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[Secretary’s Circular No. 7—1919–20.]

SCHEDULE OF SALARIES FOR TEACHERS, MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISING STAFF AND OTHERS.

JANUARY 1–AUGUST 31, 1920, INCLUSIVE.

Boston School Committee,
Secretary’s Office, January 20, 1920.

In School Committee,
January 5, 1920.

1. ORDERED, That the salaries of teachers, members of the supervising staff, and others in the public schools are hereby established for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, inclusive, in accordance with the following schedules and subject to the following restrictions:

1A. ORDERED, That the salaries of teachers, members of the supervising staff, and others who receive annual salaries, which have been fixed by Order 1A of the salary schedule for the year ending August 31, 1919, shall, during the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, inclusive, be fixed and advanced in accordance with the provisions of said order; provided, that the salaries of such persons in those ranks in which the minimum and maximum salaries in the following schedules have been increased over the minimum and maximum provided in the existing schedules by the same amount, be advanced by said amount on January 1, 1920, and the salaries of such persons shall thereafter be advanced on their several anniversaries by the annual increment provided in the following schedules; and provided further, that the final increment shall be such amount as shall place the teacher on the maximum salary of the rank.

1B. ORDERED, That the salaries of teachers, members of the supervising staff, and others who receive annual salaries, which have been fixed by Order 1A of the salary schedule for the year ending August 31, 1919, shall, during the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, inclusive, be fixed and advanced in accordance with the provisions of said order; provided, that the salaries of such persons in those ranks in which the minimum and maximum salaries have been increased over the minimum and maximum provided in the existing schedules by unequal amounts, shall be advanced in the following manner:

(a) The salaries of those teachers, members of the supervising staff, and others who have not reached the maximum salary of the existing schedule or who have not served one year on said maximum salary, shall, on January 1, 1920, be advanced by the amount of the increase in the minimum of their respective schedules over the minimum of the existing schedules; and the salaries of such persons shall thereafter be advanced upon their respective anniversaries by the annual increment provided in the following schedules until the new maximum of their ranks is reached; provided, that the final increment shall be such amount as shall place the teacher upon the maximum salary of the rank.

(b) The salaries of those teachers, members of the supervising staff, and others who on December 31, 1919, have reached the maximum salary of the existing schedules, and who have served one full year thereon, shall on January 1, 1920, be advanced by the amount of the increase in the maximum of the following schedule over the maximum of the existing schedule.

1C. ORDERED, That the salaries of masters of day elementary and day intermediate schools which have been fixed by Order 1B of the existing salary schedule shall, during the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, inclusive, be fixed and advanced in accordance with the provisions of said order; provided, that the salaries of such masters shall on January 1, 1920, be advanced by the amount of two hundred forty dollars ($240) per annum, and the salaries of such masters shall thereafter be advanced upon their respective anniversaries by the annual increment [2] provided in the following schedule until the new maximum of their rank is reached; and provided further, that the salaries of those masters who have reached the maximum of the existing schedule on December 31, 1919, shall, on January 1, 1920, be advanced by the receipt of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) per annum to the new maximum of their rank in the following schedule:

NORMAL SCHOOL.

LATIN AND DAY HIGH SCHOOLS.

INSTRUCTORS—LATIN AND DAY HIGH SCHOOLS.

Commercial Branches

Manual Arts

Salesmanship

BOSTON CLERICAL SCHOOL

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DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DAY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS

KINDERGARTENS.

TRADE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

BOSTON TRADE SCHOOL.

EVENING CLASSES

HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

EVENING SCHOOLS

High

Elementary.

DAY SCHOOL FOR IMMIGRANTS.

CONTINUATION SCHOOL.

SUMMER REVIEW SCHOOLS.

High School.

Elementary Schools.

EDUCATIONAL INVESTIGATION AND MEASUREMENT.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE AND ARTS.

DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL ARTS.

MEDICAL INSPECTION.

NURSES

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

PENMANSHIP

PHYSICAL TRAINING

PLAYGROUNDS.

GARDENING.

DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICE AND TRAINING.

SPECIAL CLASSES.

SPEECH IMPROVEMENT CLASSES AND CLASSES FOR CONSERVATION OF EYESIGHT.

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Teachers promoted to the rank of instructor from the rank of assistant, day elementary schools, shall be placed upon that year of the schedule for the rank of instructor that is at least $72 higher than the rate they are on in the rank of assistant, day elementary schools, at the time of their promotion.

VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE.

EXTENDED USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SCHOOL CENTERS.

TEACHERS SPECIALLY ASSIGNED.

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The additional compensation above provided for teachers specially assigned shall cease upon the return of said teachers to their former positions and shall not be taken into consideration in determining the compensation to which they may be entitled upon appointment to any other rank or grade.

2. ORDERED, That the compensation of substitute and temporary teachers is hereby fixed for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, inclusive, at the following rates for each day of actual service, one-session days being reckoned as whole days:

NORMAL, LATIN AND DAY HIGH SCHOOLS.

BOSTON CLERICAL SCHOOL.

DAY ELEMENTARY AND DAY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.

Continuation School and Industrial Schools and Classes.

and that the compensation of substitute and temporary teachers of other ranks than those enumerated herein shall be one four-hundredth part of the minimum salary of the respective ranks for each day of actual service.

3. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, any teacher or member of the supervising staff who may be designated by the Superintendent, in accordance with the regulations to fill a vacancy caused by the death, disability or absence of a principal of a school or district, or of a director, assistant director, supervisor or supervising nurse, for a continuous period exceeding two weeks, shall receive in addition to his or her regular salary one-half of the difference between the said salary and the minimum salary of the higher position during the time of such service, but not including the Summer vacation. Teachers who may similarly be designated to fill the positions of sub-master, master’s assistant, first assistant in charge, first assistant in charge, special classes, or first assistant, kindergarten, shall be paid at the rate of ninety-six dollars ($96) per year in addition to the regular salary of their rank.

4. ORDERED, That during the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, or during such portion thereof as the Dorchester High School is conducted on the two-platoon system, the head master of that school shall be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per annum in addition to the regular salary of his rank.

5. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, high school teachers designated to take charge of a branch or colony of a high school in a separate building shall be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per year in addition to the regular salary of their rank.

6. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, the salaries of temporary teachers of salesmanship are hereby established in accordance with the following schedule:

(The term “period” is a teaching unit accompanied by a definite requirement of follow-up work.)

7. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, deductions on account of absence of temporary teachers serving on an annual salary shall be made on the same basis as that established for regular teachers.

8. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, in addition to the compensation provided for master’s assistants, first assistants in charge, and assistants, day elementary schools, those assigned to classes attended exclusively by boys in grades above the third in the Agassiz, Bigelow, Dudley, Dwight, Eliot, Frederic W. Lincoln, Lawrence, Quincy, Sherwin, Thomas N. Hart and Wendell Phillips Districts, shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of forty-eight dollars ($48) per year, beginning with the second anniversary of their assignments to such classes and continuing until the expiration of such assignment.

9. ORDERED, That teachers who have been reappointed to the Boston Trade School, Trade School for Girls, or the Continuation School following service in either school ending not later than the close of the regular term in the preceding year, or appointed to service in other parts of [9] the day school system following such service in such schools, shall be paid for the period between August 31 and the date of the reopening of the schools at the same rate for said period as they were paid during the month of June last preceding.

10. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, Marie A. Solano be paid at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600) per year in addition to her regular salary as first assistant, head of department, Normal School, during her special assignment to the supervision of the foreign language work in intermediate schools and classes, and for lectures and instruction to the teachers of foreign languages in intermediate schools and classes.

11. ORDERED, That Ellen S. Bloomfield, assistant, day elementary schools, assigned to special service as teacher of penmanship in the Normal and day elementary schools, be paid at the rate of one hundred forty-four dollars ($144) per year in addition to the regular salary of her rank, for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

12. ORDERED, That the compensation of Sarah M. Lilley and Helen L. Smith, teachers of classes for conservation of eyesight, is hereby established at the rate of five dollars and seventy-five cents ($5.75) per day of service for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

13. ORDERED, That the salary of Eleanor J. O’Brien, vocational assistant, Department of Vocational Guidance, is hereby established at the rate of twenty-one hundred forty-eight dollars ($2,148) per year, to take effect January 1, 1920.

14. ORDERED, That the salary of Irving O. Scott, vocational assistant, Department of Vocational Guidance, is hereby established at the rate of two thousand fifty-two dollars ($2,052) per year, for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

15. ORDERED, That the salary of Margaret M. Sallaway, vocational assistant, Department of Vocational Guidance, is hereby established at the rate of seventeen hundred forty dollars ($1,740) per year, for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

16. ORDERED, That the salary of Ethel Fletcher, vocational assistant, Department of Vocational Guidance, is hereby established at the rate of sixteen hundred forty-four dollars ($1,644) per year, for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

17. ORDERED, That the employment of Frances McCormick as temporary vocational assistant, Department of Vocational Guidance, is hereby authorized on six days a week, from January 1 to August 31, 1920, and that she be paid during such employment at the rate of five dollars ($5) per day.

18. ORDERED, That the compensation of Louis K. Hull, temporary prevocational instructor, is hereby established at the rate of two dollars and twenty cents ($2.20) per two-hour period of service for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

19. ORDERED, That the compensation of pianists employed in connection with physical training exercises in the Public Latin School is hereby established at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per session for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

20. ORDERED, That the compensation of the pianist in the Normal School is hereby established at the rate of fifty cents (50c) per hour during the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

21. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, Ethel D. Hodson and Caroline A. Shay be paid at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per year in addition to their regular salaries as instructors, Day School for Immigrants, during their special assignment to assist the Director of Evening Schools in the organization and supervision of classes in Americanization, provided that such additional compensation shall not be taken into consideration in determining the compensation to which said teachers may be entitled upon appointment to any other rank or grade.

22. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, the compensation of Margaret M. Higgins and Mary S. Keene, associate [10] managers in school centers, is hereby established at the rate of six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50) per day, for service not more than the equivalent of one hundred nineteen (119) days during said period.

23. ORDERED, That for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920, the compensation of Elizabeth W. Pigeon and Elizabeth R. Teaffe, associate managers in school centers, is hereby established at the rate of five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) per day, for service not more than the equivalent of one hundred thirty-nine (139) days during said period.

24. ORDERED, That Alice McNally be paid at the rate of fifty dollars ($50) per year in addition to her regular salary as assistant, Eliot District, during her special assignment to the Fort Strong School for the period January 1 to August 31, 1920.

25. ORDERED, That the salary of the Chief Attendance Officer is hereby established at the rate of thirty-one hundred twenty dollars ($3120) per annum, to take effect January 1, 1920, and to continue until otherwise ordered.

26. ORDERED, That the salary of Attendance Officers is hereby established in accordance with the following schedule, to take effect January 1, 1920, and to continue until otherwise ordered:

First year $1464, annual increase $108, maximum $2004.

27. ORDERED, That the salary of the Supervisor of Licensed Minors is hereby established at the rate of twenty-two hundred twenty dollars ($2220) per annum, to take effect January 1, 1920, and to continue until otherwise ordered.

28. ORDERED, That the salaries of permanent substitutes in the public schools are hereby established at the rate of four hundred forty-four dollars ($444) for the period January 1 to June 30, 1920, both included.

ORDERED, That for the year ending August 31, 1920, the salary of the research assistant, department of educational investigation and measurement, is hereby established at the following rate:

Minimum, $1,272; annual increase, $96; maximum, $1,944.

ORDERED, That for the year ending August 31, 1920, the salary of the rank of examiner in penmanship is hereby established at the rate of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per year.

ORDERED, That the Superintendent is authorized to fix the compensation of lecturers employed in school centers and whose compensation is not fixed in the salary schedule; provided, that such compensation, including any service or other charges, shall in no case exceed forty dollars ($40) per evening.

In School Committee,
January 19, 1920.

ORDERED, That the compensation of the rank of emergency assistant, day elementary schools, is hereby established at the rate of three dollars ($3) per day of actual service, to take effect Jan. 1, 1920.

ORDERED, That the compensation of the rank of emergency kindergarten assistant, day elementary schools, is hereby established at the rate of two dollars ($2) for one session of actual service, and three dollars ($3) for two sessions of actual service during the same day, to take effect Jan. 1, 1920.

THORNTON D. APOLLONIO,
Secretary.

(2,500-1-20-'20.)

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