Drohobych. On this date, Bruno Schulz is officially employed as a contract teacher at the Władysław Jagiełło State Middle School. It is not known when he actually signs the contract.
Only on September 15, the Board of the Lviv School District would issue a retroactive authorisation dated September 1 for the school to sign a contract with the new teacher. It is known that the end date of the contract is March 15, 1926, although the document has not survived1.
Schulz takes the place of Stanisław Żywar, who, according to official documentation, moved to the Board of the Vilnius School District2. However, Anna Kaszuba-Dębska reports that Schulz’s predecessor fell ill and died3.
In the 1924/1925 school year, the working time is 36 hours a week4. Schulz works the teaching load and is entitled to a salary of the category IX, rank “b”, in the amount of 420 points and 70 points of the regional bonus5. These points are multiplied by the amount depending on the cost of living at the time, specified once a month by the Minister of Treasury. The complicated procedure of calculating salaries results from the raging inflation in Poland. In October 1924, the multiplicand is 0.38 zlotys, so Schulz earns 186 zlotys and 20 groszy at the time. A loaf of bread costs about 40 groszys, medical advice 20–30 zlotys6. Schulz is paid in arrears.
As a contract teacher, he does not receive a teaching card and is not entitled to a reduced price for train tickets. He does not participate in the teaching staff meetings7.
See also: April 29, 1924*, August 6, 1924*, August 9, 1924*, September 3, 1924*, September 15, 1924*, January 14, 1925*. (kw) (transl. mw)