Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-03-28

Embarrassment U
CITY Free School Trustees, in letter stating the
present position of their proposition to take the
Staunton academy, says that this institution is
ssuow let or rented to, and occupied by Mr..
Young as residence for his family, upon con-
diton that he conducts in it a sch COL at tuition
nominated by Staun1on Lodge No. l3, and three
scholars nominated by the Commissioners of
Court represent ting the Slayer fund, uuder the
contract which the Trustees of the Academy
have with those bodies respectively" He goes
on to give what the Board of Trustees of the
City Free Schools propose
The PROPOSE ton of the Board Of Trustees Of
the City Free Schools is that the Trustees Of the
Academy shall let the Academy to them for a
term OF five years for the use of the City Free
Schools upon, substantially, the following con-
ditions, to wit:
lst. That all necessary repairs and improve
ments to buildings and grounds shall be made
by the School Trustees of the city of Stanton
and that the said buildings shall be put in good
repair, and be kept at all times in such repair.
End. That Public Free Schools shall be es-
tabli shed and maintained in said building ac-
cording to law, and that the system shall be ex-
banded as early as practicable so as to include
the comm Oh, intermediate and high schools.
Bird That possession of the said building and
lot, after the expiration of five years, shall be
be restored TO the Trustees of the Stanton Acad-
envy at the end of the next scholastic year after
twelve months notice for that purpose.
4th That the Trustees of the Staunton Acade-
my may reclaim the possession at anytime that
the school authorities fail to carry out in good
faith the purpose for which possession is given
them.
5th. That the Academy shall be used for the
education of white children only. That the
Trt stees of the Free Schools shall furnish the
free tuition to the five children under the cou-
tracts of the Trustees of the Academy, and that
they will furnish tuition to the children of non
residents of the city upon terms to be fixed by
them to cover cost of tuition.
Whilst the foregoing is substantially the pro-
position submitted to the Trustees of the Acad
envy, it may not be identcally the same as
have no copy of the proposition before me-.
hoped that our proposition would have beer
accepted by the Trustees of the Academy at
once, as it proposes to devote the Academy whoJ-
ly to the purposes for which it was erected, and
does not take from them any control of it which
they now exercise. The school now conducted
in the Academy furnishes ition as l under
stand, to about Is scholar at cost for tuition
(inclu ding the five free scholarly making from
$40 to $50 per scholar per session of ten months.
If we get the building we hope to furnish accom-
mediation for about $50 scholars. This build
ing will not accommodate all our white schools
as we have now about 375 white children atten-
ding school but it will accommodate the higher
grades of the scholars, and the lower grades can
be provided for elsewhere uutil the new build
ings W hich We hope soon to have erected by the
assistance of the City Council and ready for use.
The acceptance of our proposition will relieve
sponsibilitv, for unless large expenditure of
money is soon made for repairs, the Academy
will soon go to ruin, as is evident to the casual
observation of all passers BY"
Maj. Bell in conclusion states his belief that
the Board s proposition with such modification
as may be deemed necessary will soon be accept
ed by the Trustees of the Academy, and that for
the next session of our schools we shall be able
to furnish accommodations for the children of
our citizens which will not be amenable to the
very just criticism bestowed upon the present
accommodations by the committee of our coun-
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