The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-15
SCHOOL BOARD TO
BE OUSTED FROM
MUNICIPAL HALL
Department Of Education
and Superintendent Must
Find Other Quarters.

Offices of the board of education
and of Supt. of Schools Samuel SIaw-
son will be removed from the city hall
very shortly. President Elmer H.
Ravens at the meeting last night an
nounced that he had been in CONSUL
tation with Mayor Wilson and the lat
ter had suggested that because of
lack of room for other offices in the
perintendent find other quarters. The
mayor thought quarters might be ar
ranged in the new high school. No
provisions for such offices were made
in the. plans of the high school, AT
one time the board talked of convert
ing the Kelly house which was on the
site OF the high school, into an adj
Tninistration building for the board.
This plan was abandoned later. Last
nj ht President Havens named Com
ntssioners Hurley, DeLoss and God
dard who will act in conjunction with
ters. It is planned, when the board
moves, to place that portion of the
town clerks office where the records
are copied, in the rooms the school
board now has and to bring the regis
trars of voters back into the building.
The board voted to pay all janitors
who are on duty at night because OF
night sessions in the schools. 81 ex-
ira for the time they put in. A petit
ton propo sing q general increase in
the. salaries of all janitors was pre-
sented signed by William H. Ryan
Charles f. LieberuIn and Stanley
Sherwood e
They asked for an increase of SIS
per year for all janitors who have
portable buildings or assembly halls
to care for; a minimum of $3.50 per
year for four buildings with furnaces;
5000 per year for four room buildings
| with boilers and for all building over
eight rooms an increase of rs per cent
After much discussion the board
decided to grant the increase as stat
ed to janitors who work nights and
the petition OF the janitors was or
| dered placed on file.
Supt- SIawson said he had been no
titled by. officials OF the Remington
Arms & Ammunition Co. that school
facilities for 200 additional families
would shortly be needed in the Cler-
mont school district. Members Of the
field and Bond street schools would
take care Of the situation until more
money can be procured from the
board of apportionment. The fund
for new school buildings! including
| the half mill bond issue, has been
used. Architect Cooper was instruct,
| ed to prepare plans for q four addi-
| ton to Bond street school together
| with an assembly hall.
/ The board will ask for $1,000 next
year for insurance on all the public
| schools. Attorney A j. Merritt again
presented the claims of a number OF
!, laborers who were employed on the
new high school by Robertson & Clio
vanni hut who were not paid. The
! total of the claims was $374.05
! Members of the board said the con
tractors had received their money and
they, not the city, should pay the Ia
| borers.
It was reported that the direct
heating system in the new high schoo
is now being tested out. The city
will pay for the fuel and Contractor
Shaughnessy will see that tits denv-
1 cred and that the heating apparatus il
| cared for by competent men.