 Mr. Savage earned $300–350 per year ($5,980.84-6,977.65 in 2017 US Dollars), and Miss Fuller, the main teacher of the school at the time, earned $2.50 per week ($49.84 in 2017 US Dollars).Miss Wells was also employed by the school to aid the teaching effort.A department was opened for young children in 1838, and, in 1840, a department of common school teachers was started.