Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Ctt Bidb h Heed d mCIs Reens
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 vice-Chairman J. J. McDonald pro. sided at the meeting of tho board q education last evening. A very uu- usual state of affairs was revealed toward tho close of the meeting, showing that unless the board of finance manages to scrape up sous. where 2 few thousand dollars every employe of the dspartmsnt of educa- ton may have to % without his and her Thanksgiving dinner. and that to think of Santa Claus will bs ont Of the question. Owing to increased attendance at school which nscsssi- tated engaging additional teachers along with various other matteiS which entailed expense that was ndt provided for by Mayor Elton's boafl Of education the school appropria- tions have run short and there is iie way of meeting the pay roll. TefI rence NJ. Coyle was awarded the cont tract for removing the ashes froif school buildings. His price wal $350.
 The use of school room, to be se- lected by the proper committee, wal allowed number of Germans where in to teach their language, every Saturday forenoon, the expense oi the teacher and/ the extra work thrown upon the janitor to be borne by the applicants.
 Superintendent Tinker reported considerable gain in the enumeration over that of last year, classifying 1t as follows:
 Northern section, 437.
 Brooklyn section, gain 455.
 13s.
 Center section. gain 364.
 Below are given the numbers for each school district: Bishop l,05S, Driggs S62, Washington si5. Null cahy 455, Lincoln 53s, Webster 991, Walsh 1,2s9. Duggan 9S7, Porter 1.O08, Hendricken 459, Russell 356, Welton 644, Merriman 1,45e. Croft 2,O87, Clay 902, Dublin 30S, Bar nard S76, Bucks Hill 61. Bunker Hill 22S, East Farms 21, East Moun- tain 70, Hopeville 437, Mill Plain 156, Oronoke 29. Park Road 96, Town Plot 33S, Waterville 375.
 Tt is interesting to note in con- nection with this that the total en- rollment for 1906 was more than TOO greater than that for 1905 and the average number belonging during the same period increased $50. From these figures one can easily see that 1t requires about twelve additional rooms each year to accommodate the growth in school attendance"
 This report evoked . discussion of the needs of the department and 1t was agreed that unless the board of finance allows the board $4O,O00 for a new school building next year there will be trouble. Commissioner Monagan feared the board of finance does not understand the needs of the board of education and Chairman Mo- Donald said that if 1t had not been for the parochial schools the city would never have been able to meet the demands of this kind. There are almost 4.000 children educated In the parochial schools. yet for every one of these the city receives from the state S225 each year.
 Commissioner Phelan remarked that unless an addition is built to the high school accommodation will have to be rented elsewhere. It was decided that Superintendent Tinker, Chairman Mcdonald and Commis- sionsrs Phelan and Chapman be committee to present the boards needs to the board of finance.
 Commissioner Monagan said the city get along without police sta ton for while longer, but 1t cannot get along without more school build fngs.
 If hard pressed. Commissioner Phelan stated. the city could rig up the old engine house in Brooklyn as a police station. and that 50 per cent of the arrests made come from that quarter anyway.
 Clerk Fitzgerald then read the following shortages in the several ap- propriations: Teachers' salaries. 9S.- 900: oficers' salaries. Sf0; janitora, $200; expense and maintenance, $479; total, $3,925. It was voted to recommend to the board of finance a transfer of other appropriations to those above mentioned in order to meet the deficiencies caused by the increase in insurance rates and the other reasons already mentioned.
 Architect Asheim stated to the board that he counts on the Duggan school addition being ready in about three weeks. As for the Webster ad- dition. he said. that a few days ago two laborefs employed by the con- tractor, G. s. Chatfield, started q Ire at the base of the main steel pillar in the basement or assembly hall and cracked the granite pedestal on which the pillar stands. This was a very serious matter. he said. It was voted that Mir Chatfeld should bear the expense of putting in a new pe- destal. The board thereupon ad- journed.