The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-05
HOpevillc
Nine Principals Transferred At Board Of Education Meeting
Board Protests Advance Publicity; Home Instruc-
 tor Is Requested

The Board of Education h G meeting last night at Crosby high school, heard pr. Thomas J. Con- don, superintendent of schools, of f1cially announce the appointments and transfers of nine principals. Chief among these was the pro- motion of E. Mae Keefe, principal of Russell school, to principal of Begnal and Duggan schools. Miss Keefe succeeds John G. Gilmartin, recently appointed assistant super intendent of schools, but will re- ceive substantially smaller salary than that paid to her predecessor. As principal of the two schools, MT. Gilmartin received $4100 an- nually, which has been increased to $4300 in his new post as assistant superintendent. Miss Keefe will be paid approximately $3,000.
 Members of the board expressed indignation over the fact that on July g, local newspapers published the list of new appointees, at a time well before school officials had any information regarding the transfers.
 Comsr. Harold Parkinson, while expressing himself as unopposed to the appointment of Miss Keefe, nevertheless declared that he felt that the post should have gone to a man, with woman serving as assistant principal He also queriec whether the new appointee would receive as much pay as MT. Gil. martin had.
 To this pr. Condon replied tha she would not, and also stated tha in view of the fact that total O only g rooms are in both schools it would not be necessary to ap. point an assistant to Miss Keefe.
 Comsr. Kearney pointed out that taking into account the savings ef- fected by the new setup, it might be possible to conduct a survey fol the purpose of appointing a teach CT who would give home instruction to children mentally or physically unable to attend school. A commit tee will be designated in the near future in this connection, and will cooperate with the city health of f1cer and various welfare agencies in conducting the survey. The appointments announced yes terday by Dr. Condon are as fol- lows:
 E. Mae Keefe, principal, Rus
 sell school to principal Dug gan and Begnal schools.
 Lillian E. BoweS, principal,
 HOpeville school to principal
 Russell school.
 Loretta M. FitzPatrick, prin-
 cipal, Barnard school to princi-
 pal, Hopeville school. Jane E. Murray, principal,
 Hendricken school to principal,
 Washington school.
 Elizabeth M. Carroll, princi-
 pal, Abbott school to principal,
 Barnard school.
 Anna M. Skehan, principal,
 Wilson school to principal,
 Hendricken school.
 Lura w. Stanton, principal,
 Bishop school to principal, Will
 son school.
 A. Louise Butler, teaching
 principal, Grades and 8, East
 Farms school to principal Ab-
 bolt school.
 Jane E. Barrett, Grade de-
 partmental, Bunker Hill school
 to Grade 8 departmental, prin-
 cipaps assistant, Bunker Hill
 school.
 Miss Keefe, while actually prin cipal of Russell school, due to recent transfer, served in her las official post as principal of Barnar school. This is also true of thre others of the newly transferre principals, who while never havin occupied the principalships of tn schools, were designated for the DO sitions, and therefore credited wit serving in those capacitieS. The