New Britain herald., 1927-09-27

S. Mills. former superintendent oi schools. This report was omitted in it's entirety from the pamphlet con- : taining the reports of the town ori- cers, while that of Dr. George F Cook. health officer, also received nc space this year. That portion Of Mir Mills report dealing with school fi- nances is as follows;
 ''For 2s years Plainville has been sending its High school pupils to !, Bristol and New Britain high schools. Just previous 10 the opening Of our High school in Linden street building. Plainville was paying ap- proximately soo GOO q year for tui ton and transportation Of pupils re- siding in Plainvile and attending Bristol and New Britain High schools. During the last 26 years the town has paid for carfarcs to Bris- tol and Plainyille Electric Company and the Connecticut Company ap- proNimately s25.00o. Beginning in September. 1927 Plainvillc will then. for the first time in 26 years, have no children attending non-local high schools
 According 10 the 1926 town re port, the cost Of our pupils in out of town high schools averaged over s2Oo per year. and in our own high school about sI10 10 Sl25 per year per pupil. From this 1t should he seen that there will be a saving by operating our own high school rather than an incrcyse in cost, as Sono have suggested; and the fact that the four year pupils will be in our Plainville High school for thc coming year should therefore tend to reduce our total cost Of schools rather than add 10 it."
 Then follows table Of net eS- penScS for 11 years. Using this as [ basis the former superintendent point out the following facts:
 T. That the average net increase of running schools per year Tor this time has been about $500.
 "2. That average yearly increas, in sol"Ctmcns orders for the samc time has been about g., 800 a year
 %. That tho avorago increase in enumeration during this time has been about 4 children per year, ol over one school room per year.
 f, That the total average yearly lncrcas" Of salaries Of teachers has been about sl7,50o.
 
 pupil has not greatly increased dur ing this time"
 Now that the new high schoo has been completed. and now that tor the tlrst time in 15 years, thore are sufficient school rooms in ,owl to properly house the children. noth- ing need hinder full rcorga nizatior Of the schools of the Town Of Plain vile along conservative and approy- ed lines, and with no greatly in. lcreaS@d cost 10 the taxpayers. All oi these things l have had in mind. II II were not sD. high school build Ing, adequate to meet every need oi an essential modern education would not have been planned and built.
 As has been said all ot thcs, things l have had in mind. and eag erly looked forward to the day whcl il would be possible to carry then out The day hes al last arrived.
 'Relieved of the ticket task 10 the pupils attending neighborin! high schools; relieved Of the dutie; as secretary of the committed; re ilcved of the duties of tinancia IaSent; relieved Of the duties of su, prrintendent of buildings and re. pairs; relieved of the task Of plan. hing and inspecting the erection ol new buildings and in addition being able to give full time in place oi one half time, to the schools, ii would seem your new Superintendent lshould be able to meet all require ments easily.
 Based on the average cost ioI the past l- years, we do not expect nor do We need 10 make any un- usual increase in the operation ot ollI rN lIoOlS 4DI llIt tbllllilS SNbl either by reason of additional num- bers or through improvement in course or study. or additional books and equipment. our pupils. prepared m our schools have gone forth to Kew Britain and Bristol, and have held their own with those prepared n these cities. w. can therefore continue safely and successfully along the sam" general lines as hitherto. making such conservative changes and Improvements as from time to time are necessary, and con tribute to the best interests of the children"
 Further criticism of the enlarged school budget for 1927-l92S was voiced in an open letter given to the Herald today by one ot the town : prominent citizens. This letter is as follows.
 In looking over the Plainivlllc town report just issued and com pairing with that ol a year ago, the following notes have been made.
 For the school year just closing the school committee had total net budget of SS1,o73 10 expend on schools.
 "Of this sS1,07$, the sum Of &c., i3l.13 was expended on tuition and transportation for Plainville pupils in Bristol and New Britain high schools. This left a net balance of s74,64127 for the school committee to spend on the schools in town.
 For 1927-2S the school commit tee have established net budget oi s95.6S5.25.
 For 1?o7-2S there will he nc Plainyille pupils, at town expense, in ] (Continucd on Page 10)