Evening star., 1952-09-13
RTeachersCut
Shortage in DC.
Negro Schools
Two on White Stuff
Fired, AZ ShuffIed
For Part Of Funds
By jones 6. Deone

Forty-f1ve extra teachers will
help cut the instructor shortage I'M
the District Negro schools for the
new term opening on Monday.
A cut in the white teacher force
Is making the additions possible
Supt. Hobart M. Corning has just
fired two white teachers and
shuffled "A others to make part of
the money available. The rest
comes from white designations
and retirementS.
Some of the new Negro teachers
already have been hired. Assist
ant Supt. Harold A. Haynes said
he hopes the rest will be hired by
the end of next week.
The white teacher shutting isl
the most drastic step in the teach
er move. DR.. Corning has pushed
Is senior high teachers down toI
junior highs, seven Junior high
teachers down to grade schools
and three senior high teachers all
the way down to elementaries.
Nine more senior high teachers
have had to change high schools.
The two dismissed were tempo
rary Junior high teachers. Their
jobs won't end till october /.
May Free Others.
DR.. Corning had said more
teachers might face dismissal. But
hiring was stopped several weeks
ago, leaving enough untitled va
cancies to accommodate all but
two of the shifted teachers.
The white elementary schools, in |.
fact. now must hire more teachers
instead of firing them. Associate
Supt. Carl F. Hansen said he has
just hired II and needs five more.
New appointees are being warned
the jobs may end next June or
even earlier, however.
More white teacher cuts may
occur during the year, DR.. Corning
said yesterday. This will depend 1
on enrollments.
The names of the teachers in
volved in the shifts weren't an
nounced. Most of those shifted
had previous experience in the
newly assigned grades, the super
intendent indicated.
DR.. Hansen said this was true of i
all three senior high teachers
moved to grade schools.
Surplus in White Schools.
The basis of all the shuffling was ,
the fact that the white schools
have had a teacher surplus, mainly
on the senior high level. Most
senior high teachers have perma-
nent status and can't be fired, so
1t was necessary to move them
down to replace temporary teach
ers and then transfer the money
the temporaries would have been
paid.
DR.. Corning called the process
Extremely difficult" He said the
new assignments are temporary
and that the teachers will not lose
any pay or standing.
officials haven't made any
promises. however, as to when
any of the teachers might get
back to their former jobs again.
The shifts have meant shuff1ing
pupils in the high schools, too.
Glass assignments have had to be
revamped in many cases.
Break Down of Situation.
DR.. Corning broke down the
salary picture this way: 81 new
Negro salaries made available
from the teacher transfers and
firings: 13 made available tenn
porarily through white resigna-
tions, retirements or deaths; one
transferred permanently because
Of white teachers resignation.
Only the 81 salaries were re-
leased by the teacher moves
which involved 81 persons moved
downward or fired-because in six
cases it took two shifts to re-
lease one salary.
Fifty other former white
teacher salaries were transferred
earlier to the Negro schools for
the coming year, DR.. Corning
pointed out.
But even with these, the
crowded Negro schools still will
have a shortage. Even after the
As new positions are filled, the
colored schools will be short at
least u teachers. They can't be
hired because the schools lack
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