Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-02
OUTLYING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
The Annual Report of the Town Board
of Education.

The Annual Report of the Town Board
of Education.
The annual report of the town board
of education to the selectmen has been
accepted and adopted.
AT the meeting of the board, which
consists of 81. F. Bassett, A. II. Tyrrell,
M. II. Brennan, B. A. O'Hara and J. E.
Russell, with the selectmen, it was re-
solved to recommend that the salary of
teachers in the outlying districts of the
town of Waterbury be paid out of the
town treasury, provided said salary
shall not exceed the sum of $40 week,
and that an appropriation be made in
accordance Herewith.
E. H. Chapman was appointed COM
mitteeman in the Town Plot district to
fill the vacancy.
A committee consisting of Messrs
Bassett, Brennan and Tyrrell was APP
pointed to consult with E. T. Turner
and j. Richard Smith as to the advisa-
bility of establishing a town school in
the new south district. Messrs O'Hara
and Russell were appointed committee
to consult with the district committee
of the Waterville school district relative
to the advisability of adding another
room TO the Waterville school, as
recommended by the acting school visi-
tors in their annual report. 1t was
voted that Clerk Russell be instructed
to inform the different committeeman
of the necessary repairs in the schools
under their charge as voted IN the re-
port of the acting school visitors.
In the Hopeville school district, which
is the largest, another story has been
added to the second primary depart
ment. All departments have shown
great improvement. The average at
| tendance was 10.
In the Waterville schools there has
been a steady increase in attendance
and marked improvement. The visitors
recommend the addition of another
room. The average attendance has
been sixty-five.
The Saw Mill Plain school has also in
creased in progress and attendance. A
| bank wall is recommended built in
front of the grounds. The average at
tendance was forty-seven.
The visitors have nothing but praise
for the discipline and improvement OF
the Bunker Hill school. The average
attendance was thirty
The attic ndance at the Town Plot
school has fallen off, but the education
al progress is satisfactory. The build
ing and grounds are in bad condition.
1t was recommended that the commit.
teemen in the Oronoke district pay
more attention to the schoolhouse and
Outbuildings. 1t is recommended that q
new well be dug, that proper books be
secured for the use of the teachers and
that twelve sittings be added.
The East Farm district has one of the
smallest schoolhouses in town, but il
seems to meet the demands of the dis
Irict. Average attendance eleven.
The attendance at the East Mountain
district is small but the results are salts
factory. A number of improvement
are recommended. The average attend
ance was eight.
The Bucks hill schoolhouse ha
finally been enlarged and necessary i'm
= provements made. The average attend
ance as twenty-five.
The visitors recommend that NOR
punctual attendance should be required
that parents should provide thei
! children with proper books, that tn
committee men should provide thei
schools with complete sets of books TO
, teachers use, that teachers should re
t tain their positions as long as they Civ
satisfaction regardless of change o
, committeeman and that no teache
should receive less than $40 a week, a
, the best teachers are the cheapest in tn
t end. They also recommend that all tn
schools in the outlying districts be con
| sOlidated as in other towns coming un
, der the control of the board of schoc
/ visitors as they believe that party fee
ings enter into the election of distric
' committeeman and the change 0
teachers, which necessarily follows, re
suits in injury to the cause of education