The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-20
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING
SOME LIYELY DEBATES ON SCHOOL
 MATTERS BY VOTERS.

SOME LIVELY DEBATES ON SCHOOL MATTERS BY VOTERS.
 1-e Mill Tax to be Levied on the Grand List-Thirteen Thousand Dollars Appro- priated for Free Books-New Grammar
 schools in Webster and Strong District,- Meeting Adjourned to November 1A to Consider a New High School.
 The adjourned annual meeting of the
 New Haven city school district was
 held at Warner hall last evening and
 was attended by about one hundred vot-
 CTS. among whom were several ladies.
 On account of the rain the numbers
 present were not as large as might have
 been expected. The meeting was called
 to order shortly after 8 o'clock by
 Moderator A. Maxcy Hitler. The min
 utes of the last meeting. held Decem-
 Der 13, 1893, were then read by Benjamin
 R. English, the clerk of the district,
 and were approved by the meeting.
 The call for the meeting was then read
 by the clerk, and 1t was decided to
 take up each item of the business in-
 cluded in the call In order. MT. Moran of the board of education
 moved that the bond of the treasurer and collector of taxes be made $40,00O,
 as that was the usual amount. This
 motion was carried.
 nP ha a fiOy1
 of the board to lay a AZ mill tax on
 the grand list of the district came be- fore the meeting. MT. Moran, in behalf of the finance committee of the board, explained the recommendation. He
 said that the board had been requested
 by the district to make an estimate of the disbursements and income for the coming year. and that after careful consideration they decided that the or
 dinary running expenses could not be paid by a tax at any smaller rate Charles E. Graves, formerly president of the board of education, then asked
 how the expenses of the district had
 increased, as last year only a 4 mills
 tax was levied and half @ mill for mak-
 ing up deficit.
 MT. Moran stated that the board last year had made mistake in making too low an estimate. The expenses of the board increased, however, from year to year in a peculiar ratio, that is, teachers go into the schools on a
 certain salary and if they do their
 work satisfactorily they get an increase
 of $50. HFr |" q n,,pp{por ipn,,ivo5 if thu jn.
 crease in expenses was due to the growth of the district.
 MT. Moran stated that the district in accepting the Boardman Manual l Training school incurred additional ex- pense.
 Charles H. Fowler wanted to know if the taxes would increase until they wiped out the property taxed. He
 moved that the tax be made mills in-
 stead of AZ. This motion was sec onded. . President Avis of the board said that he hoped this motion would not pre- vail, as a mills tax would leave the
 district in debt.
 George A. Butler also hoped the mo-
 ton would not prevail. He felt that it was wrong to have deficit at the end of every year and then have 8 floating indebtedness for the running expenses of the district. He advised to lay the tax necessary for the running expenses and consider new buildings separately. After several other remarks the mo
 tion for a AZ mills tax was put to the house for vote and carried. ~. The $13,Q00 appropriation for free books in the schools was then carried. It was voted to thank Mrs. Board man for the $20,O0O which she gave in addition to her former gift for the com pletion of the Manual Training school building. N,.u The matter of appropriating an addi- tional $10,000 for the equipment of the Boardman Manual Training school then came up. President Avis explained that the $25,O0O already voted was inadequate for the schools equipment. MT. Graves asked what addition to the rate of taxation would be necessary to raise the appropriations asked for. Mir. Moran said about one mill addi- tional would be necessary. The matter was, however laid on the table tenn porarily. %
 The matter then came up of selling the additional bonds of the $500,000 al- lowed by the legislature and using the
 money thus acquired for building grammar schools in the Webster and
 Strong districts, and enlarging the
 school in the Winchester districtin lieu
 of the purpose for which the money
 had already been appropriated by the
 district. MT. Sheridan, ex-chairman of
 the committee on school buildings, ex-
 palined the pressing need of more
 room in the three districts. The recom-
 mendation of the board was then put
 to vote and carried. This vote included authorizingl the board to sell Dixwell avenue and Cedar street schools and
 use the money for the same purpose.
 The matter of building kindergarten on the Dwight school lot then came up. MT. Sheridan explained the disad- vantage and the inconvenience they had
 been put to in renting building out side. By spending $4,000 the district would be saved $200 per year and have satisfactory building. The srecommen- dation was then put to vote and car ried.
 The next recommendation considered was the authorization by the district of