Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-08
SALARIES INCREASED.

But Principal DeVine of the Bank
 Street School is Not One of the
 Favored Ones.
 At the meeting of the district committee held last night, the following communica- tion was received and referred to the board of education:
 To the Board of Education:
 men:-Whereas, inquiry among the Italian people of this city reveals the fact that they are greatly in need of education and also the fact that the said people are eager for the opportunity of ob, taining this education, to obtain the desired result. it is utterly impracticAble to depend upon day schools or upon any instructor other than one who speaks their native language. Therefore, I. the undersigned, do petition your honorable board for the privilege of holding night school on Mon. day, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday evenings during your usual term for holding night schools. And to accommo- date those living in the two sections where the greater part of Italian population live, l would further petition that may hold school alternately in the South Elm street and Bank street school buildings
 PROFESSOR E. ERcoLE,
 Waterbury, Conn. August 6, 1595.
 The addition to the Washington sc ool will be completed and ready for occupancy at the opening of the fall term and this ot course will necessitate the presence of the Janitor at the building all the time. It was voted that Chairman Wolff look into this matter and report at the next meeting The present incumbent of that position is James Preston of Baldwin street, and he i' spoEeh of as one of the most efficient j4nitors ID the Center district
 For some time past Michael Dwyer, i tn- itor of the district office and the superin. tendent's rooms, has b .en receiving $5 per month for his services. This was consi- dered too small and it was decided to pay him SC 50.
 The board of education recommended that an increase In salary be paid to the following principals and assistant rrin- cipals: J. NJ Connolly, W. E Thoms and Miss Croft. $lO0 each. and the Misses Cairns aud Winthrop, $50 each. These recommendations were adopted. The re- commendation of the board of education that the salary of Principal Devine of the Bank street school be increased from $1, ,15O per year to $1, 330 was not adopted, the members being of the opinion that MT De- vines salary was not too small for one who has been in the employ of the district such short time. The $25 and $50 increases recommended to the ether teachers were also granted
 Architt ct Jackson presented plans for the addition to the Bishop street school, which will be built in the rear of the old structure. The new building will be 45 by 107 feet. will re two stories hiph and will contain six large, we'll ventilated rooms The outside walls will be brick with gran ite underpinning and brown stone trim mipgs. The interior will be fnisbed in North Carolina pine. Ample provision is made for fire escapes. The plans were very satisfactory and the meeting voted to call for bids for heating and ventilating ouch building bids to bs received up to August 21.
 The bills amounting to $1, ,969 50 were approved. The chairman and treasurer authorized to change loans of the district from hiRher to lower rate of interest whenever such opportunities presented themselves. The meeting adjourned sub- ject to the cali of the chair.