New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1929, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER. 3, 192! 3 HOLMES ANALYZES NEEDS OF SCHOOLS (Continued From First Pa or your consideration, I submit this report of the schools for the school year September 1928 to July 1929, and for the R April 1928 to March 30, 192 Attendance “Senior High School — Average daily attendance, 192 average daily attendance, 1998-1929, 1185; an increase of 61 pupils, or 5 4-10 per cent. “Central Jun High School— Average daily ance, 1928, 1243; il ance, 1928-1¢ 1 increase of 46 pupils, or cent. Nathan Hale Junior High School daily attendance, 1927- wge daily attend- 1319; an increase pupils, or 2 2-10 per cent. “Elementary Schools — Average daily attendance, 1 866 average daily attenc 8! ; a decrease of 108, or 1 2 per cent. “The largest increase of 5 4-10 per cent w in the Senior High school. Comparatively small in- creases are noted in the Junior High schools. In the Elementary schools, t. i elementary in average at- ce. shington, 11; Chamberlain Roosevelt, 10; Elihu Rurritt, Smalle; ; Rockwell, 36; Lincoln, 57; Camp, 213 Bart- lett, 66. “Increases appear in the follow- ing_elementary schools: “Northend, 27; Vance, 41; Frank- 7; Stanley, 20; Putnam, 17; Walnut Hill, 8. Reasignments During Year “In studying this statement of decreases it should be remembered that the year has been one of read Jjustment in district limits. Tran fors and changes in assignment of pupils and grades have been going on =ince September, 1928. “The above figures would seem to give evidence of soundness of judg ment. on the part of the School com- mittee in procgeding rather slowly in the further development of build- ing plans for the clementary schools. None of those schools show decre; s should be con: 1 for ‘ment. The Ro chool ince will doubt tinu ler from to year ict is being given This is ulso true of w6l district, and the ot be fair away when the heol can be merged with hool. enlar, atten to grow sme because the d up to businc the Camp years been consiil a modern school chool purposes tinued, and the t which it now serves should be divided Le- tween the Washington school ard «n enlarged Franklin school. “The statement of increases does as to the s not 1 : 1 sing when it is known that two porrable schools rooms have h2en ja use on the Norshend school plot > the last three years should be mc “The Vance school rooms to take ¢ able additional increa ¢ no problem. “The Benjamin F necds to ke enls d & sible, to take cave growth of the diitrist end alio to make it possible to disconiinue the use of the Bartlett L Thi would call for at least a twelve xoom addition and the purchase of addi- tional land adjoining tle present school grounds, Stanley School Situation “The Stanley school also needs velief. For the past year two cla of primary grade pupils have attending <chool for a half d because of lack of rcom. T caused some complaint by par and has not been s E Normal school administration whi uses the school for practice pur- In order to discontinue the ay plan for September, 1929 the only possible plan that could bz followed was the ercction of a port able building in the rear of the Stan- cy school, pending a permanent so- lution of the school housing prob- lem in this district. “In considering possible solutions sertain facts should be kept in mind Pivst, the present Stanley School listrict is growing rapidly in popu lation. Second, territorially it is the largest district in the city and dis- tances for some pupils dre unusu- ally great. Third, it is impossible to maintain large classes in the Stan- ey School because the school is op- >rated as a mal Practice School ander a contract with the State, “There are two possible solutions fo the Stanley School problem: “Solution 1. To e the present Stanley School by the addition of sight or ten rooms “Solution 2. To erect a new school apon the lot at the terminus of Oak Street, a portion of which is already owned by the School District, and make use of the new school to give velief to the Stanley School and to the Israel Putnam School. A survey of that district made in May 1929 shows that there were at least 165 pupils then in the Stanley School who would be zubject to transfer to a new school on the plot at the end of Oak Strect, if it had been avail- able at that time. Such a school is needed should probably be & large as the present Franklin School “With reference to the Junior High Schools, it would seem advis- able to seck such relief as may be needed for the next two or threc years through the use of such rooms as may be unoccupied in th® Rock- well and Senior High Schools. This will, of course, be a make-shift plan and will disrupt the regular or- ganizations of the Junior High School to some extent. I think it will cause less loss to Junior High School pupils if the transfers to the Rock- well and Senior High Schools are confined to ninth grade pupils of the Junior High Schools who are enrolled in the college preparator divisions. . The Work of the Schools “On the whole this has been a profitable and satisfactory year so far as the results of the school work are concerned, » | consideration. | | justed itself to the interruptions and | costs. |b plant, enlarged, improved, and mod- ernized by February 1930 made it conveniences which’ were inciden-| “It is imp tal to lack of space and the process |tain a high standard in the schools | of building the addition. The expec- | of New Britain at a lower cost than tation of better things for Septem-|that which prevails in general ber 1929 and a completed school | cities of the | much easicr to adjust to the condi- |a thing i | of che Principal of the Senior School “The Junior High Schools and Junior High School Shops have com- [pleted a satisfactory year. The re- ports of the Principals of the Junior | High Sechools accompany this report. “Miss Ella A, Fallon, because of [ill_health, was unable to carry on het* regular work from September to the end of the year in June when she offered ‘her resigna- after completing twent report. tion, of service as Supervisor of Kinder: gartens and Elementary Schools. Miss Fallon’s withdrawal from ac- | tive service in the schools was a dis- tinet loss. Her devotion to the best interests of the schools, her unusual professional fitness, her ripe exper- |ience, the wisdom of her judgment and the courageous honesty of her counsel in matters of school policy made an ideal tant to the | Superintendent and an exemplary | stafT. mittee.” was relieved of.the principalship of | ©) the Elihu Burritt School and as- signed to the position of Acting pervisor of Flementary Schools and Kindergarte In May 1926 cies anc ceed Miss Fallon, In the new po. tion, Miss Campbell has been emi- nently tisfactory, and the high chools is being fully maintained, | Schools For a fuller report of,the I tary Schools, I beg to refer the |the end School ~ Committee to M | cipals o 1 progr g || attainment have Miss Campbell was elected to suc- | through a union of interests betwe the continued =n-minded of the “The Genior High School has ad- | resulted in some reduction in school same_class, |unfair and misleading to taxpayers | ogni and citizens to represent that such | g he n ¢ possible. Poor schools of | | tions as they have been. The report la low stands “I take pledsure,in giving a full p measure of credit for the success of the schools to all associates in the administration of the schools and to the able and in “I also desive to record here my deep appreciation of the wise dir tion, the kindly consideration and support which have been accorded me by the School Com- | yth department Miss Campbell Praises Teachers been estab J Camp- | Campbell was temporar and in | clem nd it is | gres 1al g - | schoc ans- | held majo telligent teaching | f in T move thi 1 jin G _ ! the supervisory department and the |denial of justice in a chools during the past years. This is Miss Campbell’s first 1o- standard of work in the clementary | Port as supervisor of the elementary i She succeeded Miss Fallon | consideration in educ emen. | Who retived because of ill health at| ‘5 1. une term. Miss ment supervisor | Schoo bell’s report, which is transmitted | from last October until June when | “6, School Expenses her. “During the financial year 14 E 1929, the School I ithin its appropriation. We to be able to do so for the year hope | acting 1930. been along tw “In the report of 1 8, T said activity: eet any conside in school e duce the s: rat r (2) reduce become here are natural limits to pro- |that of cedure in either of these ! r report, in full, follows: partment kept “The direction of the work of the supervisor ¥ determining after a study ulum the sections | happiness of childhood, = C I was organized cortent, disturbance and disruption | that called follow any reduction alary rates. Inefficient school and great loss to the pupils are ure to follow the fillin ses beyond a reasonable limit. pose. “What is a reasonable limit? In |co-o the Tllement: able limit would seem to be between |of their and 40 pupils per teacher. vior High Schools, there s reason why teachers of s VII and VIII may not successfully | the past h classes of 30 to 55 pupils. In | interests de IX and in the Senior High hool, th between 24 and as possible, it being the elec ns of subj tion of tk hool program will fre- cuently make it impossible to rig liy 2dhere to the above limits, pa ve o tention has been given to the matter | o completion. 5 3 “The general character and effi- | selected and equipped for its try !ciency of the work of the schaols is of high orde N a y Schools, the reason-|among the te: . Dis- | of the whole curri for spir chools for the year 1928-14 wo lines of educ s , that of establishing |the vis cct that the only possible way | professional contacts with the dif- 2 s reduction | ferent school principals and their | “Realizing the eff ses is either (1) to re- | respective teaching forces so as to [routine program of the first familiar with e number of teach needed by | school practices employed in inte sing the number of pupils per | preting the ideals and ob, elementary edu ati pr |ci of clement. 9 h he individual | has ives of | childy nd “second, | of Iy | ne on; some revision or | Pro in Fe ingleness of pur- of open-minded quite outstanding | proble standards that have been established S irs through a union of |in: hetween partment limit per teacher should | schools st n ilaily the minimum of 24 pupils. |in terms of the During the past year, particular at- Health—a and obtai 30 pupils, so far | fundamentally tows mderstood that Educational Ot ts and opera- | “The progre vement of to n fundamental ion in the program. 2. Actiy of pupil load per teacher, and has —a great educational force. chers in the conduct ‘]u].‘u« tlar In the high ideals, sane polici work; and the . and pro- of attain cess the supervisory pini the indivic and contribute |is dev consid- ity | not he Lincoln and the chools presented diffevent types of s for working out the ach a program, and the of the pr chool faci especially the department of ry schools, in line with pro- ve thinking, have already rec nt; d these objectiv and ind group in “I recommend to the attention of | ticularly deals, were |the School Committee the excellent |around these objectives and ideals. | and illuminating reports of the Prin- | f Senior and Junior High Schools and the Supervisor of | mentary Schools which are tr mitted herewith as a part of this li 1 prin of thought tha r importance {o t tees aimed to evaluate the group discussion i rdamental principles rath or devices., rms of method he subje, Individual Child — opportunity for [in education that child growth is 3 the gifted, and educational nurture ible, however, to main- | for the average and slow. “The New Birtain school s and provide for the teaching of alth habits; for movement, ex- may cost less, but | pression, activit 0 1 the parents of the children in our is herewith = transmitted for your|schools are mot ask | but better schools. for truction for every grade procedure, therefore, lends it- king for poorer, | child. The special undertakings of |self to the serious consideration of | abilit the year, with which the report o organized | the department. |to study the d Elementary School Conference “A conference of the elementary pals and teachers wa in January, at which pa sented for consideration. In plan ning the work, the different cor = = _— , Which represent pe- |organizing some reme ing growth, until he is | for it. able to interpret meaning from the Curriculum Re I work | Ly means of different demonstration cxercises held during the year.” Principal Slade's Report up of a series of varied ac . Movement and impulse tem, | characterize it, and the schools’ pro- im must give it place. The amount age. Now, learning to r “The work in revising the course The method of suggesting and tivitiy, the number of child ex- fTicult and intricate under of study, that w 15t yea ipervising rather than restraining serience | the degree t& which any child, and while the|was continued, and « £ 1 success in the problem all pro- | pupils express themselves and par- | Present system has produced very | w oposed fraternity and sorority in all exercises determine | commer e results during the prin r F school, accord= the tional value of any school | tW0 years, considering the inexpe- ¢ to Principa le who said to= individ- | program. The success of this first of many of the pi his report that th iers, and the wide range in the | incorporated in the of the children exposed to | s pe of reading, it is planned i ¢ of reading ou are aware, in September | celeration more closely next ye a4 new tem of primary | With a view to providing very adopted for Grade I. It |nite help for the children rated nt or thought-getting pro- ‘slow mentally.” and teachers throughout | this aim to induce these a good contribution community life some= makes its con= rticular which first grade chi of the Pintner-Cun 3 rious larger cemed of na \ mental € of ti chool. The up were ) e en’ for the f ! © of the superin- help of large her with otl 1 , before the let nd illustrations, on file < nd Ger b committee on I the ¥ nning the punil ize of the n terdy s discussed follow: The Unification of the ment that aims t and t |of the formalisms of chool. This routine work of many Teachers of the elementary pub- primary schools tends to nullify: the leader for teachers. lic schools were lauded for their |important lines of influence begun “In October 1928, Miss Camphell singleness of purpose and spirit of |ir co-operation by Miss | mpbell who, in her annual report, | rar aid that the high ideals, sane poli- |in the life of the schoc e standards of | “3. The Individual Child’s Impor- od |tance in Group Classi e kinder The Auditorium the social integ roup Instruction. Child Health Articulation Bet The Creative Activities of herewith. the permanent position was offered | Childhood—their opportunity for ex- on in the programs of the So- Studies and of the Creative Arts. “Such_a conference had ¢ lating effect upon the whol force, and tended, in ma tional | to clarify the thinking and broaden of all contributing. 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