Evening star., 1948-06-14
McNayrCharges
Teacher Control
OF School Setup
Hits SoIory Demands,
Calls Stine's Budget
Prediction Bunk

Prediction Bunk
Irving G.. McNayr, Montgomery
County supervisor. charged today
that organized public school teach
ers have gained control OF the
county educational system and are
demanding salaries far out of line
with teacher salaries in other coun-
ties and the salaries of professional
workers in the county government.
Mr.. McNayr dismissed as "a lot of
bunk" statement by H. Stanley
Stine, president of the Montgomery
Board of Education, that the school
program will have to be curtailed
drastically unless a $3,429 1853 school
budget is approved as proposed.
Mr.. McNayr has recommended
that the county commissioners trim
that figure $544,50l to $2,885. 468.
The commissioners will conduct a
public hearing on the budget at 8
pm. tomorrow in the courthouse at
Rockville, and indications are that
the meeting will attract an over
flow crowd.
Controversy Kept Alive.
The supervisors remarks today
kept alive a bitter controversy. In
letter last week Mr.. Stine accused
the county commissioners OF going
back" on their implied promise that
the school board would get enough
money this year to put all teachers
on last years salary schedule. He
said in order to give teachers the
pay raises promised. the Board Of
Education would be forced to Shelve
plans to hire so additional teachers.
Mr.. Stine asserted that unless the
school board receives the full ap-
preparation requested it would have
to eliminate kindergarten, music, art
and physical education classes in
elementary schools; the driver
trainer program and reduce librar-
ian and counsellor services.
That's a lot of bunk" said Mr..
McNayr. "Our budget proposal pro-
vides for substantially everything
the board asked to continue its pres
ent program. The trouble is in the
excessive salary scaie.'
Average Teacher Pay Cited.
In the current fiscal year, the
supervisor said, the average pay
of the 1873 teachers in Montgomery
is s3,56944. The pay ranges from
$1,000 to a top for school prin-
c;pe1c of S6 nm no added
Mr.. McNayr said under his
budget proposal the average for the
same number Of teachers would be
S3.896.75, with a top principals
salary Of $4,000. He said the Board
of Education proposal would raise
the average for 1873 teachers to
S4,015.42, with top of s7,100.
This year, Mr.. McNayr said. "a
teachers are making more than
$4,000 and of these 20 are earning
more than $4,000. He said the
School Board proposes to pay 2l9
teachers $4,000 or more, of whom
SO would receive at least $4,000. He
said the board wants % of those
to get at least $500 and II to
receive at least $4,000.
Other Salaries Quoted.
The supervisor noted that prac-
tically all major administrative jobs
in the Montgomery County govern
ment carry a maximum salary of
$4,000. He mentioned the chief of
police, the supervisor of assess
ments, and the county road engineer
among others. Mr. McNayr also
declared that very few of the pro-
fessional workers in the Federal
Government who reside in Mont
gomery County earned more than
$4,000 year.
He asserted that the average pay
of teachers in Montgomery is the
highest of any Maryland county
and that it is not exceeded by any
county in the United States as far
as he has been able to determine.
He added that the teacher pay scale
in most respects equals the Dis
trict's.
The supervisor said the Board of
Education last year adopted a SAL
dIy Pldu "4liSl ptOFluCu lOl lllsllCi
pay than was contemplated when
the budget was approved. Under
that scale. he said. majority of
the county teachers received in
creases of $1,000 during the current
fiscal year. He declared that it
would be possible under the School
Board plan for some teachers to-
next fiscal year of s1.5OO-a possible
total raise of s2,700 in a two-year
period
Mr.. McNayr said teacher control
Of the school system and indicated
last week when Is instructors de-
manded that the Board of Educa-
ton insist on the proposed budget
in order to get the higher salaries.
He asserted that the board was
afraidn not fo rop1r,lv