Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-05-25
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


As the Board of Education have provided
that the citizens of Fremont on the 2Sth day o
May, 1866, shall have the privilege of voting
for or against the levy of a tax for the purpose
of erecting new school buildings, word OF
two of explanation as TO the necessity of such
new buildings, their character, DC, SO that all
may vote understandingly, will not be i'm.
proper.
1t is proposed to raise the sum of SIG, 000
one half of it on the tax duplicate of 1866 and
the remainder on the duplicate of 1867. BY
this division the tax will be made comparatively
light. 1t is in contemplation to obtain suita-
BILE site on the East side of the river and to
erect thereon building worth $4,000; also one
on the West side, probably on the Central school
lot costing $4,000. to be used for the High and
! Grammar Schools, with view to the occupa-
ton of the present High School building by
schools of lower grade.
This latter proposed building will be for the
benefit of one part of town no more than an
other, as all pupils of proper qualifications,
whether on the East or the West side, attend
Iu6 anu OCnOO1S.
The necessity of new school building on
the East side of the river will be apparent to
any person who will take the pains to visit the
one now occupied by the intermediate and Sec
ondary schools. 1t is old and dilapidated, and
seems on the point of crumbling down, yet
from seventy five to eighty children are obliged
to spend here nearly one half of their waking
hours for three four years of their school life
1t is hoped the citizens on the East side will
not fail to improve this opportunity to secure
for themselves good school building.
The demand for an additional school build
ing on the West side is still more urgent. On
this side the Board are now paying nearly 800
per year rent for two unsuitable rooms, the one
other in the Presbyterian Session Room In
the latter, in consequence of the want of suita-
BILE desks, it is impossible to pursue writing to
auy advantage, aud the former is a dark and
gloomy place, so dark frequently in the winter
as to render reading quite difficult Besides
these rooms are occupied only by the suffrance
of the churches which own them, and when
these churches refuse to rent them for school
purposes, from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred pupils will be thrown out of school,
as no other rooms can possibly be obtained
The NJ E. Church, we understand, have already
notified the Board that they will no longer rent
the Basement of their Church for schools, so
that those who vote against the proposed levy
10 ,ho. Of
pupils of school privileges altogether. All the
pupils in the Primary grade of schools on the
West side have to pass through one or the other
of these two schools hence the question is of
practical Importance to every parent having
children in the Primary schools.
1t is of no less Importance, however to every
citizens, as well to property holders who have
no children to send TO school as to others, that
the educational interests of our town be prop
erly fostered. Good schools are always con-
ducive to the prosperity of any community,
and, however slow people may be to recognize
the fact, it is nevertheless true that good and
pleasant school houses are among the essentials |
of good schools. Neglected school interests
interests. No tax can be levied for better
purpose than for the erection of suitable school
houses. Every dollar expended in this direc-
ton will prove a valuable contribution, not only
to the intellectual and moral, but to the mate
rial prosperity of our community-a profitable |
pecuniary investment.
Whilst there are few towns in the State more
in business point of view than
Fremont, there are few that cannot boast of bet
ter school buildings. This should no longer be
50. The recent census shows that our popula- |
ton is rapidly increasing. If Fremont is about |
to take her place among the cities of the State,
let her make Ter advent with new school edifi- |
ces that shall fifty represent her wealth. popu-
Iation and prosperity therefore let there be no
opposition on Monday next 10 the proposed tax.
Fremont, May "a, 1866.