The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-12
Chamber WillPaY For Damage Done
 To High School
the Bill is the
 Chamber of Com
 merce is Willing to Set tie for Loss Caused At Last Thursday Night Meeting Teachers Cannot Tutor Their Own Pupils.

Damage inflicted on city propert, at the high school during the fire pre- 'Vention meeting last Thursday night will be paid for by the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, which organ izatlon was in charge of the program. At the Chamber of Commerce offices IhlS morning 1t was said that there will De no hesitating over the bill, inas- thucn as 1t appears to be a perfectly lesltlmate claim which will have to be paid.
 MemberS of the Board of Education decided at their meeting last night. to . put the bill up to the Chamber of commerce, and some members were rather strong n their criticism of the ofsanlzatlon for sending out 10000 invitations and permitting 2OOO peo- pie in a hall which seats only 1,5OO. Fear that there would be a deadlock
 over the bill was dispelled this morn 1 lnS, however, when the Chamber of commerce s1gnified it's willingness to
 settle the account as soon as a bill is presented.
 c. H. Poland. superintendent of the 1 4lSh School building, reported to the 1 Board of Education last night. that l three windows were broken, 15 seats
 smashed and considerable damage done to the p1astering on the stair ways and in the auditorium
 l In a resolution offered by Attorney l samuel Plotkin, last night, to the eff
 feet that school buildings be rented for political rallies, some members saw a possibility of further damage being done to school property. There was
 heated discussion, but the resolution. 1 Ilnally passed. A $1O fee will be icharged, and the committee on schooI- houses has been given authority to grant or deny permission for these meetings.
 The board took another crack at existing conditions when it voted to
 discontinue the practice Of Nallowinr teachers to tutor pupils in their own
 classes, or where the advancement of the pupil was to be in any way affect ed by the teachers markings
 market for the S2OO.O0O bond is- sue has been found, and the sale of
 these bonds will be put through as soon as possible: Work the Nc portable school houses will be pur- chased as soon as the money realized through the bond sale is turned over to the city.
 report submitted bv Superintend- ent Slawson showed that the extension lcourses and night schools are coming along exceptionally well. There are 2,9S6 pupils registered in the night schools at the present time.
 Two teachers presented their res 1gnat1ons to the board alast night Reslgntions accepted were those of
 Marlon Plant, teacher of mathematics
 in the high school, and Anna G. lief ternan, teacher in the second grade at the Black Rock school. Teachers ap- ipo1nted at salaries ranging from $1,2OO " 9I,tuO year were: Katherine tTredwell of Westport, Julia William son of Bridgeport, Jane M. Brennan of Middletown and Regina M Reilly of North Adams, Mass. Isabelle Clark, Marie Cullen, Ellen Sheedy and Ella Steiger, retired teachers. re- ceived pension increases which will bring their pay to $500 a year, retro active to September l. In the cases of retired principals, Carrie A. Seelye. Alice B. Gamsby and Schuyler P. Will nams, pensions were increased to lS1,00O.
 Commissioner William A. Bell, who reures from the board after last
 night meeting, was extended a vote or thanks Mr- Bell was a member or the school board for , years
 Ihe opinion of the city attorney Will be asked on the apportionment of S5,17S which has been received
 rom the state for the support of night schools. The sum of S31S5.
 tuition for out-of-town pupils, will probably go into unappropriated rev enueS.