New Britain herald., 1930-11-06
JENNINGS OBJECTS
 ID EXPENDITURES
Says City Council Is Wasting
 Education Boards Money
10 OMIT VISITING DAY
Board Votes to Save CUst-titN Council Votes Emergency S-9,003 for roor Eeiicf-Appointncnts Aade-Registrars Criticized.

Judge Newell Jennings of the
 board of education, at meeting of
 that body held in the Bristol high
 school building last night, voiced emphatic resentment at the way th3
 city council spent the boards money
 each year. He told of two specific instances where the council had
 thrown unnecessary expense" into
 the boards appropriation, the first
 or which was the Jumping of insur-
 ances on all public buildings, result
 ihG in the boards receiving a ''trc-
 mendous bill" The judge thought
 that an appropriation to cover the amount should be especially furnish ed,
 Judge Jennings told the board ttat q bill for SG91 for work done
 on school property by Menus Law son had been received from the city.
 He said, They keep US down so
 tight on the budget it isn't quit ;
 fair to spring anything like that on
 us" The total amount owed the city
 bk ii!f Dot1I+ llt IA tjlCItlt'b- ''f19
 s4oI92, minus %@59 in credit secur- ct when several hundred shrubs
 were removed by the city from the high school to the soldiers mcmor-
 iaI monument and Spanish war mo
 morial grounds The balance, S14S.o@, he said, could be stood' Dy the board, but not the total amount Visiting Day Omitted
 By q vote of the board, the an uual pilgrimage of Bristol teach i CTS to schools of other cities will be omitted and the money. S70Q. appro- priatcd for this purpose, will be made available to the city if 1t
 wishes to use ii" Contrary 10 ru-
 uors circulating the city. Judge Jennings stated. the board of cduca- tion has no power to turn the money
 os CT to charity. It will, in all prob ability, remain in the appropriation allowed the board until the end Of ! the fiscal year. when it's disposition 1 will be decided by the city council. 1 Superintendent Of Schools Karl A. ! lNtItti+ lDlu tIlt DDdIi U ltlh tlA'~ i teachers Of this city had been mis- ! represented in regard to the annual visiting day. He said that q poll 1 conducted by tho prpcipals of clc- ! ncntary schools among their teach l crs showed t39 of l55. or &9.6 per l cent in favor of holding the yjsita- ! ton this year. The teachers at the Park street school. the supcrintend en aycrred, would be willing 10 paN ] their o%n expenses should they bc 1 permitted 10 make inc pilgrimage while those at the South Side. North 1 Side and Federal Hill schools would ] like 10 have visiting day in Bristo l He said thai it was probable that 2 i visiting day in tho local schools
 V oul1 be observed sometime be
 tween now and spring.
 | Judge Jennings, in speaking 0f
 inc action of the planning commits i sIoncrs on inc proposed purchase Of i a junior high 1chool slle, didn't change his mind hit-n He said
 that "it would cost them 2 Ereat 1 It@t lipIt lattt- HIS itIOiIlIll' i|'4 d ! ton hes been submitted, he remark
 1. and he was waiting 0 hear from | the city council Attorney Joseph i r. O'Conncll a member Of tho 1 beard, said that he still thought the , Bachman- -Heffernan site was tha
 best available.
 Superintendent Eelche announced trat the usual Armisticc Day observ-
 arcc program would be carried oul l ir inc schools. At Ii o'clock the ] high school students will present i exercises at the memorial monu ment. In case of rain. thc exercises 1 will be held in the schools audi | torium.
 i Next week, he told inc board
 ould hc observed in the local i freshman and seuior high schools as
 Education Week. On Tuesday night. 1 between 7:2f aud 2 o'clock, twp periods Of study will be open at tn" freshman institution for parents to
 witness. while q similar program i will ho carried out in the senior school on Thursday night.