The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-13

Following long discussion which opened the board of educa- tion meeting yesterday afternoon, nine parents who appealed/ to the board to allow their children to at- tend schools other than those as- signed to them last week, had their requests granted. A recent ruling adopted calls for the entire person | nel of the board to decide such ap- peals instead of 1adening the super
 intendent of schools with the bur-
 den as in the past. s.s
 Gerard Harrington of Elmswood
 avenue requested that his child be | allowed to continue in the second l grade at Columbia as he former l ly resided in that district. Mrs
 Ralph Darlington of Bonair ave nue requested that her daughter | be allowed to attend Columbia in- stead of Sprague while Mrs Steph- en Halloway of Rosedale avenue
 asked that her boy, sixth grade student, be allowed to continue at Bunker Hill while Mrs Agnes Don- aldson of Monmouth street sought a similar request on the part of her son.
 Charles Burner of Oronoke road asked that he be allowed to send
 his child to Bunker Hill where he may graduate next June. Mir Dur ner used to reside in Bunker Hill and is now. in the Town Plot dis trict. Mrs Esther Snyder of New ton Heights requested her child be allowed to continue at Bunker Hill while Mrs Frederick Donahue asked that her child be permitted to carry on at Webster. Frank Brickett of Huntingdon avenue sought continuance for his child at Bunker Hill, stating he formerly lived in that district, but is now in the Town Plot district. Mrs Burwick of Walnu$ street said her child had always attended Walsh, but was transferred to Woodrow Wilson this year because the for-' mer is overcrowded, ,Superinten- dent Dr Michael c. Donovan stated he transferred this child and four lived farther from Walsh and near CT to Woodrow Wilson than any of the others. X
 There was considerable discuss sion on the matter until Commis- sioner Florence B. Webster asked the superintendent if the parents | in the Walsh school case do not live in that district rather than in the Wilson district. The school head answered in the affirmative and the commissioner then re- sponded asking if seats could not be installed in Walsh to accommo- date the five pupils. Commits sioner Scully then moved that Dr Donovan be instructed to find ac- commodations at Walsh for these five pupils, The motion was passed together with Commissioner Vim cent Miller's empowering the superintendent to permit any child to attend a different school than that to which he is assigned pro- vided there is room.
 Dr Donovan in his informal re- port at yesterdays board meeting stated that registration figures this year in the high schools are great
 CT than last year. but the grammar schools registration and total school registration is less. The figures follow:-
 Total registration, Nov 16, | 193l .... ........ ,640
 Total registration Sept 8, | 1882 .............. .17,S56 | Net decrease ........:. 2S4 l High Schools
 Total registration Nov 16, 1851 ....... ........ 3,96j
 Total registration Sept s, | l9SZ ........... 4,272 l lHCTcdSe oVc l Grades
 ; Total registration Nov 16. l93l ............ 13,677
 Total registration Sept s. | l332 ....... ........ l3,OS4 l .otCIeuSe OUo ' A communication was received
 from the superintendent with ref
 erencc to appointments for the
 evening schools and transfers of
 teachers and approved without de-
 bate.
 | As usual Thomas J. Condon will
 be in charge. The list of appoint.
 ments and transfers follow: High school departments: prIn-
 cipal. Louis ]. Thibodeau. principal.
 Frank q. Regan. principal. Joseph
 r. Kennedy. achitecture. Charles E.
 Woodiock. English. Charles E. Bo-
 Raert. substitute. English. William
 ]. Dunn. substitute. French and
 spanish. Anne Deveraux. aubstltute. Italian. Teresa Ferrone. substitute.