Evening star., 1924-10-22
BA[L0U REC|TES
SCHOOL PROGRESS
Superintendent Devotes Sec
tion of Report to History of
Teacher Salary Law.

The history Of the teachers salary
legislation, which provided new
wage schedule for all educational en-
ployes of the District public school
system, together with a comprehen-
sive. analytical review of its effect
occupies the entire second instaIlment
OF the annual report of Supt. Frank W.
Ballou. mad peublic today.
While the new salary schedule is
marked improvement over the old
scale, DR.. Ballou points out that 1.-The
new salaries do not place Washington
unduly high among the cities of cor
responding size throughout the coun-
try"
After an exhaustive comparison of
the old salary schedule with the new,
Supt. Ballou outlines the significant
changes and the important legislative
provisions in the new law. The sig
nihcant changes in salary provisions
as listed by DR.. Ballou, Is the ranking
of Undergraduates with elementary
teachers. uniform annual increase
of 500 for longevity, establishment
OF fixed salary for elementary
school principals, the granting of
higher salaries for superior teachers
and the overlapping of elementary
and high school schedules.
Provisions of Bill.
The teachers salary bill passed
the 6Sth Congress and was approved
by the President June 4, 1924" said
the report. 1t provides a new salary
schedule for teachers, school officials
school librarians, attendance officers,
employees in the community center
department, and in the department of
school attendance and work permits
1t provides salary schedules for GER
tain new positions which are neces-
STATED by the growth, extension and
reorganization of the school system,
such as principals of junior high
schools; administrative or free prin-
cipals for elementary schools: as
sisrant principals in the high schools;
general secretaries and community
| secretaries in community center de-
partments; a director for school at
tendance and census inspectors for
taking the, school census; a chief ex-
aminer for the board of examiners
and an additional assistant superin-
| tendent for the colored schools, who
shall be chief examiner for the
board of examiners for the colored
schools: and the position of first as
sistant superintendent of schools, one
for the white schools and one for the
colored schools, who shall be the
deputies of the superintendent Of
schools in their respective divisions
of the school system.
|. 1T carries important Legislative
provisions relating to the organiza-
tion and administration of the schools
such as the enlarged and reorganized
! boards of examiners; authorizing the
appointment of temporary teachers
creating the position of annual sub
! stitute teachers, and authorizing the
Board of Education to conduct a
community center department, a de-
| partment of school attendance and
| work permits, night schools, vacation
schools, Americanization schools
| thereby legalizing these activities ir
| the schools and removing those ap-
propriations from being subject tc
points Of order in the House of Rep
resentatives.
Important Legislation.
"The salary schedules and the leg
| islative provisions of this act place
it among the most important legisla-
! tion relating to the schools of Wash
| ington that has ever passed Congress
| 1t will take its place along with the
| organic act itself. passed in 1906
| The Importance of this Legislation
makes it desirable to discuss il
somewhat in detail.
THE law fixing salary schedule
| of school employees; it also estab.
fishes a plan of organization and ad.
| ministration of the school system
While the salary schedule fixes the
| pay for positions in the school sys.
tenn, those positions are conceived and
| created in accordance with genera
policy according to which the schoo
system shall be organized and oper.
ated.
-.
| teachers and officers and the organi-
| zation of the school system were de-
| termined by the provisions of the or
ganic act of 1906, together with
mendments to that act contained ir
annual appropriation bills. The i'm
| portance of the passage Of the sal.
ary bill of 1924 will be illustrated
| by the new positions which were
| necessitated and created since 1906
and the increases in salary made In
| the annual appropriation bills.
Developing Organization.
"The school system is a developing
| organization. The school system in
| Washington is regularly increasing in
! size, thereby necessitating an expan-
sion Of the supervisory and administra-
| tive staff. School systems are also in
! creasing in complexity. due to an In
| crease in the variety Of educational un-
! dertakings. 1t is a long step from the
traditional '1ittle red schoolhouse" with
| one teacher to the complex school sys-
tenn of today wherein the activities are
as varied as the interests, capacities
and future careers of the children who
are preparing to become citizens in a
social organization which is likewise in.
| creasing in complexity.
"The organization of the school
| system as provided in the organic act
of 1906 was satisfactory to meet the
| conditions of that day. Since that
| time, however, many changes have
| been nece ssitated, due to the effort OF
the Board of Education to enlarge
| and expand the organization Of the
| school system in accordance with