New Britain herald., 1916-07-15
School Board W1th0uf Funds For High School Lunch Room Committee Recommended $1 5OO Appropriation Fit Up Basement-Nlany Contracts for Repairs and Supplies
 ApprOved-New Teachers Employed.

i necessary to spend at least s2,OO0. He
 recommended that $500 to used this l year and the remainder undertaken ] later when funds may be more plenti- 1 ful. One expensive job is new plumb Ing work in the Monroe street school i which will cost $2,297. The contracts as recommended and approved fol low:
 Mason work. Smith school Pointing up outside brick and stone work Repairing ceiling, boiler room Smalley-Pointing up brick work outside.
 Rockwell-Cement wash on walls of air shafts.
 Academic High school-Patching walls and ceilings, resetting steps, pointing up stone work.
 East St.-Repairing tops of chim- neys and ventilating shafts. Cost not to exceed $325.
 New toilets at Monroe St. school. Cost not to exceed $2,297.
 Safety treads for stairs of Acaden- ic High school and Grammar school. Contract for labor and material awarded to the American Mason Safe ty Tread Co.,, at a cost of $75O.
 Roof repairs, Elm St. school. Con-
  to the Fisk Asphalt Paint company at a cost of $14S.68.
 Steel lockers. 52 for basement dressing room of the Academic High school at S3:3O each; 54 for gymna- sium dressing room of the Grammar school at $3.1O each. Contract award ed to the Hart & Hutchinson Manu- featuring company.
 Painting at Smalley, Lincoln St., Open Air, Northend, Monroe St., Elm St., East St. schools. Contract awarded to John W. Manning Co.,, at a cost of $289.25.
 Painting, etc, at Academic High school. Painting wall and calci- mining ceilings. Expense for above to an amount not to exceed $500.
 Furniture, 126 pupils chairs, for East St, Rockwell and Smalley schools, at a cost of $155.40; 42 Du- pils adjustable desks and chairs for Room 31O, Grammar school at cost of S246.96; 30 pupils desks and chairs for Room 3S of the Academ- ic High school at a cost of S17S.50. Contracts awarded to B. c. Porter Sons.
 Typewriters for Vocational High committee author ized to purchase nine new typewr1ters in exchange for nine old L. c. Smith machines at a total cost not to exceed s18O.
 Roller Grate-Contract for install ling new grate in one boiler awarded to New England Roller Grate Co., at a cost of s125.
 School Calendar.
 The calendars for the school year were adopted as recommended by the teachers committee:
 Schools Open-Tuesday, September l2, 1916.
 Thanksgiving Recess-From We'd resday noon, November 29, l9lo, to Tuesday morning, December 4, l9lo.
 Christmas Recess-F'rom F'rldav night, December 22, 1916, to Tuesday, January 2, 1917.
 Easter Recess-From Friday night, March 30, 1917, to Tuesday, April g. 1917.
 Schools Close-Thursday noon, June 21, 1917.
 Grammar School Graduation Thursday, June 21, 1917.
 High School Graduation-Friday June 22, 1917.
 Simmer Vacation-Thursday, June 21, 1917 to Tuesday, September Il, 1917.
 Calendar Trade Education Dept.
 School opens under city adninistra- ton August 1, 1916.
 School Closes-(a) August il, 1917, for those pupils who elect a vacation of four weeks; (b) August 25, 1917, for all pupils and instructors.
 School opens September 10, 1917,