Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-27
Annual Report of the Superintendent.
 September, 1894.

A5sH. CROWDED CONDITION CF SCHOOL BUILDINGS. No subject discussed ID the last annual rs- port ranks higher in importance than the crowded condition of many Of our schssl rooms. The disregard Of sanitary laws and tue consequent impAlrmsnt Of the health or teachers and pupils. the il-snsct upon dis cipliae and the hindrance to progress of study. all demand that this condition of things should be rsmsdisd n proaptiy as possible.
 Itisa pleasure 10 report that much has been done during the past year to afford in- creased accommodations at several of the school buildings.
 At the West Side Hill school tgo large reel Iation rooms have been added, which can be used partly as class rooms and which pro- vide for about fifty moro pupils.
 The Hillside avenue school building was hired and the three school rooms 1t contsirs | have been filled by the transfer Of pupils Of grades VI and VII from ths Spsrry stree school and by the admission of primary pupils living in the neigEborhood. This has | relieved the Sperry street school. At the Locust street school two large school rooms and two recitation rooms have been added. These give seats 10 about l50 more pupils.
 At the East Main street school two new recitation rooms have been made in the place oi one of the stairways, which was removed | for the purpose.
 At the Bank street school, by combining and crowding some of the grades in the main | building. a room was made vacant on the first floor, to which about sixty pupils of the Webster annex vera transferred. At a meeting of the legal voters of the Center school district, held August 9, 1894, il | taA ro m aAr OF to the Washington school. IL Is expected that this addition will be completed during | the coming term.
 Although so much has been done during the past year in providing more school | room, thsrs Is urgent need that more be done. All the upper rooms Of the Porter street school are full, white the lowest room holds l3l pupils on a n DOT space intended for nifty.
 ADDITION TO THE BANK STREET SCHOOL.
 The Brooklyn district contains the Bank street and Porter street schools. The build- lngs are not far apart, and the most econom- ical way to relieve this whole district will bo to place an additional story on the Bank street building. Five or six new rooms could thus be obtained at comparatively small cost.
 wAsHINGToS SCHOOL BUILDING.
 
 ing, but as before reported. every room is SC crowded that extra classes are now formed for reclting their lessons in small, ill-venti- lated and poorly lighted ante rooms, which were never intended to be used as school rooms, but had to be called into service to re- lievethe existing conditions in the main school rooms.
 The plans for the new addition were made by Architect Augustus J. Smith. and show four new school rooms with wardrobes. two large recitation rooms and an offise for the principal. The windows fer the school rooms are grouped in accordance with advanced ideas of school house planning, new win dows being added in the old school rooms to narmonize with the new design. The eK' terior of the building will be transformed into a slightly structure. which will ranL well with tae best in the district.
 Selected pallet brick with Plymouth gran its trimmings will bs used for all face work The roof will se slated in the best mannsi with xiac eashinEs.
 When nnishsd the old and new part will b, divided by an arcnsd entrance with tilsc vsstipuls, opening into the main stair hall from which doors lead into the four mali school rooms and recitation room on thu first fieor.
 Prom this hall also the boys and giris' san litariss in the basement are reached by wide ' lily ser aratsd staIrcasss. ca the second Hoo , will be located four school rooms. one rscita ten room and the principaPs onacs. togsths | with stsrsreoms fer school supplies. Ths staIrs will be strongly and. .subs,antiall , built of ash and southern pins. The noor will be of yellow pine ard the inside nnisl | will bs in white pine. Real slate black boards will bs used in the new part. Rollin . venetian blinds especially designed fo