Milford chronicle., 1938-12-23
TEACHERS FAVOR PAY
OF $4,000 MAXIMUM
loontInusa rrom FIrIt p.gel

I
Point OF Disagreement
"This last, having maximum sal
aries vary with rating, was the onl
provision concerning which ther
was much disagreement. Anon
State board teachers, SO per cent ia
vored and AZ per cent opposed
among the special district teachers
81 per cent favored and 43 per cen
opposed.
"The annual increment for a tea
cher with an "A rating would b.
$100; with b rating, SIS, and witS
C. rating, $50.
"The annual increments would bI
the same in the first years of service
as in later years.
"No differentials or special (high.
er) salaries would be paid to teach.
ers of such subjects as art, music
physical education, home economics
agriculture, special or opportunity
classes, and the like, unless MOI G
than ten months of the year was
devoted to the work"
Increments Dropped
The Legislature of 1888 dropped
yearly 'increments" or pay raises
a fiat 500 a year in Wilmington and
variable according to rating outside
the city-when salaries were reduc-
ed as a depression measure. Since
restoration of the salary cuts, the
Legislature has been urged also to
restore the increments.
Copies of the QUESTIONABLE were
sent by the department to 593 teach
ers and principals in the schools of
the State Board Unit, of whom 377
teachers or 63.6 per cent. sent in
replies.
By request, copies also were sent
to 300 teachers in seven special dis
tritcs, of whom 165 teachers or So
per cent, returned replies.
OF those who replied, SS.9 per cent
in the State board schools and 1913
per cent in the special districts
thought teachers with equal prepa-
ration should receive the same sal
ary regardless of whether they
taught in elementary or secondary
schools.
Among the teachers with this view
259 in the State Board Unit and 80
in the special districts were for =
minimum of $1,000 and a maximum
of $4,000 for all teachers. The re-
naming with the same view did not
specify minimums and maximums
they favor.
$1,000 Elementary Minimum
In the group of those who felt
that elementary and secondary tea
chers should not receive the same
salaries for equal preparation, SO
State board teachers favored the fol-
lowing:
Minimum salary: Elementary, ST.,
200; junior high school. 1890; SEN
iOr high school, $1,4OO. Maximum
salary: Elementary. $500; junior
high school. $500; senior high
school. $2,0OO-$2, 500, ten teachers
favoring each of the two latter
Forty-seven special district teach
ers who objected to uniform scales
for elementary and secondary teaen-
ers. favored the following:
Minimum salary: Elementary, ST.
200; junior high school. $1,000; SEN
ior high school s1.400. Maximum
salary: Es-satsry. $500; junior
Ugh sehool- 1880: senior high
school s48'l,h
S.sF=zrT-TE6 psE cent Of the State
hoard iE.1thsrE answering the ques-
.io1nzirs zns So PER cent of those
in IL Epeelzl districts thought ef
scisleF sz1Ezgs should be used in
5sss-zt1z-g 4 teachers progress on
.As saEarY schedule
Ra1il-es Fer Inerements Favored
Proportions Of those who thought
.ks 4l1z q The annual increments
shoy.lt vary with efficiency rating
Eers. 5gzre board, 59.S per cent and
i5fscizi districts. SAG per cent, while
,ro1crrjons Of those who thought
.lzxtnun salaries should vary with
'zEt1x were, State board, SO per cent, Z
nd special districts, 57.3 per cent.
There was more or less general
lgrseulent that inerements should
le 800 II they did not vary with
'arfnz- and, If they did, should be
i189 for a teachers. SIS for "B."
md $50 for &C" More than 20 per
sut Of all the teachers voted against
.zving smaller increments in the
Irst years Of service and about 80
eT cent voted against having larger
in these years.
A proposal for higher salaries in
uch classes as art, music. physical
home economics, agricul-
ure. or opportunity" classes was
Oted down by a little more than 20
,er cent of all the teachers. /,
But the majority of those who
avored such differentials had pref
renee for applying them to teach
rs Of opportunity" classes, agricul-
ure. and home economics, in that
rider. (
Fewer See Ability Raised
"It is interesting to note," the re-
ort says, that while 70 per cent I
t the teachers in the State Board
init believed that ratings should be
sed in determining a teachers pro ;
ress on the salary schedule, only
Z per cent believed that rating had
elped to increase their efficiency
s teachers.
"Of teachers in the special dis
-icts, the percentages were 6S and
l respectively"
Breakdown tables in the report
how some extreme views. One tea
her is listed as favoring an $500
minimum annual salary, while IL
lvored an $1,000 minimum, which
favored as a maximum by As
Six teachers favored a
laximum of $4,000.
At one extreme, four teachers fa-
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