Evening star., 1925-09-20
"a ARE APPOINTED
TO TEACHER STAFF
Corps of Substitutes Named.
is to Be Assigned to
? White Schools.
A corps of paid substitute teachers

A corps of paid substitute teachers
long sought by public school authori
ties. became a reality yesterday with
the appointment of the original staff
of "a, l6 of whom will be assigned
to the white system and the remain
ing to the colored.
Detailed instructions regarding the
use of the substitutes were given to
all supervising principals and prin-
cipals of senior and junior high
schools in a circular letter issued by
Supt. Frank w Ballou. The letter
pointed out that the substitutes would
be available with the opening of
schools tomorrow.
Will Be Named Annually.
These teachers will be appointed
annually and will serve regularly
every school day under the direction
OF their respective assistant superin-
tendents who will assign them to
their daily duties,' said DIR. Ballou' S
Instructions. THE current appropria-
tions do not provide enough such po-
sitions to make it possible to assign
annual substitutes to every field OF
the school service. Such substitutes
will be available in limited numbers
for the regular work in the following
fields: Grades l to 4, grades TO s, the
Junior high schools, and the senior
high schools. These substitutes are
not available for special subjects such
as manual training, drawing, etc.
Annual substitutes will be used
primarily in cases of absence extend
ing over a period of many days or
several weeks; but whenever annual
substitutes are available they may
be used also in the case of a tempor-
airy absence of only a day or two. In
order to ascertain whether an annual
substitute is available the field Off
Ger will phone to Miss Davis, in the
office of the superintendent. between
$50 am. and 900 am. After 900
O'Clock the field officer should phone
to his assistant superintendent in con-
nection with substitute service. If
no annual substitute is available the
field officer should draw from his list
of temporary substitutes.
Procedure Outlined.
1.-The field officer should inform his
assistant superintendent by telephone
of every case of protracted absence as
soon as he is certain of the facts in
the case He should send to his as
sistant superintendent as soon as pos
sible a written statement lin dupli-
nection with the case-as, cause of alb
sence, duraion, etc. One copy of the
statement will be sent to the financial
office Later a form is to be printed
on which to submit such statements.
The field officer will also notify the
assistant superintendent by telephone
when an annual substitute is relea sed
from an assignment. This release
should also be reported in writing in
duplicate.
Every certifying official in the
above field is expected TO keep a
complete and accurate record of the
service rendered by the annual substi-
tute. The annual substitute receives
no pay from the teacher. For every
day of absence on school days when
an ANIMAL substitute is serving there
will be deducted from the monthly
check of the absent teacher the sub
stitute rate of pay established by the
Board OF Education. When a tenn
porary substitute is serving the usual
procedure will be followed in refer