The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
7oWEMANAGEMENT OF, SCHOOLS.

atat +se 7irinE '----hHe .t"t tso'o" .., It is'evideBt from the numeteus school documents coming into. Grayls Plain that. a determined effort will, be, made soon to merge the districts of Newtown. into ssone distriet'4 In this article we. shall notice butsa few of the Statements in favor of town management! hHere are samples; ..tpa,-, .,t 4st a, 50 ssssi "s
 'To secure good government We must have community so constituted as. to, possess a vigorous " Independent public life. The towns have such life. But if town, be divided into ten, to, twenty fractions there, must be- efeebleness and not strength This is just the sargu- mlent ali lovers of monarchy like. ! They think if we would give up the states of this country to one head, kings, we should not be so ''enfeebied by fractions" -i 'i e-j .".'5'5 '" . Why not, in view of such weakness, give, up our statehood? 2 Why not 'slittle enfeebled school districts2'' "Sehools. are managed just as roads, bridges, and the poor are managed by the town" ' I Now if s.town mana cement of school l is no, better than managemento of sroads, ,a ;,'Good Lord deliver ,ns- What. a ttssYig5 orous independent public, lifei New York City has for years shown in prosecuting l crinoa r,ao saT fas"'U''f i""d'E a"iis 2
 n Thosewho wish to give town manage l ment a. bad name, say, that it is centra li- zation. There is noi capitalization like an irresponsible aad incompetent man. King George the Third was such man, and to give So much power to q town I,eommitteeas sfbown,manage gement" gives. would ibe,very likely to ,shewpretty soon an irresponsible and Incompetent, person or persons. Every town .'has. the mak. ing of many: But let every tax payer and voters in NewtoWn read the @doeu. ments.'ail On the etranspor6atiofi of schol ars we have, these, remarkable seetions
 Acts of 1s93, Chapter, 9s,., Section I I"Whenever any school shall be discon' ttihded under the provision of Sectior ,l2aa1 oft the General Statutes, 'of Chapter .ICGIII of the acts of 1883, the school vi s itars may 4e pnoEidei transpoEtation f9l
 children to and from sehoel.",d a,ov
 I Section IT, 1.-The expenses of transpor 'ltation,, When appiifovsead By By the board ? | school visitors, tshaff "be apaid aby th' town,treasurer upon the order of th' seleetmen. ,i The. school sNisitoEso hiif' the teams and audit, their own ae f counts. Why should not not our seiectmal do the same?
 All through the Transportation" doE
 upspISI is ssme tlpeii .sneeiops l9f Plefding
 Concord in Massachusetts has populh ltion about the same as Newtowt
 Trans portatIoH Hosts Her about $50 ps
 week. If Newtown ''goes the whol lfgurea nlike Concurd,e s1500,aat leaF lYoqld be Heaqired t transport. s,m
 In Enfield, the .eommitteeJ say.asi'0p
 attitude is this;s every dollar [, spent,
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 lar wasted. School money, iRR ,,n pot intel [ded for horse hire,ns. They itaiheaItilg Il Igret that a few isselated families are aI..,i ,ii Ieonvenienced in getting theiFl HhildEen
 schpol., This incopveniapces cann9t.s Iremedied except by, transp9rt4attioel
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