the Sth grade plus
years of normal $....,.
ii Graduates of 4 year standard
high school plus l year Of normal
il Graduates OF year standard
high school plus years Of normal
s......
TX Graduates OF a yr. standard
high school plus yr. Of college or
university $780,.
Ii Graduates OF yr. standard high
school plus 2 yrs. of college or univer-
sity $......
I'm Graduates of yr. standard
high school Plus 8 yrs of college or
university s.t....
In Graduates of a A yr. standard
high school plus 4 yrs. Of college or
university S.,.,..
10 six weeks or more attendance at
. a summer school Q922) s.......
2, EXPERIENCE. ~
Ia Three years successful exper-
fence s......
2b Six years success experience
S......
&c Nine years. successful experience
$500,
3. ATTENDANCE
ga go per cent. of the census $780,,