New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
PA0NESSA VE70ES
 ADDITION TO H. s.
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order to pass . resolution.
 President King Replies

Fte3s0c0t AluX aepuc9
 There is no need of an outside educator or admini1 rator for q sur vey of tho entire school system of this city. New Britain has in its service one of the outstanding edu- cators and school administrators in this section of the country. The school board had the advantage of his study of the matter 90 that 1t really did what the mayors special committee asks in its report. re- fer to Supt. Stanley H. Holmes"
 Thus did President P. F. King ol the school board today answer the recommendation of the mayors special committee of seven whose report was given to the mayor yes terday. It disapproved of the con- struction of an addition to the Senior High school building. King also pointed out that the board had the benefit of an impartial expert from the state department of edY, cation in strengthening its stand for the erection of the addition.
 His answer was made to recom- mendation of the mayors commit tee which came at the end of it's report. Over the signatures of for mer Mayor George A. Quigley. chairman. and Henry P. Smith, sec retary. the committee made the fol- lowing statement:
 Therefore your committee feels that 1t is imperative that an edu- cator and school administrator be secured to make a general survey of the entire school system of New Britain. We recommend that this person making the survey be hired from outside. the state of Connec- ticut. We would further recom- mend that the person making this survey be hired by the mayor acting under the authority of the common council"
 Calls Sr. H. s. Important Problem.
 Contrary to the opinion of the in- vestigating commit a, Mir. King be- lieves that the m, important prob lem is the Senior .-.sh school situa- ton, secondly the Junior High school. and lastly the elementary schools. The mayors committee re- ported that the elementary Junior and Senior High school problems, in the order named, were important. Mr. King believes the elementary schools are in a better way than at any time since the World war.
 Speaking about the Junior High school recommendations MT. King said the Roosevelt school was not ideal as | junior high school but was certainly very satisfactory. The special committee said the school was not properly located at the ex- treme eastern section of the city. MT. King declared that the school was in a section ideal for the our door extra-curricular work which is 70 necessary in the higher grades and in conclusion pointed to the custom in vogue in many modern cities which build schools on the outskirts 70 that children will be going away from the center of con- gestion.
 Opposes Dividing Schools
 The Junior High school system of ventilation would make it very diflicult for the school rooms to be divided as is proposed by the may or's committee" MT. King said pointing to the fact that the divi- sion of tho rooms would be more than merely building partition through the larger rooms"
 The school board president did not think 1t would be economical he said.
 One of the other points brought out in the report, a comparison ol the New Britain High school witt tho high schools of New Haven Hartford and Waterbury was unfair MT. King believes. He said the Nev Haven school is conducted under . two platoon plan which is some thing the school authorities of thi city do not want.
 Denies Pupils Per Class Report It was Chairman Kings opinion that the committee must have in cluded many rooms in the schoo which are not class rooms to brin
 the total of Senior High schoo
 rooms to 62. The special committe
 included in its report statemen l fhnt fha Cnrinr Jiuh srhnol ba np1
 20 pupils per class while Hartfor