Connecticut western news., 1911-07-20
The East Cannan School House
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has been growing as shopping center for quite a territory and Canaan mer- chants have sense enough to know that it is for their interest that the roads of fife town be kept in good condition. But Selectman Moore has successfully met the particular criticism concerning the roads.
 AS to the schools-the other item of heavy expenses to the town-if any one will take the last town report and take the cost of running the three schools in the east end of the town and divide by the average enrolment in these schools he will see that it cost the town $1 66 more to educate each pupil than it did in Canaan village ill spite of the fact that ill Canaan there is @ large plant to be maintained with big coal bills, water | bills and janitor to be paid. And it must be remembered that pupils from other parts of the town are receiving the benefits of the school located here.
 Kicker" kicks against the condition of the East Canaan school building and we don't blame hlm. It is a dismal, d. | lapidated, depressing affair in spite of the repairs last year made. We are glad some Que in East Canaan is stirred up about it. If we remember right, it is the first time any complaint has been heard concerning it. Canaan got an enlarge ment of its school building because the school was so crowded it had to have it, and when the enlargement was made only imme diate needs were taken care ot.
 Kicker" hears occasional remarks about the meet of further enlargement of the Canaan school. It Is needless to say that no one in this or any part of the town is in hurry to have the time come when that will be necessary. But the | fact remains that where there are two grades in room, the rooms are now crowded and when & few more pupils are added the grades will have to be sep erated What will then be done is for 1 the town to say but more room will have to be had somewhere. The pity is that the crowded conditions are not at East Canaan for there is where the next school building work should be done When a new school building is built it should be loc Ited farther east and the childr, from the two other dis. tricts in the east end of the town brought into it. This scheme was evolved by Miss stone and is @ very wise one. In this way only would it be possible to make the school condition in this part of the town satisfactory. A while ago u movement was started which would have created public sentiment in it's favor and hastened the day of it's attain ment but the citizens of the east end of the town called a town meeting and blocked it.
 The majority of the members of the school board have been residents of the east end of the town until recently and I venture to say that anyone of them will testify that the representations of the village of Canaan on the board have stood for as liberal treatment of the smaller schools as have any members of the board.
 This letter is not written to continue controversy; but rather in the hope that the statement of these facts will help to correct an impression which tends to de. velop jealousies and anSagonism. Our interests are common and we hope that