East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-02-11

IN line to those OF SurrOun
Not only the teachers. but
other school employees will get
raises. This latter group in
cludes personnel in such jobs
as custodians, cleaning men
and women, maintenance men,
secretaries, clerks, cafeteria
workers, bookkeepers and pow
erhouse engineers. The increase
will be based on years of serv-
ice with the average increase
amounting to 31a per cent.
The teachers increase will be
based on years Of teaching ex-
perience, the degree held and
graduate study taken in the
teachers field of speciality. Eff
! fective in 1862 will be the plan
which allows a salary increase
only when Is hours of the work
done for the masters degree is
in the subject area which the
teacher is employed to teach.
This plan is not retroactive and
will not affect teachers who
are getting salary benefits. for
masters degrees although the
masters was gotten in a field
that the teacher doesn't in
struct.
Presently, beginning teach
ers with a bachelors degree
receive Sf,400 for their first
year and a teacher holding a
masters gets $4,000. Begin
ming in September each will
receive 500 more a year. The
top salary in the system for
a masters degree and IA
| years teacher experience,
was S7,7OO. the ceiling will be
raised to $500 for the same
group.
Regular increments will be
made each year for teaching
experience up to IA years and
for advanced study as well as
degrees gotten in subject area
being taught.
Western Reserve University
has adapted its graduate pro-
gram to fit this program allow
ing a teacher to get the Is
hours specialization which are
necessary to meet the salary
increase requirements.
Substitute teachers will re-
ceive $3.50 a day instead of
SIS wrich is the current rate.
The last the substitute teachers
pay was raised was in 1858
when it made jump from S12
to SIS.
In other action taken by the
Board, the football budget was
accepted, five teachers and six
substitute teachers were ap-
proved, five textbooks were
adopted, three teachers were
given permission to attend pro-
fessional meetings and a
unique report on the music pro-
gram as we'll as a report on
reclaiming former Board land
was heard.
The football budget calls for
expenditure of $1,000 which is
$547.13 more than last year but
still S1,123.77 less than the all
time high reached in 1858. DR..
Nichols explained that football
carries all the minor sports and
that the money which is al
loted to football is not tax
money but money earned from
gate receipts. 1t has the high
est costs of the sports because
there are more boys to outfit
and the equipment is expensive.
The football budget was the
only one which was itemized
for approval at the January
Board meeting. Other athletic
budgets approved at the jan
uary meeting include. basket
ball S3,660; baseball 81, $50;
track S932: tennis S26S; swim
ming s765; golf, sl20; and
wrestling, $3.50.
Three out of the five teachers
new to the system who have
been approved for the 196O-61
school year hold masters de-
grees, the five include, Marjorie
Dewey, Jean Guilford, Beverly
Martin, Donald Reed and Ann
Schuff. The six approved sub
stitute teachers include, Donna
Barratt, America Betori, Mary
Celeste, Thomas Hoffart and
Jack Steinicke.
Permission was granted for
the following school personnel
to attend professional meetings,
Richard Baker, national science
teachers convention in Kansas
City, Mo-, March 29th through
April 1st; Clyde Hawthorne,
Ohio industrial arts convention
in Col bus, March 31st
through April 2nd, and DR.. l.. l..
Myers, convention of Associa-