The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-13
SchooLSupt. Thomas
j. Condor Protests
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gestion, q saving OF $22,eS0 would
be realized, according to the report.
on the basis Of enrolment Wa
terbury would have had ~ unneces-
sary teachers last year, On the
basis of attendance, there would
have been "a more than necessary,
the report indicates.
The report recommends that
Oronoke and Lincoln schools could
be closed. whether or not these
schools should be continued will de-
pend upon the city's need for Q net
savings Of $500 or more In teach
ers' salaries and other expenses, aS
weighed against the probable OPP
position of patrons Of the schools,
Closing OF Bucks Hill school and
transportation Of pupils to q larger
school would result IN net saving
Of $500 or more,
In Mulcahy school 1t Is recon-
mended that grades two and three
be combined, and also grades four
and Ave,
Roosevelt school could also be
closed and pupils transported TO
another school at q net saving OF
probably $500,
Two positions at Abbott school
could be eliminated by recombining
half grades, Combinations might
be made of grades two and threeb;
threea and four; tive and sixp;
Ska and 7,
Two positions might also be elm
mated at Washington school BY o
similar combination OF half grades,
Welton School
In Welton school, 1t Is reported
that extra teacher sent there last
year was not needed, Two positions
could be discontinued py the COM
bination Of the flrst and second
grades and the third and fourth
grades,
BY Encouragement OF nalf grades,
two or possibly three positions
might be discontinued at Barnard,
In Walsh school, with upper
grades departmentalised, II would
easily be possible to discontinue four
teaching positions, the report
states,
Recommendation for the other
schools are as follows; Reidville, no
position can be eliminated, Mer-
riman, dlscontinuance Of two posi-
tons; Begnal, nearly every teacher
should have more pupils In her room
but enrolment Is such that there
Is no possibility Of eliminating any
positions without transfers OF pu.
pills TO other schools"
Croft: obviously the closing OF
the Croft school, without the dis
continuance Of any teaching posi-
lions, did not decrease the cost OF
the schools by as much as 81 30 far
as the salaries OF teachers are con.
cerned. Seven OF these positions
could have been abolished, and may
be abolished event yet"
Kingsbury: zone OF the positions
In the flfth or sixth grades can be
discontinued"
sprague; One position can be dis
continued.
briggs: Recommendation Is made
that no teacher DO appointed TO
take the place Of o teacher who
recently resigned.
Must Go On
Bishop, Hendricken and East
Mountain: "eome OF the classes are
small, but the distribution Is such
that there Is no possibility OF dis
continuing positions with the NUM-
Der OF pupils as Of october !, 1887"
The total number OF discontinue
ances OF teachers positions is thirty.
The report states that possibly more
than 30 positions could be diScon-
tinued II enrolment and distribu-
ton of enrolment for io38.3e were
known at this time,
BY redisrtlcting and transfer, the
report states that II would be pos
sible TO discontinue more than 40
positions instead OF 30 and still keep
every class below 80 enrolled pupils.
Five 10 seven positions OF kinder.
garten assistant could be discontin-
ued, the report continued.
Average salaries paid 10 Water
bury high school teachers are S2,-
704.00, but less than ten per cent
decrease, S2,4ee00. This amount Is
ia per cent over the average OF
the average salaries OF ordinary
cities OF 100000 10 100000 according
10 the report.
II continues that salaries would
have TO be reduced somewhere be-
tween 1913 per cent and 22.e per
cent from their present reduced lev.
els In order 10 make them compar-
able 10 other cities.
Salaries
III the salaries IN Connecticut
and Massachusetts cities Of io0,-
900 TO 10000 population are to be
used as the standard, II would ap.
pear that salaries OF high school
teachers could be reduced five per
cent below the present reduced lev
els, which are now ten per cent
below scheduled salaries for such
teachers. The defect In this stand
ard Is that all Of the cities are
larger than waterbury, and larger
cities usually provide heavier teach
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