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-2- z 7 41 The Janitors' increases came first, which amount to $1,700.00 alone and which will be added in next year' s budget. The top janitor gets `, 35.00 a week; the maintenance man gets $42.00 a week. Clerical increases in the Superintendent' s office amount to $650.00. In June 1944, the School Committee plans to put on another full-time girl in place of the part-time girl. There will be an increase of $1.00 per week to Miss Small and the balance from the $650.00 is to be used to pay for another full-time girl. There are nine men teachers affected by this plan and the School Committee proposed an increase to them of 0250.00 each or a total of $2,250.00 per year. This will increase the maxi- mums from $2,500.00 per year to $2,750.00 per year. Any of the men teachers not at the maximum will receive their regular step- rate increase plus the $250.00. There are seven men teachers now on maximum pay. The annual step-rate increases amount to $3,300.00 and that includes everyone. The School Committee requested increases for the women teachers - a flat increase of $100.00 towards the maximum salary. Two thousand two hundred dollars is the amount needed, as there are now twenty-two teachers at their maximum salary. The School Committee recommended a 10% bonus with a maximum of $200.00 in place of the 7i% bonus with a maximum of $150.00, plus the above increases mentioned. Yr. Thomas S. Grindle stated that Lexington is about in the middle of the list in comparison to salaries. The cost per pupil in Norwood is $118.94 and in Lexing- ton, $87.10. Then Mr. Randall B. Houghton stated that the Massachusetts State Legislature had raised the minimum salary of teachers from $850.00 to $1,200.00. Mr. Houghton stated that the teachers were concerned over the salary condition and the School Committee would like to make the increases effective as of November 1, 1943, with the ex- ception of the bonus, instead of waiting until the next Town Meet- ing in March 1944. Mr. Lewis L. Hoyt said that his Committee would discuss it.