The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-20
Protest TransferaI
 Of District Pupils To
 Russell School Rooms
Over 100 Sign Names Today; OrOnOke Dist. SpOkes- man, Fred s. Smith, Answers Statements Credited
 to Superintendent COndOn- Remarks Misleading

above are in favor of continuing the school. All of them are large taxpayers and certainly can vote on such Q question.
 However, as the opinion of the parents of the Oronoke school children seems to be the most iin- portant consideration, we have approached the problem from that angle.
 This question was put to all parents of school children in the district last night: DO you wish to have Oronoke school children in grades s, 6, 2 and 8 transferred to Russell school9"
 The following answered in the affirmative: MT. and Mrs. Roy II. Walch, MT. and Mrs. Rudolph Brade, Mir. and Mrs. Stanley Skipp.
 The following were opposed to the measure: MT. and Mrs. Fred s. Smith, MT. and Mrs. George M. Barnes, MT. and Mrs. Phillip c. Johnson, MT. and Mrs. Jesse Finkle, MT. and Mrs. John J. Lacey, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Bar roni, MT. and Mrs. Bruno Grocholl, Mrs. Marguerite M. McKenna, Mir. and Mrs. Ernest v. Stuart, MT. and Mrs. Leon A. Williams, Mrs. Edward Maloney, MT. and Mrs. George Tracy, Mrs. Hugo R. Noren, MT. and Mrs. Julius Danowski, MT. and Mrs. Myron Schoonmaker, MT. and Mrs. Thomas A. Shannon, Mir. and Mrs. M. McEvoy, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Lapham, MT. and Mrs. Frederick Morrell.
 If the wish of the school chil- dren's parents is the important thing, the above list is Q definite answer and there Is no way to misinterpret 1t. As has been stat ed to the board, the Russell school is serving It's own district satisfactorily but we see no good reason why 1t should serve ours Ours is a modern brick school. The size of a school is not Q measure of It's quality.
 We prefer to live in the suburbs and we want our children edu- cated in our own community. We do not want them to ho forced to go an average of two miles to 8 city school every day, carrying their lunch and books in all kinds of weather, wait one and three- quarter hours between sessions and travel a crowded thorough fare to a comparatively more crowded school.
 We are satisfied with the gram- mar school education including cooking, sewing and manual train- ing which our pupils have receiv- ed at Oronoke, as evidenced by the record of our graduates at the Waterbury high schools. People owning land and rents quite nat urally deplore this move.
 As an economy move, at best only one teacher will be eliminat. ed, for the Oronoke school will still have to be heated, lighted and cleaned to accommodate the lower grades. A transfer of pupils to the Russell school could easily cause another teacher to become necessary there later, thus elifn- mating any saving and causing al least $500 per year unnecessary bus fare for the city to pay.
 The Oronoke school district pays a total tax of approximately 23,0OO per year and while not re. ceiving benefits such as street lamps, sidewalks, complete city water service and police protec- ton, we believe that we should be allowed to retain Q school in our community and feel that we are paying for one.
 Because of the new approach tc the Oronoke district by our Chase parkway, the section iB building up and Is bound to grow. This contemplated move Is @ backward one and does not foster the growth of the city of Waterbury on It's western edge.
 The city not only can afford to continue our school but 1t cannot afford to take this backward step and discontinue 1t. We feel that the board of education, with the facts in hand, will not allow thil L Al