Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Heating With Coke And Soft Coal De
 clared a Success.

harder to get together than this board of education. Commissioners some times do not hesitate to say that they will not attend meeting. The busl- ness last evening opened with a state nent from Edward Green representing the South Brooklyn school district, re ] garding its indebtedness. MT Green said that all it owed was $2,700 to pr Munger on a mortage note and $150 to the Citizens bank. The last note he was unable to find. As to the disposal asked if it would be sold. With this statement he withdrew. This building. it will be remembered, was ordered closed by the board some time ago on account of the danger in reaching it 1 it lying between two railroad tracks It was voted to call the new Wash ington Hill school after the late Vicar General Mulcahy.
 Superintendent Tinker had his rec concentrations regarding the evening schools ready but there being 80 much business to be disposed of and this could wait, it was deferred.
 | The committee on schools and hy- giene recommended the employment [ of Edward Gaughan. at salary of $24 q week to inspect the progress of tlIe new Mulcahy school building Ground was broken for this structure yester- 1 day, Mayor KildHff breaking the first sod of earth. The committee also recommended an iron fence of 800 feet or the Walsh school The cost will be $115 foot or about $500 total, ex- elusive of drilling for the iron posts Both recommendations were passed. | Superintendent Tinker read state- ments from the principals to the effect that the pupils of their respective 1iaris- dictions are all vaccinated, and he rec 1 commended that the evening schools be opened on October C, to run eighty nights from that date. Miss Kate Beers has been appointed in the place of Miss Small as teacher in the cook ing school, the latter having married. At this point Chairman Kent changed seats with Commissioner Rus sell. Then a series of motions were presented by Commissioner Kent Tn fact he was the avenue through which the greater part of the rest of the bus mess of the evening was done. His first motion was that the committee on schools and hygiene act with the mayor in appointing five physicians, one for each of the respective voting districts in the city, to vaccinate all children. free and the committee to decide wlhat
 
 clans so employed. He made another motion to the effect that the suburban school committees shall take similar action. The work to begin immediate 1y
 On motion of Commissioner Chase. the services of Thomas FitzacIery AS Janitor of the old Locust street school building shall be dispensed with at the close of this month No provision has yet been made for disposing of this building and the old wooden building on the Bishop street school grounds.
 Commissioner Kent took up the reins of business then and moved that the board of health cooperate with the board of education in ascertaining to what extent such diseases of the eye were prevalent in the schools as op- thalmia tracroma prurient cofjrinc- tlvitis and to take the necessary steps 70 eradicate the same and prevent n- fection of the well children.
 It was moved(also by Commissioner hent that the teachers of the Kinder gartens use their own discretion in dis missing their pupils. There are 05 pu- pils in the Walsh school class and about DO in the Barnard school, with !. indications that each class win soon be greatly increased
  tricts take the census of their schools as soon as possible SO that the board may be able to reckon there expenses III the appropriations for 1903.
 On motion of Commissioner Kent it was decided that hereafter. instead of notifying parents by mail when their children are dismissed from school thIs shall be done verbally by the principal or some other officer of the schools. There appears to have been great deal of bother about this, resulting in parents living in blissful ignorance of their children's standing in school. Commissioner Kent thought it was about time this condition of things should cease and no steps left untakeh that should bring the actual state of af- fairs to the knowledge of such parents
 James Flannery of S2 Baldwin street, believing, no doubt, that the early bird catches the worm, applied for the position of janitor in the Mul- cahy school. His application was placed on file
 Regarding the heating experiment at the High school yesterday by In- spector Smith, he reported it to have been q success. Instead of using am thracite wholly, coke and soft coal is used. First layer of coke is put on to prevent the soft coal from falling between lne bars of the fire box, then layer of coal is put on, and thus q sandwich is made until sufficient Quan- tity of fuel is laid on The board evidently forgot to properly acknowl. edge this excellent work on the part of Inspector Smith. Only for this idea it would be impossible to run the schools during the winter, unless at an enormous cost. In syracuse and many places in New York state the schools have been obliged to close. Tn many of the local schools there is hard ly enough coal to last until November.
 Mary Horan, assistant janitor of the Washington school was given an in crease in ner salary, from SIS to S25 month, she having two additional rooms to take care of.
 The board then adiourned