Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-05-19
REPORT
no rHE GRADED souooL D1grnI

TO THE GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT:
Under vote of your last meeting, held on the
End inst the matter of location of school build
ing was referred to the Trustees of the District
with the provision that they should report to
future meeting to be held the 10th inst.
In pursuance of this action, the Trustees re-
spectfully report
At the annual meeting the Trustees elected
from the several wards-fairly representing, it
may be supposed, the interests OF all parts OF and
with an eye simply to the needs of the District,
took the opportunity of stating at some length
their views upon the subject of further accommo-
dations, and the building of new House.
Their Judgment was one formed after one, two,
and three years service as your prudential COM
mittee, and observation of the practical workings
of our Schools the locality of the pupils attending
them and whatever of feeling may have since
been entertained upon this subject by anybody,
up to that time 1T least there had been none but
earnest desire to provide, in the best way, for
what they deemed an imperative want, and they
did, therefore, at the annual meeting, through
subcommittee, consisting of Messrs. Baxter,
Haven & Kilburn, recommend sc unanimously
az site for new School House, the purchase of
the lot on Main street, upon which the old Frank
lin House formerly STOOD
Since the last reference Of this matter to the
Trustees they have met, and with the apparent
fact before them, Of inconvenience in their
views, as evinced by sentiments expressed, and
votes taken at the meeting of the End inst. from
Investigations made as to the residence of the
different pupils, and the length of time which
must elapse, if the Williams lot is taken
under the general law, before further accommo-
dations can be had for our now over-crowded
-
minds still important, considerations, your COM
mittee, whose names are herewith attached, have
felt constrained to adhere to the opinion expressed
in their report made at the annual meeting, and
are still fully impressed with the belief that,
geographically and geographically, site of the
numerous ones examined possesses of ITSELF and
in its surroundings, such advantages as the
Franklin House lot.
In making this report, we are aware of the risk
we run of going counter to the pre-expressed SEN
timent of a majority of those heretofore present
at our school meetings, yet we cannot help adj
herring to Judgment formed when all were look
ing at the matter dispassionately, and q judg-
nent confirmed by the statistical fact that for the
last five terms of our various Schools out of an
aggregate of 1928 pupils attending them, taking
Wales street a center line and running north
than from west of said line.
In other words, there came from west of Wales
street 100, and east of Wales street 1928.
Your committee, as whole, are not in favor of
making additions to the High School building on
the present lot, they deem it essential in its
present form, when new one is built, for the ac-
commodation of Green, Turnpike and West street
schools.
The time will undoubtedly come when a new
and commodious house VIII be needed ana built
west of tie Present house Ia SAlaeel -tseet, ana
with one on the east and one on the west, in
central position WILL in their opinion, better ac-
cornmodate our children than houses placed at
either the extreme north or south end of the dis
trlct .-r,
D. Z. GRANDEY,
j. NJ. HAVEN,
j. B. KILBOURN,
G. c. RUGGLES,
GEO. A. MERRILL.
On motion of John Landon the report
was accepted.
The above report was rejected.