Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-30
TEACHERS KICK
At So. ANBOY
Again Press Demands for
More Pay at Meeting of
School Board

SOUTH AMBoY, Nov. 30:-The
Teachers Association is as yet not
reconciled to the action of the Board
OF Education, which has declared
that the teachers will not receive the
annual raise of SIS this school year.
Another committee from the asso-
citation waited on the board at their
meeting Wednesday night, and read
a lengthy resolution adopted by
their body, denouncing the board S
attitude in depriving them of their
raise an dpresenting examples of
how new teachers coming into the
local school system were given the
raise. when the older teachers were
deprived of the annual increase.
Miss Mary De Witt Hillman and
! Miss Hanah Mcneil, represented the
teachers. Miss Iillman was the
spokesman for the committee.
Miss Hillman, admitted upon
questioning that the association did
not know that there was a school
wage schedule for teachers. Mr..
Coan stated that there was and that
the teachers association could have
a copy of 1t by applying to Secretary
kresS. Miss Hillman said the teach
ers were at loss to know why the
Board of Education did not adhere
to the schedule since there was one.
Upon questioning by Mr.. Coan, Miss
Hillman said she referred to two
teachers recently hired by the Board
of Education, who she stated were
given a salary equal to that of
teachers who had been in the local
school system for three years.
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Mr.. Coan, reserves the right to
hire any teachers at any salary they
see fit providing it does not exceed
$4,000 per annum, or does not some
below the minimum of $1,000 pc.
annun. For your information, the
teachers applying for a position with
this board, or the board itself have
no claim on each other. They are
not part of the school system until
they are hired. We hire them at a
certain salary. We do not give them
any credit for previous records.
When they accept they like the
other teachers receive the annual
increase of SIS as provided by the
rules of the board"
Miss Hillman asked If she was to
understand that the teachers would
get the rais4 of SIS next year. Mr..
Rue. said that the board had not
given the matter any thought as
yet. and Mrs. Chase, added that
there was little chance of the teach
ers getting the increase next year.
Mr.. Coan corrected the other mem
bers by stating that under the rules
the teachers would get the raise,
there could be no change.
Mrs. Chase added that the city
finances were in a bad shape, and
that she could not see where the
money would come from. Mr.. Coan
advised that the city was not in as
bad way as people are wont to
J believe.
D 1t will be remembered that at the
time the school budget was COM
pleted this year, the S75 increase
as agreed upon by the board, would
not be effective this year: Since the
budget the board revised their rules
governing salaries, and stipulated
that the raise would be effective and
created minimum salary of $1,000
and a maximum of $4,000 and $9aA
400 the latter salary for high schoof
teachers.
The new school budget will be
prepared at the last meeting of the
board in January and from what is
CLEANED from Mr.. Coan's remarks to
the teachers committee the'teachers
will get the increase, that has been
the bone of contention with them
and the Board of Education for so
long time.