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 FIFTY-NINTH coneanss. sm. 1. cn. ams. 190+;. 319 Teachers, librarians, and clerks eligible to more than one class shall begnaced in the lowest class to which they are eligible. E0. 5. That the board of education shall classify all academic and d§,§§slf,l,‘f§“Q;§‘_Qf,§f,§‘é scientific subjects in the Central, Eastern, Western, and Business ¤¤¤ie¤¢¤ Me departhigh schools, and the McKinley Manual Training School into eight mms` departments so that each department shall contain correlated subjects and the M Street High School and the Armstrong Manual Trainin School shall be similarly classified into four departments so that each de artment shall contain correlated subjects. ; Mlhenever a department includes two or more high schools then the D°·“g“““°'“· teacher in charge of the department shall be designated "Head of the department," otherwise the teacher in charge of the department shall be designated "Head teacher:" Provided, That heads of departments {¤g,j¤<gi_ as such have only an advisory capacity in educational matters and upon u ° l` all questions shall be inferior in authority to the rincipal of each par- ` ticular school: Provided further, That no class shall be formed in the C°l°*°d ¤9h°°lS· higlh schools with less than ten pupils except in the M Street High Sc ool in the case of subjects not offered as well in the Armstrong Manual Training School but this limitation shall not apply to pupils who have already entered upon a continuous course of two or more years. Sec. 6. That the board of education shall arran e all teachers in the ,e;,'j_‘,{_§,],‘¤°“’°“‘ °‘ classes and groups in the above schedule, except as hereinafter s ecified. ` For the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and) seven, Pr<>¤¤>¤<>¤¤.<>¥¤· each head of department and teacher shall receive the salary in his · class next above his present salary, and no teacher or principal shall in any event receive less than his or her present salary. If promoted A"“‘"“ "‘°'°’“°· to a igher class he shall receive the salary in that class next above his present salary, and after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, if his work is satisfactory, he shall receive an annual increase within his class or group, as herein provided, without action of the board of education; but no teacher shall in any one year receive more _ than one promotion within his class or group: Provided, That if the Q,‘:,‘:&m,uuem_ salary in his class next above his present salary shall he less than twenty- tive dollars in excess of his present salary he shall receive the next higher salary, so that no teacher shall receive for the first year an increase of less than twenty-five dollars. A teacher shall not be promoted from one class to another, except R¤>•>¤¤·>*¤d*°*<>“¤· by the board of education, upon the recommendation of the officcr having direct supervision of said teacher and in the case of colored teachers upon the additional recommendation of the colored assistant superintendent. Such recommendations shall in each case be made through and with the approval of the superintendent of schools. Teachers shall be promoted for superior work from Group A to Gl{;;‘;¤,l°g*g;;ulfgm Group B of class six only after oral and written examinations by the ` boards of examiners upon recommendation as follows: _ All high and normal school teachers and teachers of the manual m£,’§,§i ,‘;Q,‘;,'§,';lé_“"“ training schools upon the recommendation of their respective principals. Such recommendations shall in each case be made through and with the approval of the superintendent of schools. and with the additional recommendation of the colored assistant superintendent for the colored teachers. No teacher, head of department, principal, or supervising principal ““‘“*”"‘°“*· shall be appointed to any position in the graded schools, high schools, manual training schools, or normal schools, and no director, assistant director, or teacher of special studies shall be appointed until he shall have passed an examination prescribed by the boards of examiners. No person without a degree from an accredited college, or a radua- ¤¤•¤i¤¤·¢i¤¤¤ tion certificate from an accredited normal school, such normahschool graduate to have had at least five years of experience as a teacher in a