The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-09-12
BOARD READY
TO START ON
new SCHOOLS
South Ave. Grammar
School Will Soon Be
Started and Plans for.
Ha1len School Are
Completed.

Only routine business was con
sidered by the Board of Education at
it's meeting last night DIR. Alfred
Zones presided in the absence OF
Owen Burns, who is away on a vaca-
ton. Informal complaints regarding
the staggered system in the High
school were heard by the board while
in executive session. Acting Superin-
right was instructed to look into the
matter and report back to the board
In the programs of some of the
high school teachers there are con-
flicts and these will be ren1edied, it
was said.
The board will also petition the
Common council for power to issue
additional school bonds for the South
avenue grammar school which will
soon be started.
The case of Marion Butts, special
teacher in drawins at the High
before the board. Miss Kutts' grievence
was that she signed a contract and
when she came to be assigned TO
M work Tor her However,, Miss
Butts vas under contract AMI she was
receiving her regular pay. Acting
Supt. Cortright was instructed TO ar
high where MISS Butts will be as
signed
The resignation OF John Geaaey
q Bridgeport boy, graduate of Holy
Y iOSS SoA0SS, apQO10tGQ 4 SOCSClIOCS
teacher recently at a salary OF $500
has been received by DR.. McGovern
Mr. Geaney has accepted a position
IN Detroit as a regular TEACHER at a
Plans for the Fal.en school to be
erected in the Sylvan district of the
city were approved and architect F.
=: Cooper was authorized to call for
under the usual conditions of con-
tract. The school was named after
the late Edward E. IIallen. for
many years member of the Board of
Education and later judge of probate
building.
The following graduates of the City
Normal school were appointed to the
grade schools: Lucy A. Barta. Lii
liam F. Weldon, Anna H. Anderson,
Marion E: Villa ms, Ruth H. Kaenp-
fer and Marguerfte S. Hurd They
start at a salary of $1,000 a year.
A request of the Black Rock Parent
Teachers association for use eff the
Black Rock school auditorium for
BOY Scout purposes was referred to
the committee on school houses with
power to act. A discussion was en-
tered into relative to the paying of
Janltors when schools are used by
Boy Scouts. Commissioner Wilson
suggested that the next Legislature be
petitioned giving the board power to
meet the trifing expenses.
= leave Of absence. was granted
<Aitct l. arr pankS and an e>:terSion
was granted Fay S. Fowler. The
resignation of Gertrude Caldwell as
teacher IN the High school was ac-
cepted. She has accepted q position
IN New Rochelle at coasid cradle
higher salary.
Acting superintendent cortright
reported that the total school regis
erat2on so far IS about 400 less tha N
last year IN the grammar schools and
aoout EOS greater in the High school,
tie recomm ended the Installation of
time clocks in the kossuth and Shei-
ton High schools SO the schedule NAV
pc carried out with regularity. The
committee on school houses was Civ
en- power to act. The cost was esti-
ings.
Amendments to rules. laid on the
table at the July meeting were taken
up, and adopted. One related 10
the qualifications of teachers for de-
receive classes, requiring special ex-
tension courses for this kind of
teaching. The other related to
salaries in the manual training
schools, fixing the maximum at So
Ioe, out providing the superintendent
may recommend specially qualified
teachers at $4,000.
On motion of Commissioner VIII
son, the president was authorized +,
dPpoint com mittee of three to as
Sefnp!e and revise the rules of the
Board, ascertain the cost of printing
ana report back TO the board