New Britain herald., 1926-02-18
OFF SCHOOL BOARD
 AT CLOSE OF TERM
President P. F. King and Henry
 I. Burr to Retire
PRIVATE INTERESTS HEAVY
President of Commission On EduCa- ton Has Been In Thick of Cam
 paign To Improve New Britain System.

paign To Improve New Britain system.
 President Patrick F. King and i Commissioner Henry T. Burr of the board of education announced to- day that they will retire at the end of their present terms and will not 1 be candidates for reelection in the spring,
 Mr, Kings decision is the result of the increased duties attached to his position as president of the board. His duties as assistant secre- tary of the Stanley Works require most of his time and rather than neglect his position as school board head, he has decided to retire. He, with Joseph NJ, Halloran, are the democratic members of the board whose term expires in April.
 Mir. King has been member of the board since May 3l, 1922, when a Attorney David l.. Dunn resigned to accept another appointment. During Ihis first year on the board he was chairman of the school accommoda- Itjon committee, the most important committee of the board, and 1t was during this time that the building program which has resulted in the building of schools valued at Sl,- jOOu OOO pOt it's start.
 A year after his becoming a mcm- Der Of the board, the term of Judge Bernard F. Gaffney, president o1 the board since It's organization II 1906. came to an end and he did not seek reelection. Because of hl' able work SIS chairman of the school accommodations committee
 Mir. King was elected by the board as its second president
 During the past year which wa
 the greatest building year in tho
 history of the school board, addl
 lions 10 the SmalIey, Stanley an'
 Osgood Hill schools were completed , A large school in the eastern sec
 ton of the city at an approXlmat
 cost of S3O0.00O 10 relieve tn smith and East street schools, an
 another on Steele street 10 take tn placc of the present Lincoln stree , school were started. Land near th | corner of Shuttle Meadow aVenu , and Vance street was bought to b , inc site for a school to take th F placo of the Monroe street schoo f This will cost $325,00o. , An elementary school on Clinto Q street in the northwestern sectlo r of the city 10 relieve the Washing Z ton and Bartlett schools at & COS S Of s200.oO0, was decided upon a = was the erection of a large trad school addition to the Nathan Hal ( Junior High school at q cost aI - proximatcly $2oo,oo0. 0 Burr Also Retiring - NIT. Burr, a republican, who vi complcte one term as a member
 the school board Is also retiring
 the end of his term. Pressure
 private interests has made nece V sary his withdrawal. He is a mon 1 Der of the finance committee of Il
 board. He was elected in 1923. I . is associated with Landers' Fra " X Clark.
 Questioned this morning as to h
 intentions when his term comes
 an end in April, Joseph NJ. Hallora
 chairman of the school accomm 'S dation committee, said he had n .y thought of the matter, and con lS not make a definite announceme O. at this time. It Is expected. ho' 'e ever, that he will again be a cant ' date since his committee Is in | T. midst of one of its most eXtensi , building programs.
 Thanks Mayor For Cooperation V, Appreciation of the cooperati '1 spirit displayed by Mayor A. M. F
 oncssa toward the school commit |. and expression of a hope that Il . spirit continues, is contained In { ;u following letter received by v mayor today from Secretary Edwa h NJ Pratt:
 ,h Mayor A. NJ. Paonessa, r- "Cuy Hall,
 Ic City.
 ,p Dear Sir
 to "It ir my intention to retire fir, h the scl l committee in April a
 in leayF that board I want ' n- to know that have apprecta av your interest and help in sch en- ,7attcrs during your term of off
 nd hope your cooperation may e ,,r tinuc and our schools kept up mt , their |. ut high standing. ice respectively,
 "E. NJ, PRATT.