The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-30
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1922
BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES.

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 Sometime of Education raised committee to revise the rules These brought forward action at the last meeting and in line for consideration tonight
 The necessity for the revision apparent The present rules designed for persons The board dropped to eight persons and the rules meet
 The board drops to six persons the re- vised again to this change
 When the board twelve the committee was too large to function whole It was simple under the circumstances to transfer the plan to the work of eight members. will simpler six members work a committee of the whole.
 In this every member of the be informed of each and matter; the judgment Board will be given to all the tasks which it. great burden will be taken from the shoulders of the Superintendent Schools and his assistants.
 Under the committee plan Superintendent has at three times meetings will required the plan
 When the Board had twelve was split up into four committees there tendency of instead of one Such tendency could not
 Nine members of the Board any detail Wnat the particular three doing with the o them ana so It happened that the business of he schools quite co-ordinaed.
 From this simple condition doubt large part of the confusion which overlook the system.
 While the Superintendent Schools good standing with all the members the large extent gave unity to the work o the committees.
 When he fell from grace and op position condition of looseness prevailed and ness came the sluaon often described in The Time which caused the taxpayers deprived the children of Bridgeport of much of the education that theirs
 The rules retain that quality which gave them their largest value All the which the old rules to the Superintendent retained conditions which grown practice of the best American systems rules the Board of Education will stand in relation to the schools that City Man ~ager Plan of municipal government.
 All of the legislative authority is in all of the executive authority in the Superintendent The rules coordinate the parts sys tenn. This is of the chief differences
 With exception the departments of school work brought the Superintendent direction He functions in of the six departments through head of department
 This change does not offices give centralized control every part system out which there must be lost moton waste extravaganza confusion
 exception of clerical department who has charge the accounts the books the and general finances the system. This department inc direct the Board all other departments indirectly Superintendent Salary anors and teachers maintained exactly present.
 anticipated that a would be added changing the sick pay of teachers.
 teachers paid full the days and get half pay for the second ten days.
 change had proposed because the sick had abused this abuse has and the rule will remain precisely it has been.
 It has been anticipated might a imposing upon condition that ordinarily imposed policemen etercarers that they not be pernicious partisans in politics.
 This considering recent events is controversial in its nature that it has not been included
 new designed to make the school author ity direct central and efficient it possibly be that the Superintendent of Schools expert he most of the practical and all $ of technical side of the school work.
 Times is of the opinion that the rules will be ceedingly useful they will operate improve schools
 any rate to meet the conditions of the Board of Education from 12 to } members.