The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-19

WNMuUMkAY 0WANUlhuM Ewe ee~A~ssS n2 Aho local echoels in the , canss eH aho closing os many ,cnoo' FkenB and the failure of the board = eha reslenatlon of teachers, Sss,sarinfandenk Thomas !. Condon nninead out yesterday afternoon at SMm TeRular bl-monthly meeting oE Sh@ nchooi commissioners. Upon hln rNoommendation the board WotnA 70 close one room In Maloney woh0ol and one in tho East Fnrms mehooi. The resignation or three nckool teachers were also accepted an0 < number of trAnsfers were WaallN to flll up the vacAncies with- asst making new additions to the elty'B teaching stan.
 Rlg Decreases Reported
 Al tho last meeting suporintend. ant Condon pointed out that Dc: tWean April Of 1888 and April or fhia wear there had boon n docroaee ef ake pupils in tho high schools and 762 children in tho elementary sohoola, This drop has brought about A considerable reduction in pupil.teacher ratio.
 This aituation has also caused m upaet in tho rates of pay paid tho nrinipAla and teachers and janitors. Therefore the board yesterday adopted amendments to tho depart. mont rules whereby principals and teachers whose status is changed because of tho closing Of rooms or of transfers will not suffer reduo- ton in salaries.
 PrInclpais' Salaries
 One amendment roforred to tho principals and read that "tho maxis mum salary of tho prinipals is tc figured on tho basis of tho number of rooms open and is to Do rcnehcd by tho usual annual inorcaso, it rooms are closed, causing tho maxi. mum salary of tho principal or that building to bo less than tho amount hN or pho is receiving, no rodue" ton shall bo mado In tho prlnci. pals salary; provided, that refusal 10 aecopt transfer to another build. ing which would justify tho salary being paid shall be considered suf. foIent reaaon to adjust tho prinoi- pals salary 50 that it will conform to tho schedule Of rooms opon, Thih ruio shall take effect In t93a, and shall also be applicable Co prlnei. pals who hav0 suffered salary TO. auctions subsequent to Juno, lo32, in violation of tho provisions of tho above rule"
 The amendments on tho principals and tehchors read practically tho samo except that tho janltor's rulo goes into offoet next September, 1t was also voted by tho board that no salary iosaos suffered by prlnei- pals, toachers or ianltors prior to Juno, 1o34, shall bo restored Thla prevents the amendments from bo. ing retroactive,
 Transfers Announced
 Tho rosiRnatlona accepted wore those of; Lauretta r. Calvin, grude z, Maioney school Catherine V, MeAloon, grades 1, 2 and 2, Rooso. volt sehool, and Lillian BlrSoll, seos rotary, Maloney school,
 The transfers made wore ns fol- lows; Margaret r, Kelley, grade c, opnrtmontnl, 10 Rrade [, depart mental, Malonoy school; Esther R, Tchan, grado c, departmental, to grado z, departmental Maloney school, Mildred [, Parker, grade 6 school, Agnes iIorlgan, grade t0 grade q, Mnloney Rchool Snlllo N, Staploton, grade 4 to grndo 6, Maloney sohool Anna c, Finn, grade ( to grade 6, Malonoy school: Helen R, pholnn, grndo 2 to grade {, Maloney sohooli EllSa- both Clare. grade to grade 1, Maloney school; Katherine Saults, grade 2 10 grade 2, Maloney school, Agnos M, Shohan, Rrado l to grades ? and ., Maloney school, Ann M, Dolan, grades |, 6, c, East Farm school, to grades 2, ', Roosevelt school Doris !. Lynch, grades and <, to grades b, c, 2, s, East Farms schools Mary D, Chaput, grades 1, 2, q, nnd In charge of building, East Farms school, 10 Grades 1, 2, q, 1, and in charge of building, East Farms school; f.otA Guerrora, grades l and 2, Tinker school, to grades 2 md 3, Wtlton school; Marion K, Tyrrell, grhdos 2 and 2, Wolton school, 10 srado {, Tinker school; Marguerite T, Power, grade G. departmental, Co grade 6, departmental, Bunker Hill schools Mary K Finnnn, grado K departmental, 10 grndo c, dos partmontnl, Bunker Iilll school,
 Tho board voted 10 grant pormis- sion 10 tho Connecticut State Den tnl association t0 use tho Wiiby high school building for its annual convention on April 30th, l03b. Financial reports Including annual reports of high school nthlotlo hs. socintlons, received from Crosby, Wflby, Lonvonworth, Ilondrlckon, Hopoville, Bunker iIill md DuRRan schools, woro received md ap- proved,
 Eliminate Double Sessions
 Chairman John j. Walsh lnform- cd tho board thnt in order 10 olim. inate all doublo sessions by tho timo tho schools open in Soptom- Dor, plans are now underway to mako two class rooms out Of ono