Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-19
South AmbOy Teachers
Likely To Get Increase
I'm Pay, Is outlook

that he is not in favor of any in
creased expenditures. Councilman
Disbrow in championing the teach
er's cause stated that there were
other Ways of saw g without break
ing faith with the teachers, adding
that the agreement of the Board OF
Education to install the yearly wage
was a contract and should not be
broken.
Councilman Disbrow, at the meet
ing asked the teachers present If
they could get positions other places
with better remuneration. The ques-
ton was a repetition of that asked
all the teachers he had come in con
tact with. The answer in all cases
Mr.. Disbrow said was most assured
ly yes"
South Amboy's school tax rate al
the present time is $1.23 per hun
bred dollars valuation. With the in
crease given would bring it to S1.25i
a matter of two cents for every dol
lars valuation in the city. Council
man Disbrow who has investigated
the teachers question thoroughly
said South Amboy was spending
much less for schools than munich
pa1ities in this class. He estimates
that other places had TO spend fifty
per cent of the amount raised for
taxation for schools.
The matter is expected to be dealt
with at the next regular meeting OF
tt Board of Education. The coun-
cilmen it is understood, have the
power to raise the school budget but
have no power over the reduction OF
same. They, too, can recommend
4 l. L "a - .x,--Aa,o1 ~. rs6t%fnf in
amount, but unless the education
board sees fit they may not use the
added amount for the purpose it is
intended for.
This question of teachers ~5alaries
has been talked of at length by nu-
merous persons about the city. There
are those who look at the teachers
side entirely and those who are in
terested in the AK rate, but in all
cases the taxpayers have come to
the front and seem to have weighed
both sides of. the question. The whole
matter as it stands hinges on the
question of whether or not the
teachers shall receive t." SIS in
crease in their salary as planned by
the Board of Education not long ago
as a yearly increase. At the time the
Board of Education agreed on the
plan the question of a maximum in
the salary was " embodied in
the agreement.
Mr.. Rue, member of the Board of
Education, says a maximum salary
should be stipulated and there are
many who side with Mr.. Rue on this
point. There are also those who
want that maximum salary stipulat-
ed at this time so that the teachers
entitled to the raise will receive it.
The question of economiZing came
to the fore as it has frequently OF
late, but those supporters in the
argument says there should be no
stinting in the teachers salary.
The raise intended ear that up
on each 500 valuation in the city,
two cents will be the assessment
needed for the SIS raise for the
teachers. In other words the tax
payer who has a fifteen hundred
dollar valuation will be charged
thirty cents as his share toward pay
ing thirty-five teachers the increase
Those prominently int es-ed ir
the question are inclined to believe
that the School Board will have tc
pay the increase. An opinion is ex'
peeted from the county officials
within a short time and until then
the matter will be laid to rest.