The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-18

one truant officer, who must cover all of the city, is unable to handle the sltuaion adequately and if an assistant were appointed the schools sections could be canyasSed more thoroughly.
 pr. Thomas J. Condon, Superin- tendent of schools admitted that the absence problem is growing, but said the condition is the same all over the country. He attributed it to q general feeling of diScontent,
 Attention was called by the com missioncfS to the large number of working mothers in the city and lack Of control by parents in mak- Ing children attend classes regularly
 pr. Harold J. PerkinSon suggested the organizing of department of truancy, with the work to be dele gated to members of the teaching staff.
 Pupils Transferred
 The board voted last night 10 transfer grades 6, q and 8 at Bucks Hill school to Webster school, with transportation furnished by the school department pr. Condon said construction of homes in tho section will result in an increase in enrolment next fall, and would re- suit in oVer-erowdlng under the present arrangements,
 The original recommendation asked for transfer of only grades 7 and 8, but Commissioners Perry 0ralcorstein and John J, Kcarney suggested that grade c be included pr. Condon said he was in favor of the proposal but expressed the belief there may be objections from the parents,
 Under the plan, grades 1, 2 and 5 will be placed in one room and grades { and 6 in another. The lower grades are expected 10 have an enrolment of 31, while the other room will have about IS pu- pils. Six pupils Of the sixth grade will be affected by the ruling, The transfers will be made next fall.
 Omitted S4.0O0
 The board was told last night that Manelni & Ritucci Co.,, has added $4000 to the bid of $4,050 for mak- Ing repairs to Hopcvillc school Tie concern informed the schoolhouSc committee 1t forgot to include the price Of cutting points,
 The original bid for the job, which will include pointing Of walls and caulking windows, was less than half of the only other one submitted, that of Thomas Moran & Sons for $l1 ,280. Considerable surprise was expressed when the bids were opened at the difference between the two and the board Immediately voted to give the contract to Mancini & Ritucci. Before voting the com missioners specified that no tex tras" were to be added to the re- pair job and that the price should be kept down to the original esti- mate. Final disposition Of the con- tract was held up pending a meeting of the SchoolhouSe committee and further investigation of the new de- yelopment.
 Mayor John s. Monagan who pre- sided at the meeting, was author ized to sign an application with the national housing unit to lease the Gaffney and Hamilton schools to the government for remodeling into apartments. The lease would apply for seven years, it was pointed out, and pdofit from operation, after de- duction for all expenses, would re- vert to the city.
 Resignation of Miss Katharine K. Danielson of the Crosby high school faculty was accepted and will take effect at the close of the current school year. Physical disability was given as the reason for the resignation.
 School Cafeterias
 Employment status Of workers in school cafeterias will be inveStigat- ed by the schoolhouse committee i'll accordance with recommendation from Commissioner Parkinson. Since the workers are hired by school dietitians the question was raised as to whether or not they can be considered city workers, and benefit from various projections by the city.
 A list of textbooks approved for use in high schools follows: Amer jeans All by Thomson, Happy Land ings by Herzberg. Paine & Works Essentials of Trigonometry by Cur tis & Moulton, Adventures in Alge- bra by Leventhal, Salkind X Sey- mour, Chemistry and Its Wonders by Brauer. Story of Connecticut Dy Wills. Direct Communication by Davis & Others, Our Good Neighbors in Latin America by