The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-23
PRISONERS DON'T LIKE WATERBURY COURT
SCHOOL BOARD HAS
 BIG JOB ON HAND
Ample Accommodation A for All But Not in Places
 to Suit Pupils
MUST CHANGE LINES

Nothing definite has yet been done regarding the proposition to close the Lincoln school at Platts Mills and bring the pupils by bus to the Mulcahy building, At the last meeting of the board of education a resolution looking toward this end was tabled for two weeks. This action was taken after listening to an appeal from delegation from Platts Mills district, protesting against taking small children so far away from their homes.
 The end in view, according to the board of education, was to re- .duce expeness and yet. so far as they believed, not in any, way in- terfereing with the educational ad- vantages of the children. But the residents could not see it in this light and made a stout protest in the interest of pupils in the lower grades. some of whom will enter school for the first time this fall.
 There is another question to come up which concerns pupils in the district commonly referred to as Mohawk park. There are several children in that territory attending Hopeville school which the board would like to transfer to Mulcahy, where it is claimed there are va cant seats and the distance not any greater than to the Hopeville building. The opposition contends that the, children are accustomed to Hopeville and prefer to remain there. The school boards side of the question is that there is room to spare in Mulcahy and that the pupils would recieve more atten- ton there than it is reasonable for them to expect where some of the classes are too large and teachers cannot handle them to the best ad- vantage. This section was cut off from Hopeville last year and the intention was to have the children attend Mulcahy, but parents made such strong protest things were allowed to remain as they were.
 The question will come up again this year. Owing to the shifting of population the last few years, a condition has arisen in some of the schools which has caused much confusion. In some districts there IS ample room. while in others there is crowding. The school board is anxious to make the best of the situation by placing children where there is room for them, all of which can be accomplished with out added expense and apparently no serious inconvenience to any child. School boards, like other boards, are not anxious to take the unpopular side of questions, but justice to the public demands radi- cal changes in the school lines, and that they should be observed. If this inflicted hardship to pupils or meant discharging teachers there would be good ground for objec- ton, but there is nothing of that sort in it. On the contrary, in the opinion of the board the pu- plls would be better cared for and the cost of maintanence would he greatly reduced. It is not new case, 1t is as old as the schools. Children prefer to remain with the teachers they know and naturally enough parents side with them.
 Platts Mill people put up a good argument. They claim no mother would be willing to let small child leave home in the morning at s o'clock and remain away until 4 in the afternoon.