New Britain herald., 1925-09-12

dent. This need was met at the opening of the year by the assign ment of Miss Millie c. McAuley to this position, There are many im- portant matters of office detail which require mature judgment school experience and expert knowl- edge which cannot be taken care of by clerks, but which require the attention of either the principal or competent assistant. If the prin- cipal's time Is devoted to these mat ters he Is prevented from attending 10 larger administrative and super Nisory duties, There are other mat ters which especially concern the interests an dneeds of the young women pupils Of the senior high school and which, If they are ade- quately and wisely cared for, must receive the attention of woman of mature judgment who can meet the young women pupils with sympathy, understanding and wisdom.
 School Health Service.
 Tn the health service given in the schools, the most important de- velopments have been as follows
 The service has been extended to cover parochial schools as well as public schools, The health of all the children of the city without regard 10 their attendance upon public oi private schools is a legitimate pub lie responsibility, which should bC paid for by the city.
 An additional school nurse ha, been employed to better care for the large number of pupils in the public and private schools. There are nov three full time nurses on the schoo staff. They try to cover the needs of approximately 1s,0o0 pupils Thi number of nurses is too small, how ever, 10 meet adequately the needs O the schools, and should, as soon a' funds are secured, be increased from three to six full time nurses, thu giving approximately 5000 pupil for the attention of each nurse,
 "An additional school physician, 1 woman, has been employed for full time. The special field assigned. t this physician has been examination and advice for girls of the highe
 elementary grades, and the girls O
 the junior high schools, and senio
 high schools. This addition to til
 school health staff has been of in
 calculabe value and importance.
 "The lack of sufficient funds mad 1t necessary to suspend for the entir
 year the work In dental hygiene. Thi was a change, but not an improve ment. There Is no question of tn value and need of the dental hy giene service in the schools. Its re sumption in the school year no' ; opening (september 1925) is caus for great satisfaction.
 "The action of the school commit
 tee accepting the offer of the Ne Britain chapter of the American Re Cross to provide a full time nutri ton specialist for the schools, was
 very important step, and shoul
 eventually give beneficial results i
 the cases of many children who ar
 suffering from faulty nutrition an
 improper diet,
 special Classes
 "All special classes for non Eng fish speaking children. and atypics
 children, as we'll as open air classe ; for undernourished, nervous, an anaemic children are now accon modated in the Walnut Hill schoo During the year 1t became net essary to open an additional cla' for atypical children, the number { ! mentally defective pupils who shou be placed in special classes beir
 considerably increased because of careful survey of conditions and th thorough examination of all atypic;
 children at the Helen Hartley Jel
 kins Juvenile Clinic.
 At present, the Walnut Hi school accommodates the follown
 special classes; Three open al
 classes, 75 pupils; two non Englis
 speaking classes. 5o pupils: thre atypical classes. 45 pupils.
 Flight school rooms are require
 for these classes, also kitchen dining room. shop room, two re' , rooms, and q gymnasium. and th , Wanut Hill School is now filled , the limit of it's capacity.
 "The number of special classes fc { atypical children, immigrant chilt
 ren, and children needing the benf l fit of open air classes must he il creased from year to year, if q such children as need special class