Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-14
Teachers 10 Get
Pay Raise in
Montgomery
School Bourd Votes
Up to $325 Boost
In Compromise Scale

montgomery NOu1lCy oCAlOOA
Board finally has approved q
new salary scale for teachers
one that will net them pay raises
up to 1925 a year.
The action was taken at Rock
vile yesterday during an ALL
day meeting. Several times the
board went into secret session.
barring reporters.
Board President Wylie w.
Barrow said the closed portions
involved discussions on person
mel matters" He did not elab-
crate.
The pay scale question, which
had been hanging fire since last
January. was brought UP shortly
after the board convened. The
1925 maximum. a compromise
with the $3.50 maximum sought
originally. was adopted then
after much elaboration. The
full pay scale was approved near
the end of the afternoon.
Amount will Vary.
Not all teachers will receive
the full amount. 1t depends on
the category and experience
level. It also does not attain
the level of the salary scale the
School Board hopes to reach.
In general. this is what it does:
Non-degree teachers - $2,S50
starting pay. ranging to new top
level after 20 years of $4,735.
This compares with present pay
for the first three years of $2,73O
to a top, at 10 years, of $4,410,
and the ultimate goal for the 20
year bracket ranging from $4,000
to 5000.
Those with bachelor degrees
$3.50 starting pay to top at
Is years of $3.50. This COM
pares with the present scale Of
$3.50 to $3.50 for the cor
responding period. and the ulti-
mate goal Of $4,000 to $5,450.
Those with master degrees
$3.50 starting pay to $3.50 at
81 years. This compares with
So, 800 to $5,775 under the former
scale, and $500 to the same top
level under the ultimate goal.
A majority of the top maxi
mum raises fall in the middle
levels.
They Compromise.
The 1925 maximum was
adopted on motion Of Board
Member Willard G. McGraw, who
said that amount was the one
suggested by the, County Council.
The School Board originally had
asked for the $3.50 top maximum.
The county manager, however.
urged that it be cut to $500.
Yesterday School Board Mem
Der Mrs. John Scharf proposed
that the full amount be author
lied Another member, william
F. Bulls, asked that the top
raise be given only those in the
starting brackets, and $500 for
all others. Mr.. McGraw's
amendment was the compromise.
The only dissenter was Mrs.
Scharf.
Board of Education officials.
including School Supt. Forbes H.
Norris, told the board that be-
cause of the delay in approving
the new scale the county had
lost a number of teachers by
resignation or by their not put
ting in applications.
They asked the boards at
torney, Charles Prettyman, for
advice. He suggested that they
go before the County Council
earlier in the year in the future
and ask for a resolution deter
mining in advance how much
money could be assured for
teacher salaries in the budgets.
DR.. Norris said he would like
such assurance by March / each
year so definite salary informa-
ton could be given prospective
teachers sufficiently early.
New Teachers Hired.
In other actions the board
approved the hiring Of SO new
new high school teachers and
116 elementary grade teachers
and accepted designations of 1874
others-53 from high schools and
131 from elementary schools.
The board was told there still
were 113 vacancies as of Monday.
Three new vice principals were
approved-Charles E. Lugar at
Richard Montgomery High
School, Rockville; William Cru
yer. Poolesville High School, and
Eugene P. Moran, Rockville
Junior High. Appointment Of
three others and a high school
supervisor was deferred to the
board meeting next Monday
night.
A four-man safety delegation
asked the board to consider pro-
viding additional driver train
ing in county high schools, and
the board took it under advise
ment. They were Washington I.
Cleveland Of the American Auto
mobile Association; Arthur E.
Miller, county director of public
safety; Arthur F. Johnston Of
the County Safety Board, and A.
Jack Kelley. vice president Of
the Bethesda Junior Chamber Of
Commerce.
The group said only 525 stu
dents can be accommodated now
in the eight high schools giving
such training, and said 9O8 were
turned away. Their goal, they
said, was to give such training
to every 15-year-old in the
schools. At present they esti-
mated there are 1000 eligible
students. they added.
$4,000 Fire Hits Farm
FREDERICK, July IA R.-
Fire destroyed an estimated $15,.'