New Britain herald., 1919-08-15
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY AUGUST 15, 1o 1o.

cosmopolitan city such as New Britain | are such to warrant special pro 1 vision of adequate proportions for talk ! ing care of this work.
 The following orga anization to be styled the bureau of attendance is rec commended for the consideration of the ! school committee.
 Organization. IA chief attendance ot1icer-a Wo- man. 1
 An assistant attendance officer man.
 3--An assistant attendance officer woman,
 1.-The chief attendance officer should he required to perform the fol- lowing duties:
 (a)-Receive daily morning reports from each school, including parochial schools.
 (b)-Make assignments of work to each assistant attendance officer.
 (c)-Make special assignments to assistant attendance officers, e. g., visiting CD theaters. CD public as sem bla ges indoor or outdoor (3) ccr- tain streets or playgrounds.
 (d)-Reuuire and receive from all schools weekly, or oftener if required, reports of all accessions, withdrawals and transfers of pupils.
 (e)--Make a study of reports re- ceived, and determine whether pupils transferred or withdrawn or moving int the city are attending school.
 f)-Direct the annual enumeration of children of school age, i. e., the school census, to be taken in Septem Der.
 (g)-Visit the schools and the homes to inquire into cases of truancy in special cases and in such cases to use all reasonable and helpful meas ures to secure improved school attend ance.
 (h)-keep accurate and complete card indexes properly classified of all tTuancy cases. etc.,
 O-Secure and promote such CO., operation with and by the police de- partment and the bureau of attend ance as may be for the best interests of the schools-and contributory to better citizenship.
 D-Make detailed weekly report of the attendance department to the superintendent of schools. 1.-The assistant attendance officers should be required to perform the following duties:
 
 ancy as are assigned by the chief at tendance officer, secure the prompt re- turn of truancy to school and prose cute delinquent parents whenever di- rected by the chief attendance officer or superintendent of schols, and make a daily report in writing to the r chief attendance officer upon all cases assigned.
 (b)-Assist in taking the annual school census under the direction of the chief attendance officer. ~ss (c)--Undertake such special as- signments, for truancy work or in- vestigation, may, from time to time, be given by the chief attend ance officer or superintendent of schools. 1.E1s -s @ls s4 (d)-Be on duty from S:30 a. m. to 5:30 D. m. daily and at such other times as may be required by the de- mands of the work.
 The School Census
 It is recommended further CD that for the year 1919-20 the annual enumeration of children of school age be assigned to the bureau of attend ance: CD that to carry out the work the employment of not more than 1 $ temporary assistant enumerators be authorized -all to be selected from the regular teaching force of the school; (3) that. the school enumera- ton be made during the first week in September; (4) that the city be divfd- ed into not more than 16 districts of suitable size and, (5) that the tempo rary enumerators be paid at the rate of $25 per week.
 Probable Expenses of Bureau. TotaJ salaries, Sept. 1, 1919, to
 April i, 1920 .. $2,40O Salaries-census enumerators :. 400
 s2,S5o Balance--on appropriations
 Sept. 1, 1919-attendance de-
 partment and census .... 2,750
 Excess above balance on
 hand - .............i.$ 92
 New Accommodations.
 A recommendation asking for new suitable accomm odaticns in the City hall building for the attendance de- part1nent, the supervisor of element. ary schools and director of Americani- zation, so as to keep these depart ments into closer touch, was made to the City hall commission. If accom- modations are impc ssibe in the City hall building, it is recommended that
 
 of attendance department on the first l floor of the Grammar school School Enumeration. Acting upon the inquiry of Mr. l Goodwin bout the method used in making the school enumeration. Mr. 1 Holmes explained that the enumera- l tion is made in accordance with the l requirements of the state statutes. In the past it has been done by the reg istrar of voters, costing ss5O last year. l It will be begun in eptember this | H>hnra al lo o