The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-15
PRIN. SIM0NDS'
 SALARY RAISED $400 PER ANNUM
Other Matters Before Board of Education at Meeting-Elec-
 ton of Officers

becduSe CT extra work due to the
 doubling up system at the High school
 with morning and afternoon sessions, l the Board of Education at it's meet l ing last evening granted an increase
 Of salary amounting to S400 to Prin- c1pai Henry D. SimondS, the salary to | continue as long as the present con- 1 ditIcns exist at the school. Principal Simonds will now receive s3000 per annum
 Four of the members of the board l were not in favor of granting the in crease at this time, rather delaying the matter until next April when there will be a general increase of all the
 grade teachers in the city. The $400
 raise was for extra work. brought on
 by the opening up of new rooms, large increase in the teaching corps,
 and the institution of a morning and afternoon session.
 Commissioners Wooster and Brady,
 While the salary increase of Principal
 Simonds was being discussed, stated
 that they were called upon by a com mittee from the primary grade teach
 CTS relative to an increase of $50 al-
 lowed Miss Neuberger, a kindergarten teacher at the Waltersville school
 The young ladies, the commissioners stated wanted to know why Miss Neu-
 berger could get an increase of S50
 when many of their number had been
 teaching for 15 years and were receiy- ing but $500 per annum. Commission CT Brady called the boards attention to an article in yesterdays Farmer relative to the raise, and requested planation. Supt. Deane stated that Miss Neuberger was conducting dou- ble kindergarten at WalterSvflle school, having a morning and after noon session with about 50 children in each session. With the assistance of frfo %no thn lyin inh rt0 schools she was accomplishing as much as any two of the other kinder garten teachers in the city.
 When this matter had been settled. the board returned again to Principal Simonds' increase. A motion to lay the matter on the table was lost, and the motion to accept the report of the !. committee to pay the additional sal- ary as long as the extra work con- tinued. passed by vote of "A.
 Last evenings session was also the annual meeting of the board. The fol-
 lowing officers and clerks were chos- en for the ensuing year: President. W. H. Marigold; vice-president, William Lieberum; secretary, Edward F. Hal len: agent of the board David Gin and, with salary of $1,600 a year; clerk, Margaret Henderson, with a salary of s1OOO a year. the maximum; clerk Of supplies. Alfred J. Eagen, sal ary of S900 the maximum.
 The following standing committees were also appointed: On schools. and William Lieberum; on school buildings, Howard S. Challenger, David H. Monahan and Richard H. Murphy; on supplies, Thomas H. Macdonald, John F. Brady and Albert M. Wooster; on finance, William H. Marigold, John<J. Cullinan and Will liam A. Bell.
 Before the board took vote on the election of agent, the commis- | sioners went into executive session i discussing the advisability of re- electing MT. Ginand who has been the agent for a long term of years, | and who is now in his 74th year.
 The Committee on Schools report | ed that the new school in Stlllman street is nearing completion and in a few weeks. Commissioner Chal- | .lenger suggested that a committee 1 from the board appear before the streets and sidewalks committee of the Common Council and urge that the board requese the Board of Ap- | portionments to allow sufficient fin ances to macadamiZe and grade the | streets in the vicinity of the new school. A few years ago, the sur rounding property was all farm lana but within that time tenement houses l have sprung up on all sides, at the l present time the locality being thick 1 ly populated Commissioner Chal- 1 lenger stated that the neighbors, | mostly foreigners, were proud of the | new school that one group were go- 1 ing to present ca new flag and that | Michael Robstock would present a new bell. I
 At the meeting of the State Teach CTS association held since the last meeting of the board, Dr. Ayres, in vestigator of the Sage Foundation | system, read an article in which he | placed Bridgeport at the bottom of | the list of the cities of the state in | advancing scholarship in it's schools | Dr. Ayres gave alleged statistics show ing that the number of retarded 1 scholars in this city was 49 per cent. | Danbury, 32, New Haven, 27 and | Meriden, IT per cent. Dr. Deane l stated that last May he made per- 1 sonal investigation but that his fig | ures differ to a considerable extent | with Dr. Ayres'. He found that the l number of retarded pupils was IT per cent. as against 49 by Dr. Ayres. The latter also stated that Waterbury was | far ahead in the number of pupils | graduating from the high school. Dr. i Deane stated that he took the Con- necticut reports and found of the | 11,S33 scholars at Waterbury, 52 had passed through the high school, and of the 1922 in this city, S2 had graduated. Dr. Deane in conclusion