Author Title Qass Book Imprint j.&— 27M0-* <3PO TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTEN- DENT OF SCHOOLS, 1919-1920 PLANT OPERATION i^m gg^g^gg^^^g^^g^^^^^^g ■MMMHHBiaHi BOARD OF EDUCATION smj^I THE CITY OF NEW YORK Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools 1919-1920 PLANT OPERATION PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FEBRUARY 23, 1921 Twenty-second Annual Report ■lUli Mi^^HMMa^ /7 ^ BOARD OF EDUCATION OF The City of New York ANNING S. PRALL, President GEORGE J. RYAN, Vice-President BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN Mrs. EMMA L. MURRAY M. SAMUEL STERN BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN Dr. JOHN A. FERGUSON ARTHUR S. SOMERS BOROUGH OF THE BRONX FRANK D. WILSEY BOROUGH OF QUEENS GEORGE J. RYAN BOROUGH OF RICHMOND ANNING S. PRALL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WILLIAM L. ETTINGER -J' ST SUPERINTENDENT OF PLANT OPERATION ROBERT W. RODMAN ■■■Mi ^■■■■■■i LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL July 13, 1920. To the Board of Education: Ladies and Gentlemen: I beg ieave to submit herewith the brief but interesting report of the Bureau of Plant Operation, prepared by Mr. R. W. Rodman, Superintendent of said bureau. The creation of the Bureau of Plant Operation was a pro- gressive step in the administration of our school plant. Prior to the creation of the said bureau, the supervision of janitors was under the general direction of the Committee on Care of Buildings and immediately under the supervision of the Super- visor of Janitors. While the old organization was no doubt sufficient before the school system obtained its present magnitude, I soon became convinced that the creation of an independent bureau under the supervision of an energetic, efficient Superin- tendent was an absolute necessity, and so advised your honorable Board. Realizing the importance of the problem, the Board of Education, under date of February 13, 1919, adopted the necessary resolution and Superintendent R. W. Rodman assumed charge. Few persons not connected with the school system realize the magnitude of our present school plant comprising more than six hundred school buildings. To visualize the school plant which New York City has already provided for its children, exclusive of the large building program now under way, it may be interesting to state that the reader would have to think of a building the site of which would occupy over three-quarters of the area of Central Park, the floor space of which would equal one square mile, and the accommodations of which a total of 825,000 sittings and 18,000 classrooms would seat all the school children of Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, and Cleveland. One can readily understand that New York City must spend vast sums of money to provide the proper physical accommo- dations for instruction. Up to date the city has invested approximately $125,COO,000 in school buildings and structural equipment, the proper maintenance of which would cost much more than has been provided annually. The proper operation of the whole school plant would cost approximately two per cent of the full accumulated value of $160,000,000. Perhaps, apart from the creation of the bureau and the selection of Mr. R. W. Rodman as its head, the most important matter disposed of was the adoption of a scientific plan of compensation prepared by Auditor Henry R. M. Cook, which is included in the report as an appendix. At the time the bureau was organized the schools were in a most serious position because of inadequate janitorial com- pensation, the difficulty of securing help, and the failure of the financial authorities to provide sufficient funds for renova- tions and replacements. In addition to the foregoing, the difficulty of securing coal sufficient in amount and satisfactory in quality added to the difficulty of keeping the buildings in habitable condition for school children. I am glad to state, however, that each of these problems has been successfully attacked by Superintendent Rodman, and I am most optimistic with reference to future conditions. Up to date, the increased compensation, together with Mr. Rodman's mode of administration of his office, has restored to the janitorial service the morale which is absolutely essential to the proper conduct of the schools. The financial authorities have changed their attitude towards the matter of the upkeep of the buildings, and I am hopeful that in the future it will be possible to secure ample funds. Various other matters, such as the organization of the office, the development within the bureau of a division of heating and ventilation, so that those who plan heating and ventilation systems are also responsible for the efficient operation of the same, and also a careful study of such problems as the relative merits of the direct and indirect systems of employ ment, the quality of the fuel to be used, and the value of the present systems of artificial ventilation, merit the careful study of the bureau. Very truly yours, William L. Ettinger, Superintendent of Schools. _ May 7, 1920. Dr. William L. Ettinger, Superintendent of Schools. My Dear Dr. Ettinger: In reply to your letter of April 9, 1920, I beg to transmit the following report of the activities of the Bureau of Plant Operation from February 26, 1919, the date I assumed charge of the Bureau as Superintendent, to the close of the current school year. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Board of Education on February 13, 1919 (see Journal, page 248), and instructions issued by you, I assumed charge of the newly created Bureau of Plant Operation of School Buildings as Super- intendent on February 26, 1919. Upon taking charge of the Bureau, I was confronted with conditions which, to say the least, were very chaotic. The morale of the janitorial force was at a low ebb due, in great measure, to the inadequate salaries paid to janitor-engineers, janitors, elevator attendants and cleaners, and the pressing labor conditions brought about by the war, which were re- flected m the condition of many of the buildings throughout the city. The question of revising the present system of janitorial compensation was a problem which received considerable atten- tion in past years, but without definite results. The necessity of modifying the old method of computing janitorial compen- sation was obvious as the system was adopted many years ago, and, for some time, has been inadequate owing to changes in character of building construction and equipment, and more recently to the effects of existing labor conditions. Shortly after the organization of the present Board of Education in 1918, a new schedule of compensation was presented by the Auditor' which schedule had the approval of all officials of the Board of Education, as well as the Custodians and Engineers' Associa- 10 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I *x%*\ wmtv^^'W'^ '■- tion. This schedule provided an automatic method of deter- mining janitorial compensation upon a basis of surface measure- ment, which included all the various elements that enter into janitorial duties. A copy of the schedule is appended to this report and can be described briefly as follows : Cleaning. — Under the proposed plan the compensation for cleaning is, as under the old system, based upon the number of square feet to be cleaned. The new system modifies the initial rate of compensation and extends the present scale so as to make it more applicable to existing conditions. Under the old system, the initial rate of compensation was $50 per thousand square feet of surface for schools of 10,000 square feet or less, and the scale decreased by ten cents per 250 square feet as the size of the building increased up to 35,000 square feet, at which point the schedule reached was constant at $37 per thousand square feet. This scale then applied to all buildings above 35,000 square feet. The new schedule provides for $75 per thousand square feet for buildings of 10,000 square feet or less, and decreases by graduated intervals as the size of the buildings increases up to 75,000 square feet, at which point the schedule is constant at $38 per thousand square feet. Paved Area. — With reference to compensation for cleaning paved areas, the new schedule changes only slightly the old schedule for this item. The new schedule provides a rate of $25 for areas of 10,000 square feet or less, which decreases by in- tervals as the area increases until the maximum area of 35,000 square feet is reached, at which point the rate of $18.50 becomes constant. The new schedule omitted the sliding scale and fixed but two rates, one at $25 per thousand square feet for areas less than 10,000 square feet and the second at $18.50 for areas of over 10,000 square feet. Heating and Ventilating. — For operation of plant or of heating apparatus, the new schedule provides sliding scales of compen- sation based upon measurement of the floor area of the building to be heated. Inasmuch as the labor involved in the operation of a plant is dependent upon the size and character of the plant, the proposed schedule makes provision for such differences by classifying school buildings into three groups, and establishing a scale for each as follows: 11 HH^HI Class A. — High-pressure plant with plenum system requiring janitor-engineer. For buildings of this class, the scale begins at $25 per thousand square feet for buildings of 10,000 square feet and less, and decreases until it reaches $15 per thousand square feet for buildings of 100,000 square feet or more.' Class B. — Gravity return plants with motor-driven blowers for plenum system requiring janitor-engineer. For buildings of this type, the scale provides a rate of $20 per thousand square feet for areas of 10,000 square feet or less, and decreases until it reaches $12 per thousand square feet for buildings of 80,000 square feet or more. Class C. — Hot-air furnaces, stoves, or low-pressure boilers requiring janitor. The scale for this type of building provides two rates: one of $15 per thousand square feet for buildings from 1 to 15,000 square feet, and $12 per thousand square feet for buildings over 15,000 square feet. Compensation for Other Factors. — The new schedule makes provision for any special features as to equipment, fuel, or use of building which may tend to increase the janitorial work or service required: (a) For plants generating electricity $10 per thousand square feet is added. (b) For plants burning coal mixtures, etc., other than straight grades of fuel, an additional allowance of $3 per thousand square feet is made for the extra labor involved. (c) Provision is also made in the schedule for those buildings having double or duplicate session, part-time, or such type of school organizations as involves more intensive use of the building. For this an allowance of 10 per cent additional is made. Doubt, however, arose as to this schedule removing all of the inequalities that have heretofore existed, and the matter was referred to the Superintendent of Schools for investigation. While this investigation was being made, the Board of Educa- tion appointed a special committee, consisting of Commissioners Ryan, Wilsey, and Yeska, which committee, after careful con- sideration of the subject, came to the conclusion that it was imperative that something be done at once to increase the compensation of the janitor-engineers and janitors to meet press- ing labor conditions, pending an investigation of the entire question, and the adoption of an adequate and permanent schedule. As a result of this conclusion, the Board of Education 12 on September 25, 1918 (see Journal, pages 1252-53), increased the compensation of the janitor-engineers and janitors of all schools, and also the janitors of the Hall of the Board of Educa- tion and the office and storage building ten per cent over present rates, taking effect October 1, 1918, with the following exceptions, and fixed the minimum rate of compensation of all janitor-engineers, janitors, and cleaners in charge at $900 per annum, effective October 1, 1918: fOld Fire Headquarters building, Manhattan. ♦Public School 188, Manhattan. *68th Street Depository. ♦91st Street Depository. *Manual Training High School, Brooklyn. ♦Public School 1, Queens. *Public School 5, Queens. ♦Public School 6, Queens. *Public School 11, Queens. fPublic School 19, Queens. *Public School 20, Queens. *Public School 27, Queens. *Public School 31, Queens. fPublic School 33, Queens. *Public School 54, Queens. *Public School 72, Queens. *Public School 76, Queens. ♦Public School 79, Queens. *Public School 80, Queens. *Public School 83, Queens. fPublic School 94, Queens. *Bryant High School, Queens. *Newtown High School, Queens. ♦Jamaica High School, Queens. fPublic School 11, RichmoDd. *Public School 14, Richmond. ♦Public School 17, Richmond. ♦Public School 18, Richmond. fPublic School 28, Richmond. ♦Curtis High School, Richmond. *Direct-system schools. fSchools in which the present excess of what should be allowed. compensation is deemed to be in 13 I^HHMHM^M In addition to these fixations, special fixations were made for the Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Eastern District and Evander Childs High Schools, and the Manhattan Trade School for Girls, based on surveys made of these particular buildings as to the actual amount of help necessary to properly care for the plants and buildings. On February 13, 1919, Commissioner George J. Ryan, and Dr. William L. Ettinger, Superintendent of Schools, presented a report on the matter of the schedule of salaries of janitor- engineers and janitors, which was submitted by the Auditor, and hereinbefore referred to, which approved the schedule as the official plan of compensation for the janitorial force in all regular day activities. This report will be found in the Minutes of the Board of Education of February 13, 1919 (see Journal, pages 263-275). As stated in said report, no provision was made for so-called direct-system schools. Since the adoption of the latter report, I presented to the Board of Education a recommendation that all direct-system schools be increased as follows : Present Proposed School Compensation Compensation 1, Queens $1,560 $1,872 5, Queens 1,080 1,296 6, Queens 1,560 1,872 11, Queens 1,320 1,584 20, Queens 1,320 1.584 27, Queens 1,140 1,500 72, Queens 1,140 1,368 76, Queens 1,080 1,200 79, Queens 1,140 1,368 80, Queens 1,140 1,368 S3, Queens 1,080 1,296 Bryant High School 1,800 2,160 Newtown High School 1,596 1,812 Jamaica High School 1,140 1,368 188, Manhattan 2,000 2,400 Manual Training High School. . . . 2,000 2,580 14, Richmond 1,320 1,584 17, Richmond 1,440 1,728 18, Richmond 1,320 1,584 Curtis High School 1,560 1,872 14 said increases being twenty per cent over present rates in all but three cases, taking effect October 1, 1919. I also recom- mended the adjustment of several irregularities that came to light in indirect-system schools. These matters have been approved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Board of Aldermen and are now in effect. However, the adoption of this schedule and the increases for direct-system schools are not to be considered as closing the matter of the regulation of janitorial compensation, as the entire proposition must be made the subject of current and continued careful study and investi- gation, which I hope to make intensive just as soon as the Bureau of Plant Operation is thoroughly organized and on a proper working basis. The adoption of the present schedule and the increases for direct-system schools for a time minimized the dissatisfied spirit and unrest that has existed, and has tended to strengthen the morale of the employees coming under the jurisdiction of the Bureau, but labor difficulties have grown so much worse that the men in charge of our buildings urgently requested a further increase to meet the demands of labor upon them. Accordingly, I recommended to the Board of Education on January 28, 1920 (see Journal, page 163), in accordance with subdivision 8 of Section 877 of the Education law, that a special estimate in the sum of $497,272.35, be submitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the purpose of increasing the salaries of the janitorial staff twenty-five per cent over the then existing rates for both direct and indirect schools, taking effect January 1, 1920, as an investigation of the schools showed that they were being operated with less help now than they were when janitors were able to get help at pre-war prices. Even with a reduced number of helpers, the janitor-engineers and janitors were unable to pay the prevailing rates offered to fire- men and cleaners in commercial buildings, and, in a great many cases, they were left with hardly a living wage for themselves after paying for the help which was necessary to prevent a stop- page of the service. The granting of this additional twenty-five per cent increase was felt to be absolutely necessary in order to prevent a breakdown of the janitorial and engineering service. Furthermore, this recommendation was deemed absolutely necessary in view of the fact that it would be physically im- 15 possible to complete any intensive study of the janitorial compensation situation for a considerable time after the Bureau is on a thorough working basis. This study I intend to make with a view to the adoption of schedules which will fit the actual conditions as they exist in all buildings throughout the entire city. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Board of Aldermen, after careful consideration of the matter, decided to allow a twenty per cent increase in the case of all indirect-system schools, to be effective as of January 1, 1920, and denied the request for increasing the direct-system schools for this year on account of the increase which was granted them, taking effect October 1, 1919. While on the question of salaries, I would also add that the compensation of licensed firemen in direct-system schools was increased from $912.50 to .$1,200 per annum, taking effect March 1, 1919, and to $1,460 per annum, taking effect January 1, 1920. The compensation of elevator attendants was increased from $840 and $948 per annum to $1,100 per annum, taking effect January 1, 1919, and to $1,300 per annum, taking effect January 1, 1920. The compensation of female cleaners in direct-system schools was increased from $600 and $624 to $720 per annum, and male cleaners from $672 and $768 to $900 per annum, taking effect May 1, 1919. These increased rates of salary were recommended as we were unable to fill many of the vacancies due to the inadequate salaries paid, and if the present unsettled conditions continue, it will be necessary to recommend a further increase in the very near future for this class of employees. Another source of trouble that confronted me on assuming office was the quality of the grades of fuel furnished to our buildings during the school year 1918-1919. This, of course, was due to the war, which necessitated our taking almost any quality of fuel that could be obtained in the market. The quality of coal furnished during the latter part of 1919, and the early part of 1920, was of a much better grade, as the Superintendent of School Supplies made contracts for the coal which was fur- nished during that period which had to meet the requirements of the specifications as adopted by the Board of Estimate and Ap- portionment on June 2, 1916. I have recommended that the coal known as "Mixture" which is three parts of No. 3 Buckwheat and one part of soft be eliminated entirely this coming heating 16 season, and No. 1 Buckwheat or Pea Coal substituted, as the difference in the purchasing price is only about seventy-five cents per ton and the waste and expense in firing is more than double that amount, and the Custodians and Engineers' Asso- ciation of the Public Schools of Greater New York have pledged themselves in resolutions unanimously adopted at a meeting held on April 17, 1920, to show a saving of at least ten per cent in the coal cost of their buildings where the "Mixture" was formerly burned, which saving in money will offset the difference in the cost between the "Mixture" and "No. 1 Buckwheat" coal. This recommendation was approved by the Board of Education at its meeting held on April 28, 1920, and the use of the "Mixture" was ordered discontinued for the coming- heating season. Repeated complaints have been made by janitor-engineers and janitors that they have not been furnished with sufficient supplies for the reason that their allowances of money for sup- plies have not been adequate, and they have also complained of the quality of some of the articles furnished to them which, no doubt, can also be attributed to war conditions. The Custodians and Engineers' Association submitted to me a list of articles which they deem necessary for the proper care of their buildings, which was prepared by a committee of said association after a prolonged study of the needs of the schools in this direction. This list was referred to the Superintendent of School Supplies for his consideration, and, after a conference between the Superintendent of School Supplies, the Committee on Supplies of the Custodians and Engineers' Association, and myself, a new janitorial supply list was prepared by the Superintendent of School Supplies which will insure furnishing the schools with supplies of the highest grade. I have also conferred with the Superintendent of School Supplies to devise a more equitable means of determining a proper allowance for janitorial and operating supplies for the various types of schools, for, it is readily understandable that, without proper supplies and a sufficient quantity of them, we cannot maintain the high standard of cleanliness and sanitation which we insist upon, nor can we hold our employees accountable. The cleanliness of the school houses has been the subject of considerable adverse criticism, and, immediately upon the 17 • igaKaaiBM adoption of the salary schedules above referred to, a notice was sent to all janitor-engineers, janitors, etc., instructing them to give their buildings a thorough cleaning during the Easter and summer vacation periods of 1919. A similar notice was sent out for a general cleaning during the Easter vacation period of 1920, and the many letters of commendation I received from principals as to the condition of their buildings upon their return to duty after the last Easter vacation period indicate that the standard of cleanliness of the various buildings has been raised to a marked degree. It must, however, be borne in mind that many of the complaints received have been caused by the lack of repairs to the buildings for a number of years, owing to the refusal of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to furnish the necessary funds to properly repair and paint our school buildings. I would earnestly lecommend that every possible effort be made to secure funds necessary to place our buildings in proper repair and to do the necessary painting as, where the interior and exterior of the buildings and classrooms are sadly in need of paint (which is the case in the majority of our buildings) and their appearance is unpleasant to the eye, whether the buildings are clean or not, they are immediately condemned as dirty. This painting is not only necessary for appearance sake, but for the preservation of the buildings and the sanitary con- ditions as well. I also found that the ventilating systems which were installed in the various buildings, at great cost, have not been operated for some time as a measure of fuel economy. It was my intention, had funds been available, which were asked for but denied by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, to have had all our plants thoroughly overhauled and placed in such condition as would insure their proper, efficient, and economical operation, as was intended at the time of their installation. With this end in view, I requested all janitor-engineers and janitors to test out their stacks and indirect heaters, and to advise me of any repairs that were necessary. The replies received from them were tabulated, but these and other repairs necessary to operate the ventilating systems will have to be deferred on account of insufficient funds. Numerous unlawful entries and robberies have occurred in our buildings, attributable, in a large degree, to pupils having 18 w^mB^^W-mw^l W knowledge of principals and teachers leaving Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps, money, and other things of value in their buildings. I respectfully recommended that principals and teachers be instructed not to leave anything of value in the buildings, and to so inform all pupils, and, in this way, remove the incentive for stealing, which has been largely done by pupils who have had knowledge of the valuables being on the school premises. A circular letter carrying out these recommendations was forwarded to all principals and teachers in charge by the Superintendent of Schools, but, in spite of this fact, we still have a great many unlawful entries into our school buildings, as a result of which money and other personal effects of the teachers, which are of value, have been stolen, and of which pupils in the school buildings must have knowledge. The loss of the money and personal effects of the teachers is comparatively small, but the damage done to the desks and other "parts of the buildings, where the intruders seek these articles, is quite considerable. In order to obviate, in some degree, these unlawful entries, I would respectfully urge that the attention of the principals and teachers in charge be again called to this matter. A great deal of damage has been done to the buildings by boys congregating in the neighborhood of schools breaking glass, etc. The janitor-engineers, janitors, etc., in some instances, have been able to stop this practice, and, on the other hand, many have not. I recommend closer cooperation and better pro- tection in this matter on the part of the Police Department. Upon my assumption of office, forty odd vacancies existed in the janitorial staff, and, I am pleased to report that practi- cally all of these vacancies have been filled, and the few remain- ing vacancies will be filled before the end of the current school year, so that we will begin the new school year with our schools adequately manned, and, as the grievances of the men have been practically settled, there will be no excuse for the schools not to be put in the condition with reference to cleanliness in which they should be and kept that way, and the plants operated in an efficient and economical manner. During my incumbency of the office of Superintendent of Plant Operation, nine applications for retirement have been received from janitor-engineers and janitors who have been in the 19 service for upwards of thirty years and who are physically in- capacitated for further duty. We were unable to retire these men as the Board of Estimate and Apportionment held that employees of the Board of Education were withdrawn from the operation of other retirement acts by the enactment of Chapter 496 of the Laws of 1918, which became effective May 7, 1918, and which contemplates the establishment of a retirement system by the Board of Education for its employees. I am happy to report that the Board of Education has approved of the retirement system for employees, other than teachers, recom- mended by the special committee on the retirement of employees, consisting of Messrs. George J. Ryan and Joseph Yeska. This retirement system is at present pending before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Pending the adoption of this retirement plan, the Board of Education has granted nire applicants for retirement leaves of absence with half of the compensation which they netted in their respective buildings. I would respectfully urge that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be requested to approve of this retirement system at the earliest possible date in order that employees who have served the city faithfully for years, and who are incapaci- tated from performing further service, may be relieved from duty and retired. As there have been no janitorial records kept in this Bureau for the last three years, and, as those that are here are very incomplete, it is absolutely necessary for the proper working of this Bureau, and the control of the janitorial force, to install an index card system which will give us the record of every em- ployee of this Bureau from the time his service began to date, together with card records of the plant equipment of each building, kind, quality and quantity of all fuel and supplies con- sumed in the operation of the plants, and the supplies necessary for the proper cleaning of the buildings, together with a history thereof. For this work additional office help is required. The Board of Estimate in the Budget for 1920, allowed $1,900 for the services of a filing clerk or statistician, but, up to the present writing, we have been unable to secure the services of such an employee at this salary. As a consequence, intensive work on these records could not be started. Every effort is being made to secure this filing clerk or statistician in order that the Bureau records may be pushed to early completion, and thereafter kept 20 m±&'.-^&.^ in a condition which will insure changes in the personnel being made on merit, viz., record and length of service. The By-laws, as adopted by the Board of Education on November 12, 1919, covering the Bureau of Plant Operation, provide that the Superintendent of Plant Operation shall have charge of and approve the design and installation of all heating and ventilating plants, mechanical equipment pertaining to the same, and elevators in all buildings used for educational purposes. They also provide that the Superintendent of Plant Operation shall have charge of all matters relating to the repair and main- tenance of mechanical equipment and heating and ventilating plants in all such buildings. In order to carry out the provisions of these By-laws, all persons at present employed in the Heating and Ventilating Division, now under the control of the Superin- tendent of School Buildings, Mr. C. B. J. Snyder, should become a part of this Bureau, but, inasmuch as the Budget schedules set up by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the year 1920, left the Heating and Ventilating Division in the schedules of the Bureau of Buildings and Maintenance, I deemed it inadvis- able to disturb the present method of conducting the work of this Division. The work of this Division has been conducted through the Superintendent of School Buildings and the Deputy Superintendents of School Buildings in the various Boroughs as heretofore, with the exception that I have had submitted to me for approval all plans for heating and ventilating installations in new school buildings, and for repairs to heating and ventilating plants in old buildings. In the Budget for the year 1921, I will recommend that the Heating and Ventilating Division be placed under the direct control of the Bureau of Plant Operation and that the employees be set up in the schedule for the latter Bureau in order that all ambiguity as to the control of the Heating and Ventilating Division may be removed, and the Bureau organized in a manner that will insure efficient and economical operation of the school buildings of The City of New York, the installa- tion of plants therein, and the repair of old plants. Respectfully submitted, R. W. Rodman, . Superintendent of Plant Operation. 21 SCHEDULE OF JANITORIAL COMPENSATION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ON FEBRUARY 13, 1919 A. M. Elementary Schools with regular day sessions from 9 to 3 P. M. 1. Building Area: Area of buildings in square feet to be multiplied by number of stories, excluding cellars, deduct janitor's living rooms from product. When measurement is 10,000 square feet or less, rate $75 per thousand square feet. When measurement is over 10,000 square feet and up to 15,000 square feet. Rate, deduct from $75, $1 for each additional thousand square feet in excess of 10,000 square feet. When measurement is over 15,000 and up to 20,000 square feet. Rate, deduct in addition $2, for each additional thousand square feet in excess of 10,000 square feet. When measurement is over 20,000 and up to 75,000 square feet, rate obtained by deducting 10 cents for each additional J4 thousand in excess of 20,000 square feet. When measurement is over 75,000 square feet, rate constant at $38 per thousand square feet. 2. Paved Area: All buildings of 1,000 to 10,000 square feet of building area, rate $25 per thousand square feet. All buildings of over 10,000 square feet of building area, rate $18.50 per thousand square feet. 3. Plant Allowances: Building to be classified into : Class A. — High pressure plants with plenum system requiring janitor-engineer. B. — Gravity return plants with motor-driven blowers for plenum system requiring janitor-engineer. C. — Hot-air furnaces, stoves or low-pressure boilers requiring janitor. 22 Class A Compensation of plant to be figured by multiplying building surface in thousand square feet, as follows : In buildings of from 1 to 10,000 square feet building surface. Rate $25 per thousand square feet. In buildings of over 10,000 and up to 20,000 square feet. Rate, deduct from $25, 50 cents for each additional thousand square feet in excess of 10,000 square feet. In buildings of over 20,000 and up to 50,000 square feet. Rate $20 per thousand square feet. In buildings of over 50,000 and up to 100,000 square feet. Rate, deduct from $20, ten cents for each additional thousand square feet in excess of 50,000 square feet. In buildings of over 100,000 square feet. Rate $15 per thousand square feet. Class B Compensation of plant to be figured by multiplying building surface in thousand square feet as follows : In buildings of from 1 to 10,000 square feet building surface. Rate $20 per thousand square feet. In buildings of over 10,000 and up to 20,000 square feet. Rate, deduct from $20, 50 cents for each additional thousand square feet in excess of 10,000 square feet. In buildings of over 20,000 and up to 50,000 square feet. Rate $15 per thousand square feet. In buildings of over 50,000 and up to 80,000 square feet. Rate, deduct from $15, 10 cents for each additional thousand square feet in excess of 50,000 square feet. In buildings of over 80,000 square feet. Rate $12 per thousand square feet. 23 Class C Compensation of plant shall be at the rate of $15 per thousand square feet up to 15,000 square feet of building surface. Over 15,000 square feet building surface the rate shall be $12 per thousand square feet. 4. For generating plants add $10 to plant rate per thousand square feet of building measurement. 5. For Buckwheat, Bituminous, and Mixture Burning plants add $3 per thousand square feet of building measurement. 6. For Elevator or Elevators (Passenger). Add per year. 7. For Elementary Schools under part-time, Double Sessions or Gary Plan, where school register of attendance at such named schools is more than 50 per cent greater than the school register at regular 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. sessions — the foregoing compensation to be increased 10 per cent. 8. For Vocational, Manual Training, Junior High and High Schools under single session 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., add 5 per cent to total compensation. Where the school register at such named schools under double sessions is more than 50 per cent greater than the school register under single sessions, add 10 per cent to total compensation. 9. No Janitor in charge of any school building to receive less than $900 per annum. 10. Janitors or Janitor-engineers hereafter placed in temporary charge of buildings to be paid the full salary of such building. 24 ^:Pi>iM^SS^ : •' " ■■■■..