Show A Peculiar Kind in o of Salary Equalization When the minimum school program was placed in effect in Utah the big argument nt for it w was that it would insure a b basic sic equalization of school finances in the state with resultant equalization of educational opportunity for the states state's school children regardless of where they might happen to live t Figures were cited on differences in salaries paid to school teachers with a 1200 beginning salary in the Wayne school district and beginning salaries of 1500 or less in Garfield North Sanpete Piute Rich Sevier South Sanpete and Washington districts Equalization was necessary to bring salaries in these poorer rural districts up to a fair level it was contended The other day the office of the state superintendent of public instruction proudly announced a heal healthy thy increase in teachers teacher salaries since adoption of the equalization program Beginning salaries the office e said have increased an average of 45 per cent All beginning salaries are more than 2200 a year with 26 of the 40 districts setting beg beginning beginning be be- g ginning m ng salaries at at- 2400 Only five districts the office said have beginning salaries of less than 2300 These hese five low pay districts are Salt Lake City Ogden Weber Logan and Box Elder This is quite an astonishing reversal Instead of the rural districts having the lowest salaries the urban districts now have them If that's equalization it is isa isa isa a peculiar kind of equality which pays highest salaries in areas where the cost of living and the general pay scale is lowest and lowest salaries in areas where cost of living and p pay y scale is highest |