New Britain herald., 1915-03-06

night. The exact shrinkage was $3S,- ] 616.25. The action of the board was
 not final and further reductions may
 be made
 l Estimates of the school department, 1 the public amusement commission and
 the New Britain Institute were ex- {, plained by representatives of each. No 1 action was taken regarding them. i Those present were Treasurer 1 Chamberlain, Mayor Quigley, Comp l trcller Curtis. Thomas H. <ehoe, F., 1 N. Stanley, Judge B. F. Gaffney, Aug 1 ust F. Wallen, Ernest N Humphrey, 1 John F. Meehan, Rihard Schaefer, F. c. Mcintyre, P. F. King and A. N. l Ahbe. School Dept. Heard From. L.. Hoyt Pease and Superintendent Stanley H. Holmes represented the sch ool board. Mir. Pease stated that there had been no guessWork regarding the es- inmates which were based on actual expenses. @s Fourteen More Teachers Wanted. Treasurer Chamberlain asked re- garding the increase in teachers sal aries from S148,0O0 to $162,S5o Stu. perintendent Holmes replied that it is proposed to employ fourteen new teachers and to increase salaries in the High school by $5,100. The OK tra teachers will be in the Grammar and High schools where salaries are higher. The present salary list totals S151,000. More teachers must be en- ployed to care for the increased null- Der of pupils The average annual increase in salaries is approximately ten percent. Superintendent Holmes said.
 The present salary list for janitors Is over s12,00O but. Mr Holmes thought the wages paid to the janitor or the Elm street, Grammar and Prevocations schools too low and he believed the wages of three other janitors should be raised to be fair to them. The estimate in this respect for next year is $13,325.
 The board asks for $s,60o for eve Superintendent Holmes said this from the evening schools. ..
 The state board of education as- sessment is $25.O0o, an increase of $1,0O0, due to the increased school at tendance .-'t
 An increase in salary for the Super intendent from $3,6oo to s4. 900 has already been voted by the board of education s.. uperintendent Holmes explained $5,2o0. by saying it is based on sey enty cents per pupil for 7,50o pupils. The stationery and sup1ies will cost $4,250, based on fifty-five cents per pupil. "f#
 There is q reduction from so,70o to $2,OO0 for furniture. ~
 School to Do Some Printing.
 A reduction was noticed also in printing from $1,100 to $500. It is ex- pected that some of the printing will be done at the Prevocational school although that is problematical.
 The erection of the Prevocational school is responsible for an increase In the fuel item from. s11 ,00O to $lc,- 500
 Six electric motors in the Prevoca- t1onal school were said to be partly responsible for an increase in light and power from $4,OOO to S4,5O0. The school itself means an increase in lighting.
 Vacation School Praised.
 The repairs and inproveme ents will cost $1o,000, an increase of $3,00o. The vacation school will cost $500 an average of $1 per pupil. Superintend- ent Holmes spoke highly of the va cation school. Superintendent Holmes thought backgrounds all right in their place but he did not think children should give all their time to play.
 Other items are: Clerks, s2,150: kindergarten supplies, $4O0; text books s5,ooo; library books and ap" paratus. s900; janitors' supplies. $500; insurance, s2,50O; truant off, cer., $500; medical insepctors $1,05O, nurse, $500: census, S775; open air school, s2.oOo; miscellaneous, s6,O0o; compensation for widow of Joseph Hackney. s576fh making a grand total of $272,276 in comparison to s245,- 000for the present year.
 Members of the board compliment- cd Superintendent Holmes for ex- blaming the estimates in such a lucid manner. Institute Estimates.
 Marcus White and Miss Anna G. Rockwell spoke for the Institute esti- mates, totaling s20,40O. g. Tt Is impossible for anyone to ap- preciate the increased demand made 1il Ilic 1HSlltulc III recent ImcS, MT. White said There is a great de- mand for more books, especially from the schools. January, 1915, showed an increase of more than fifty per cent. in the children's department 1 over January, 1914. There are now ! 3,600 volumes loaned and there should be at least 5000. All the pub
 lie schools and some of the private schools have them and many are in need of repairs.
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