Evening star., 1947-01-26
Board Will Meet
tuesday 70 Act
On Teacher Pay
NeorIy 100 Attend
Hearing on Corning's S
Proposal for Raise
By Colt HendIey

SStt ssSssSs~y
With alF but few teachers group
apparently satisfied, School Super
intendent Hobart M. ,Corning's pro
posals for a pay raise for Distric
teachers now await action by tn
Board OF Education Tuesday.
AT a public hearing yesterday, th'
public high school athletic coache
pleaded for elimination of "gros
inequities" which forced them t.
work three to four hours longe
each day than other teachers at nj
extra salary.
The hearing was held by commit
tees Of the Board of Education to ge
reaction to DR.. Corning's pay-rais'
proposals. Nearly 100 teacher
jarnmed the hearing room at Frank
lin School Building during the one
and-a-half hour session.
DR.. Corning has recommended .
fiat raise of $700-$250 more thar
the teachers are getting at presen
with the $3.50 temporary raist
granted by Congress last year anc
due to expire on July las well as {
complete overhaul of the permanent
pay schedule.
Vocational Principals Oppose Raise
Principals of the vocational higf
schools, however, surprised the grour
by asking the Board of Education
not to raise their salaries as much
as the school superintendent hac
recommended.
Mrs. Mary Resh, representing the
vocational high school principals
said her group thought their salaries
should be on the same level as the
Junior high school principals rather
than on the level of the senior high
principals.
She said 1t was in the interest Of
unanimity."
Mrs. Resi- explained the vocationa,
high school principals did not ask
for the raise under the 1945 bill
which placed them on the level OF
the senior high school principals
She said, resulting dissension in the
school system from those who
thought the raise unjustified would
be eliminated if the vocational high
principals were returned to the
status they had before 1945.
Corning Praises Attitude.
DR.. Corning announced he would
change his recommendation to the
board, commenting, ut shows a fine
professional attitude"
The recommended salary for jun
ior high school principals ranges
from $4,000 to $4,000 as compared
to the proposed senior high school
principals salary of $5, 300 to $500
Gilbert Conn, Coolidge High
School coach, read petition at the
hearing in which he said physical
education teachers were required to
conduct interscholastic sports in ad-
dition to their classes and their
extra-curricular activities.
These teachers are required to
give three or four hours daily to
this additional work" he declared.
There is an obvious adjustment
which is necessary and desirable"
Also representing the high school
coaches in the plea was Charles L.
Pinderhughes, Dunbar High School
coach.
Conn's Recommendations.
Mr.. Conn recommended additiona
nov for head coaches of $500 a yeal
per sport; for assistant coaches
s4Oo year per sport, and fol
teachers who coach minor sports
$3.50 a year per sport.
Adelbert w. Lee, head OF the
Board of Education's legislative
committee, said the request OF tht
coaches would receive due consider
alton. :,
Just how much consideration i
will receive is hard to forecast. The
petition read by Mr.. Conn today
also was in the hands of DR.. Corn,
ing when he drew up his orlglna
recommendations but was ignored
+ A recent poll of the nine member'
of the Board of Education by TINT
Star revealed they all were in favol
of a nav raise for teachers-but how
far they will 60 will not be known
Until they meet Tuesday and taxi
formal action.
19 Groups Represented.
/ ! Nineteen teacher organization!
were represented at the hearing
and most of them expressed agree
ment with DR.. Corning's proposals
4 Representatives of the Depart
nent of School Attendance ane
Work permits wanted to be included
bn the single salary scale set fol
teachers so they could be eligible
for advancement into hlghel
brackets opened to teachers having
masters degrees. Their petition wa!
,presented by Mrs. Isabel Ward
president of the Association OF AT
tendance Officers.
Mrs. Alice Delhof. one OF three
child labor inspectors working unde'
the Department of School Attend
sance, had the same complaint.
m A plea that the time a teache.
spent in the service be counted a
School service was made by mis-
Mary C. Dent, representing tn
Teachers Union, Local No. 8, CAFL)
II DR.. Corning read list OF some q
teacher organizations not repre-
sented at the hearing who backet
the proposals in letters.
lss James Taylor, representing tn
Elementary Classroom Teachers AS
isociation, said his organization fel
the minimums for beginning teach
ers was not high enough. Highe
iliinimums than recommended b
Dr. Corning would make it easie
for the school system to recrui
new teachers, he said.
ss"Washington should set the pac
Tor the country" he declared.
iss Proposals to Go to Congress.
istHolding the hearing was the Leg
iSlative Committee of the Board
Education, headed by Mr.. Lee wit
HS Melvin Sharpe and Mrs. Velm
G. williams, and the Personnel Com
nnittee, headed by DR.. Robert 4
Maurer with Mrs. Lenore w. Smit
nild John w. Wilson.
Halter the Board of Educatio
tskes action, the amended proposal
Tin M to tho commissioners eithe