Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-26
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
The Annual Report Accepted By q
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 The Annual Report Accepted By the
 Board Of Education.
 The board of education held a long ses- sion last night and passed upon some very important matters pertaining to the pay ment and selection of teachers The read ing of the annual report by Judge Cowell created considerable amusement and when it shall have been submitted 10 the public those who read it will at once conclude that the judge would make an excellent newspaper man. He said in commencing z that he had no pride of opinion in the matter and requested the board to cut out anything that might be superhuous. The report was accepted and vote of thanks rendered to the writer for the excellent manner in which he per formed the work.
 Superintendent Crosby's annual report was lengthy but interesting document It was accepted and ordered printed. When it is known that there are over 6,OOO children attending the public schools people will not wonder to hear Truant Ofi- eer Fitzpatrick say that he made almost four thousand visits during the last school year.
 An application of Miss Hannah o'Keefe of Springfield, Mass. asking for an ap- pointment as teacher in the public schools of Waterbury was received and placed on | file. Communications were also received from Miss Katherine Bourke. Margaret +. Corcoran. Elizabeth A. walsh and Alice Sanford, asking for appointments in the schools of the center district. The peti- tions were all p!asel on file. The Misses Bourke. Coreoran and Walsh have been awarded teachers certificates by the board of education. The clerk was instructed to notify the other applicants that one of the essential requirems nts in order to be ap- pointed to n position as teacher Tn the public schools of this city is certificate | from the local school board. Miss Marie A. Corooran, who was recently removed from the Washington school to the Porter street building, asked to be transferred to the Bank street school. The request was | granted. Owing to n clerical error in the ma-king of teachers the name of Miss Eliz +beth D. Clark was not down on the | list as being recommended any raise of salary this year. This was shown to be a mistake as the board intended to raise Miss Clark's salary S25. and 1t was so voted. Miss Josephine Flanagan asked for reconsideration of her marking Miss Flanagan has been teaching almost l three years and for some reason has re- ceived but s25 raise during all that time. | It was stated that she is a splendid teacher and giving excellent satisfaction and the board voted to make her raise | of salary $50 year instead of S25. Miss Mary D. Tennant asked for a recon sideration of her rating. Some tune ago Miss Tennant was given a leave of ab- sence to allow her to go to Europe to com | plete her studies. On this account she missed the S25 raise which the board ad- | mitted she would have been granted had she been teaching all last year and this | with the S25 which she was granted this year would bring her salary up to what she asked for. It was voted that she be | granted A raise of $50 A year instead ot S25. The board ratified the action of the committee on teachers in appointing Miss Lizzie keenan to be assistant at the Elm street school. Miss Mary Wood to be assistant at the Ridge street school and Miss Josephine Cove to be assistant al the Locust street. It is customary with the board to have inexperienced teachers | commence at salary of S350 per year II l was voted to recommend to the district committee that ths salary of the newly ap, pointed teachers be fixed at S350. Miss Elizabeth Kane and Miss Winnifred Wood were recommended salary of SiO0 pel | year.
 At the close of the meeting Chairman Mulcahy took occasion to thank the mem bers of the board for the uniform courtesy shown him during hIs term as chairman ot the board. Judge Cowell said he thought the board had a word to say on that sub ject. too. He thought the ruling of the chair was decidedly impartial and emf nently satisfactory. The board voted tc extend the chairman vote of thanks fol the courteous manEer in which he hai acted to the different members of tht | board.