New Britain herald., 1919-12-13
SCHOOL DENTISTS
 VOTED BY BOARD
Salary Of Visiting Doctors Also
 Increased Building Projects


 the expenditure of about $1,5OO.OOo' d portion of which will be spent at once upon the erection of A room school- house on the CarmOdV propertV' re- gently acquired, was presented at tue meeting of the school board last night by the special committee ol seven. Among other items discussed 1n the report are additions to the SmaIleS street, East street ana Nocatlonal schools the replacement o1 the Lllhu Rurritt school to make a junior high 1 school the purchase of land for school 1 sites in the southwestern part of the city. and the building of a 6 room | school in the Lincoln street section of the city.
 Report of Committees
 The report is complete and com prehensive outline of the committees plans. It folloWs:
 The special committee of the school committee submits the following re- port with reference to d program of building development for the schools of New Britain;
 In the school year l915-16 the aver age number of pupils belonging in all of the schools of New Britain was 7,472.
 At the present time the average mum Der belonging is 9.119.
 This is an increase of ,641 pupils.
 During the intervening period the only addition made to the school ac- commodatiOns of the city has been the fElihu Burritt school with normal capacity of $40 pupils. Taking this number from the 1,647 above leaves S07 pupils without proper school ac- commodations. It will be remembered that it had been planned to discon tinue the occupancy of the old Burritt building for school purposes. This plan has, however, been impossible of accomplishment, and if the $50 pupils now housed in that building, which is unsuitab ble for continued use, are counted the total number of pupils now without suitable school accomm0- dations reaches 1,157, a number suf1i- cient to fill 33 SchoolrOOms of elemen- tary grades. Shortage of 40 Rooms.
 A further analysis of the present situation reveals the fact that a large share of the shortage of school rooms is to be found in the high and gram mar schools in which the average number of pupils per teacher and per roo mmust necessarily be considerably smaller than in the elementary grades. 1 Taking, this fact into consideration the estimated shortage a the present time is approximately 40 school rooms 'aHt The approximate yearly increase in theYmnnl Der of public school pupils is $50 and is sufficient to require ten school rooms each year. When this is considered in connection with the present shortage of 40 school rooms, it is not difficult to- understand that immediate attention should be given to the institution of a building program for the schools.
 Relief Need in All Sections.
 Your committee has given careful consideration to this problem, eXtend-' ing it's deliberation over a number of weeks. The committee finds that relief is needed in nearly all sections of the city, but more particularly in the high school, the grammar school, and the trade school: and in the Bartlett, Smalley, East Street, North end, Rockwell and Osgood Hill schools, and with a prospective need of relief in the near future for the Lincoln Street school. Attention has l also been directed to the extensive l development in the southeastern sec ] ton of the city which will undoubtedly 1 cause a need for school accomm oda- 1 tions in the near future.
 ! In it's study of the High and l Grammar school problem, considera- 1 ton has been given to the question l of the advisaibility of continuing the l present 6-2-4 plan of organization or l adopting the 6-3-3 plan. This subject 1 has been given much thought and 1 considerable publicity. To continue ! the 6-2-4 plan will require an en- 1 largem ent of the present High school l and either the enlargement of the ! present Grammar school plant or the l building of another Grammar school 1 in some other section of the city. If l the 6-3-3 plan is adopted, relief may l be obtained for both the High and 1 Grammar schools by the transforma 1 ton of the present Grammar school ] into a Junior High school and by the l establishment of second Junior l High school in the north end of the ! city.
 It is the unanimous opinion of the l committee that the 6-3-3 plan should l be adopted and carried into effect as 1 soon as a second Junior High school ] plant can be provided.
 Submit Recommendations.
 Recommend tions-In order to re- | lieVe the present situation, which has
 been caused in large measure by the ! enforced suspension Of building oper- l ations during the periodA of the war, ! and also to take care of school needs l for the next three years in the High, ] Grammar and Trade schools and in the elementary schools, the following program is recommended for your i consideration. It is the opinion of | the committee that this program l should be adopted and steps taken 1 to secure it's immediate execution. 1-The erection of a 24-room l elementary school on the Carm ody
 lot on High street extension.