New Britain herald., 1929-06-17
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the public. However. when Mayor Paonessa publicly makes chargea apparently proceeding from his per- sonal animosity apd prejudice which display his. unacQuaintancs with school problems and which further constitute . malicious. attack upon the motives actuating the members of this committee, he cannot expect to 70 unchallenged and unanswered.
 The erection of portable rooms at the Stanley Quarter school waa recommended by the school accom-. notation committee, not by the superintendent. There are over 14.- 900 children in the public schools of New Britain and because of . sur. plus of less than 100 pupils at one school, the committee is not inclined to ask the common council for an appropriation to erect . two room permanent addition without . study looking to the full solution of the problem cd m endeavor to make the maximum use of our school plant as . whole.
 Deliberate Attempt to Deceive
 Mayor Paonessa deliberately at- tempts to deceive the public when he refers to portables as sheet iron schools. There are no sheet iron school buildings in New Britain. There have been no such school buildings. Therefore, referring to them as cast iron boxes is misrepre- sentation.,
 That part of his statement wherein he accuses the members Of the school committee who advocat- ed an addition to the Senior High school as being desirous of erecting . monument to themselves during their term of public office is scur- rilous and slanderous. It is unbe- coming one who occupies the office Of mayor. People of New Britain who know the members of the com mittee know this to be false. They know. also. that the committee re- sisted proposals advocated by the mayor for | solution of the high school problems which would have been much more in the nature of . monument and also, much more ex. pensive than the plan they adopted.
 Insult to Public intelligence
 ''To make the charge that the high school addition is unnecessary is an insult 10 the intelligence of the citizens. When one recalls that stu dents were compelled to occupy tenn rorary quarters in an adjoining school. to occupy basement rooms and class rooms in corridors, block ing ire exits. this charge is un- worthy of notice.
 The state board of education con- firmed the. recommendation for an addition to the present high school Tho board of hnancA and taxation approved tho recommendation, and the common council by almost . unanimous vote was in accord There only remains to be said that because of the mayors policy of ob- Struction. the city was compelled to Fay $50,000 more for the building In other words. regardless of the  practically unanimous approval ct city officials the mayors persistent opposition delayed the letting of the contract 60 long that the original bid was withdrawn and the taxpayers oi New Britain are now compelled tc pay an additional sum of S50,000 tc erect the building.
 Constantly In Opposition
 "6ince when is Mayor Paonessa sc solicitous for the welfare and educa. tion Of our children? Citizens will recall that in his past administra. lions as we'll as in this one, he hal constantly opposed the efforts of the school committee. He has attempt. ed to resist the erection of build. inss which the committee believed the children of New Britain re. quired to give them a proper edu. cation and in general. has adopted ! fault-hndinR attitude,