Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-15
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Dauy Applications For PosIlIeus
 si Crosby BIsh School.

Something will surely be done about adding to the present Crosby high school or building a new one this coming winter. for last evening the board of education voted to take a trip around the city at 2 o'clock . week from next Saturday to see what can be had in the way of building sites. The mayor remarked that tho time is at hand to settle this matter, and also to select site for new school In the west side to replace the present Lincoln structure which Is no longer suited for school purposes ow- ing to the proximity of the railroad.
 It was also voted to allow the com- mitee on school houses to furnish the present assembly hall in the Crosby for class room. It is believed this measure will give some relief. Superintendent Tinker reported the following:
 The public schools opened as usual on Tuesday, September 8, with an at- tendance of 10.093. The city schools show a gain of 4O3 pupils and the districts a loss of about 100. The largest increases are as follows: High school, S9 pupils; Bishop street, 27; Driggs, 79; Duggan, 94; Hendricken, 32; Porter, 79; Walsh, 173, and Webster, 96. Decreases in some buildings have been so scattered as to be scarcely noticeable. At no time within the past ten years have the grammar grades been so greatly over- | crowded
 The new room at the Driggs, in- cluding the teachers room, one room at Hamilton, two at Webster, one at Hendricken, one at Mulcahy and one at Duggan, have been opened and oc- cupied. Two rooms at Barnard have been closed.
 The overcrowding at the Walsh school was so great that it was nec- essary to combine two grades at Welton street in order to make room for the sixth grade from Walsh school. All of the overcrowded grades have been relieved by trans fers to neighboring buildings, in ev- cry case only such pupils being trans- ferred as was absolutely necessary.
 The condition in the high school is deplorable in the extreme, MT Will by informs me, and fully agree with him, that in some way or other the ! services of at least four additional | teachers should be secured at once, or if a pupil assistant be given to Mir Allen Boosting s25 a year) the school could get along for the present year
 with three additional teachers. l trust that in some way the board ! will be able to make arrangements for these extra teachers, otherwise the work in the school will surely fall below it's present standard. Throughout the past year the school felt the need of one addition al teacher, and at the opening day of school the increased attendance over
 last year was S9 pupils, and these figures will be increased when all the students have returned, 150 pupils
 being reported by Principal Wilby as not having proper accommodations. At the next meeting of the board
 l will submit report giving in de, tail the needs of the high and gram. 1 mar schools
 The report was filed.
 The following applications were
 received and filed also: For positions
 in the kindergarten, Catherine ].
 Moore, Georgia A. Burroughs and
 Dora Buttomer.
 | In the grades: Minnie A. Gold.
 berg, Theresa Marguardt, Minnie A.
 Daley, Margaret L. McGowan, Lil- Han L. Fox, Alice F. Hagerty, E.
 Grace Schlayer, Eula c. Dunlap,
 Florence G. Fannon, M E. Gruener,
 Bessie Bothwell, Olga L. Smith. In the high school: Edward J.
 Finn, Jr, Alice T. Fitzpatrick, Arthur W. Hale, Maude S. Tomlinson, Paul
 Macklin, Beatrix K. Merry, Joseph A.
 Keenan, J. P. Mccormack. Waldo D..
 Parker, Arthur B. Leach, Helen
 Blanchfield and J. H. Beckley. All of these applications were filed.
 The attendance at the schools was reported to be as follows by Superin. tendent Tinker.
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