New Britain herald., 1917-06-07
Plafnville News
TEACHERS WANT ID
 BREAK CONTRACTS

Miss Canfeld and Miss Carlisle
 Get Better Offers Elsewhere WILL CANCEL AGREEMENTS School Board Believes Town Canx Af-
 ford to Meet Salary Figures Offered
 By Other Places-Lberty Loan
 Subscriptions Reach $17,O0O.
 Succumbing to the salary induce ments offered by other places. Miss Helen M Canfleld and Miss Verna M. Carlisle, two of the members of Prin- cipal O. l.. Judd's staff who signed contracts for next year after their petitions for increases had been granted. last evening asked the school board to be released from their agreements. They expect to sever their connection with the local school at the close of the present term. Their requests will probably be grant ed and the board will have to i'll two additional and unexpected vacancies.
 Both teachers are regarded as among the most efficient members of the force and the school board regrets exceedingly their decision to go else- here. The town Is not able. how ever, to meet the bids made by other places and consequently will be un- able to keep them. Miss Canfield Is in charge of the kindergarten and Miss Carlisle teaches in the eighth grade.
 Miss Canfield plans to teach next year in Stratford. where she will re- ceive . salary considerably in excess of that offered by the local board. In asking to be released from her con- tract with Plainville Miss Carlisle ad- vised tho board that New Britain had offered her $100 a year more than she would receive here to teach in the schools. in that city.
 Miss Abigail Manning also advised the committee last evening that she will not return here next year. Ow- ing to i'll health she has decided to give up teaching for a year.
 While the board does not anticipate any great difficulty in filling the va cancies which the two unexpected res ignations. as well as those which had been looked for for some time creat- ed, the members regard the action of the teachers as extremely unfortu- nate for the town. During tho past two years the town has had par ticularly efncient teaching corps and 1t was hoped that 1t would be kept intact. In fact the committee felt almost certain that there would not be over two resignations at the close of the term.
 To make certain that contracts sent to the teachers would be attractive to them, the board granted a salary increase to each member of the force last month. Seemingly the extra compensation was satisfactory and except in two instances where ad- vance notice had been received of the intention of teachers to leave the in- dication were that no changes would be made.
 Owing to the high cost of living other places cities in particular. have been holding out attractive induce ments to teachers and Plainv1lle's in- ability to compete in the salary bid ding had its sequel in the requests for contract releases.
 Many applications for places have been received by the board and new teachers will proba bly, be secured be- fore the next meeting.
 The committee at its June meeting gave up most of its time to discussing the problem of keeping teachers, the members agreeing that the town would have to permit some of the instructors to leave because 1t cannot afford to pay the salaries equivalent to those offered elsewhere.
 The local schools will close for the summer vacation on Wednesday, May 20. Plans are now being developed for the exercises which will attend the presentation of diplomas to the graduating class. The class Of 1917 is the largest in the history of the school. Most of its members have signified their intention of entering the New Britain High school in the fall.
 Subscriptions Reach 417,OO0.
 A. A. Mcleod, chairman of the Liberty Loan committee in Platnville. today received 8 telegram from the Federal Reserve board advising that unless an eleventh hour response to the plea TOT SuDScT1QtlOuS IS mAoes New England is liable to fall short of the amount which 1t Is expected to contribute towards the war fund. The board asked for information as to the total of the subscriptions in Plain. vile. Chairman Mcleod subsequently .telegraphing that $17.000 worth of the bonds- have been purchased here The local commfttoe is m9ling . biz effort to have tho towns sub scriptions reach $25.o0o.. The snem- bers admit that they are disappointed with the showing made here to date. They do not believe that many of the townspeQple, particularly men re- gardad as well of financially, appre-