New Britain herald., 1927-09-09
IMMEDIATE NEED 0FIMPR0VEMENTS
 IN CITY SCHOOLS
Supt. Holmes Outlines Require ments in Annual Report to
 Board Of Education
MORE ROOM REQUIRED
 AS COMMUNITY CROWS

Should Have Attention Withou,
 Delay, Director of System Says
 Changes in Other Schools Rec.
 commended to Bring Them Up te
 Modern Standards, He Insists.
 Immediate need for added ac- i commodations in the junior high | school plants which have now reach cd the limit of their capacities, need i for a new building at the Senior High school. and need for relief of the crowded conditions at the North | end school are the principal points ! emphasized in the annual report of 1 Supt. s. H. Holmes of the school de- mitted to the members of the board at the monthly meeting this after noon.
 So great is the demand for I'm provement at the Northend school that the superintendent favors set ting aside of any construction plan for elementary relief at the site of q proposed school at the junction Of | Oak and Allen strets. He is of the belief that with the construction of the Benjamine Franklin school, in direct relief for the Smalley, Wash ington, Elihu Burritt Bartlett and Lincoln schools will be brought about
 Situation in Eastern Section
 Another situation, the relief of the Central Junior High school, must be met, he states. The measures pro- posed by him are either for the en- largement of the Smith school, the enlargement of the Chamberlain school or the purchase of a new lot for the erection of a new school. With the elimination of the Roose welt school as an elementary school one of the foregoing measures must be considered, he feels.
 His report also contains q list of improvements made during the past year and improvements which are necessary in the near future. Supt, Holmes also puts the various build ings in the city into two classes. The first class buildings are those that are either entirely new or have been modernized. The other build ing are in noed of improvement,
 S1,G.1.95O spent in 1926-27
 Supt. Holmes report is as fol- lows:
 TO the School Committee:
 The regular annual report of the schools is here offered for your con- sideration. l am fully aware that the conditions in the schools both as re- eards the physical plant and equip ment as well as the instructural work and achievements are we'll known to you because of your real in the schools. This report is intended as a brief review of the school year ending July IA, 1927, and the financial year ending April 1. 1927.
 "A total of s1,o71,95o.96 was ex- pended to maintain the schools for the year 1926-1927.
 w-General Control took 3 3l0 per cent of the total expenditures or $35,792.72. General Control in- cludes the following items: School board and business office; supervi- sion; attendance department; direc- tor of evening schools: other ex- penses of general control
 "2-Inetruction took 74 7-10 per cent of the total expenditures or S6O1, ,694.27. Instruction includes the items: Salaries and eX- penses of supervisors of grades and subjects; salaries and expenses of salaries of teachers; free text books; stationery and supplies used in instructions; tuition fees; | other expenses, shop supplies.
 "5-Operating oi school Plant !, took 10 per cent Of the total expen- litures or s1o7,4G5,17. Operation of school plant includes the following l tens: Wages of janitors and en- ! 5ineers; fuel. water, light, power and anitor's supplies.
 Maintenance of school Plant | ,ook 4-10 per cent of the total eX 1enditures, or S9O,oo3.1o. Mainte- rance of school plant includes the ollowing items: Repairs; Insurance; of equipment; upkeep ,f grounds, etc.
 "5.-Auxiliary Agenci < took ;-1o per cent Of the t d expendi- ures or sSS,475.7o. A,t Illt ny agen- ies includes the following items:
 School libraries
 Promotion of health
 Transportation of pupils
 Miscellaneous items including
 telephone. compensation, freight
 carriage. removal of ashes.
 travelling expenses, extra cleri-
 cal help.
 Cost of Elementary Day Schools
 Tn figuring the cost of elemen- ary day schools, the costs of all junior high schools nd special classes for immigrant, eeble- minded, semi blind and un- ernourished and anaemic children re included. These costs are dis ributed as follows:
 eneral control ..S 211S790 3 l-1OC instruction ... 64954695 II 4-lOG, peration of school
 plant ..... sef95.nS 5-l0T q Il II q Il e of
 school plant .. s0,3l114 3 2-10co uXilllary agencies 3S,l53.S7 3 S-10oe Total SS72S6494
 The total cost per pupil in ele- lentary schools figured upon the umber In average daily attendance