Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-27
BOARD OF EDUCATION
VIII Ask For . New School
 Building 10 Replace Lincoln.


 or democratic, never allowed the board of education one cent to build a new school" Commissioner Mc- Donald as chairman of the meeting of the board of education last evening made this rather startling statement and he certainly ought to know for he has had more experience on the board of education than any other member of it's present personnel. In- deed there are few men in the city who have had more intimate knowl- edge of school affairs than MT Mc- Donald. It seems that whenever the board of education found 1t neces- sary to build a new school, commit tee had to present the matter to the board of aldermen and special ap- lpropriation had to be granted, for according to Chairman Mcdonald, the board of finance always thought and acted in that thought, that there was always schools enough, So this year as in years before committee will soon present to the board of alder men reasons why another school house should be erected, to take the place of the Lincoln school. Commis- sioner Monagan was chosen as the committee. The committee on manual training reported as follows: ;. "The committee visited Public School No 6 and Public School No 15S in New York city, spending the entire day and thoroughly investi- gating the work in every grade; the committee also visited the Technical high school and State Street grammar school in Springfield, Mass, and re- gently visited the Oliver Wendell Holmes school the Mechanic Arts school and the North Bennett Street industrial school, Boston, Mass, de- voting an entire session to each school. In all of these schools es- pecial attention was devoted to the course of study, the kind Of Work, equipment and general results. l We believe that in addition to the work in cooking, that is now afforded an opportunity should be given to the girls in the upper grades to learn sewing and for the boys in the same grades to have an opportunity to learn woodworking The most feas- ible plan seems to be to equip two Of our largest grammar schools for these subjects-the sewing can be taught in the regular recitation room and the woodworking can be carried on in the basements which are as | ample and commodious as those in the best schools that we have visited. From s1 ,000 to $1,200 would be re- quired to equip two schools With woodworking benches and the salary for the teacher for the fall term would be about $400; the salary for a sewing teacher for the same pc riod would be from $240 to $2S0. | "The committee would recommend that these amounts be included in the estimates for 1909. At. a later date a more complete report will be submit 1 ted" ta The estimates for next year we | then presented and accepted with a few amendments. They are as fol- | lows:
 Teachers salaries .$17S,6 ,644 Officers salaries 4,200 Furniture and janitors' sup
 plies 4,625 Fuel and lights ..'...... 22,000 Text books and library ac-
 counts 1o,2s4 Stationery and supplies.... 3,252 Janitors' payroll ......... e16,000 Expense 5,S75 Maintenance and repairs. =. 22,702
 Total reg appropriation .$267 ,292 | Special Appropriations
 Walsh, land $6,000; six
 rooms-addition $2S,500
 fence and copper gutters
 for old buildings, $1,600. $36,10( lIjncoln, land ........ 11,00C IDriggs, completion ....... 12,00C IDuggan, wall and grading. 5000 Hendricken, heating ...... 2,50( Webster, wall, grading, etc. 2,50( School bonds and interest. 36,825 Total special Appropriations 109,925
 Grand total for 1909. 9. s377, ,211
 Resources
 State ................... s36,50t Evening school ..........- Sot LlDraTy .'.'..' ioe Tuition 4,6SS | Total S4l,foe
 Outside Districts.
 Following are the estimates for the first taxation district:
 First Taxation District.
 Teachers salaries ....... $20,06( Text books and supplies, r.=, s1.10 per pupil, 35c sup . plies l,9Ut Library account ......... 31( , Tuition 2,61S Contingent Gncluding mis-
 cellaneous supplies and
 care ............... 57: Total 25,46t
 Resources-Estimate State fund S4,6O, ! Library 15. |, Anyone who has $6,000 to throv away can hardly make better use O 1t than to present 1t to the board O education to pay it's coal bill. Sine the big coal strike in 1903 when tn, country was on the verge of coa famine, the board fell behind in 1t payment for coal and hasn't beel able to catch up since. It is nov s6,000 behind and there is no wa.