The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

AAOAAetoVOAAs CakAO 0kSNAoi meeting of the board of education was held last evening at the high school with Chairman A. B. Camp bell presiding. Harold c. Monson the newly appointed superintendent
 of schools was also present and
 with the building committee con-
 sisting of Herbert Truelove anc
 Harry Lynch presented an itemized
 report to the board on repairs
 necessary at the Grove street school
 high school, East Side school and
 Reynolds Bridge school.
 MT. Monson and the building
 committee made a special investi-
 gation at all schools mentioned prior
 to submitting the proposed repairs
 The items at the Grove street
 school which is badly in need oi
 repair and on which Dr. Winfield
 Wight, local health officer, made
 several complaints on sanitary con-
 ditions are as follows:
 repairing urinals, stools and
 painting locker rooms. Painting of
 showers, drinking fountains and
 entrances, railways, passages, stair
 ways and basement floors and all class rooms which are very badly ir
 need of cleaning. Other items at the school which will require imme-
 diate attention are a new roof. re-
 pair and cleaning of boilers, one ot
 which went out of operation last
 winter, because of a breakdown. Re-
 pair and adjustment of Johnson
 regulators and thermostats which
 are at present disconnected due tc
 lack of repairs.
 street school needs painting and the
 floor cleaned in order that an ath-
 letic and physical education pro-
 gram can be instituted for the chil-
 dren in grades and and also
 for the use of the students in
 junior high school. MT. Monson
 proposes to inaugurate a physical education program and a coaching system for the children of grades 5
 and 6 so that by the time the pupils in these grades reach high school they will be better equipped for the athletic program conducted in the high school.
 Repairs needed at the High school are cleaning and sealing of the gymnasium floor, repairs to one of two stump pumps which are used for pumping sewage into the High street sewer system, replacing of doors to auditorium and gymna- sum on the Clay street side which have been exposed to the weather and have become routed and plac- ing of metal weather shields over doors to prevent recurrence of the condition mentioned above. The re- placing of broken gutters on gym- nasium and repairing leak on the main building near the cupolo.
 Repairs at the East Side and Rev. holds Bridge schools will be much less. The East Side school must have the chimney repaired and toi- lets at both schools must be cleaned and painted.
 The board vii hold a special meet ing next Monday evening to pre- pare an itemized report with bids submitted for the cost of each item, which will be presented to the board of finance for their consideration. MT. Campbell, chairman of the board, was empowered to request the board of selectmen to call special town meeting as soon as pos slble to ask the citizens of the town to vote that sum of money neces- sary to make these badly needed re- pairs, be drawn from the general 1und of the town. No doubt most of the citizens of the town do not know how bad conditions are at the Grove street school. Some years ago, par ents who were interested in the scholastic standing of their children used to visit the elementary schools and by these visits were acquainted with conditions. The Board of Edu- cation has on several occasions, dur ing the past years, endeavored to make as many repairs as possible but due to the lack of money in the school budget, were prevented from doing so. It has come to the point now that these repairs must be made or the pupils of the school will have to attend school under un- healthy conditions. Basically the school buildings are modern build lngs, but have been let run into a state of disrepair that will require large sum of money to bring them back to where they should be. If the voters of the town wish to have con- ditions cleaned up, they will attend this special town meeting and vote to have these repairs made
 The Board of Education is not asking the citizen of the town for any more money than is absolutely needed to make these repairs. Any and all taxpayers, who wish to visit the school to see conditions as they are, are welcome to do so The sev- eral complaints by Dr. Winfield Wight, local health officer, should pc enough to convince all taxpayers that the Grove street school must De cleaned up.
 MT. Monson has also set up a program at the Grove street school % eliminate the departmental sys- ,em for the fourth grade in the Grove sreet school and to retain fourth grade at the Reynolds Bridge school. Miss Tibbals who was caches fourth grade will be assign 'd to teach first grade work as a new first grade will be necessary 10 handle the incoming children as he number will be too great for the present 1st grade teacher Miss Agnes Sullivan. There are approx 60 new students.
 MT. Munson also recommended that Miss Barnhardt be transferred rom the Grove street school to the Junior High school to replace Miss Bernice Avery who resigned and that Miss Hiding of the Reynolds Bridge school be assigned to fill the va , a tHn IAfk Ax,A D. L.