Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-16
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Contemplated improvements by the
Board OF EtiucaLi0E.

AT the last session of the City COun-
ell the Board Of Education presented
an extended statement in reference TO
the condition and wants of the school
department. of the city of Los Angeles.
The recommendation were as fol-
lows:
lst That an eligible lot be selected
on which to erect a house for the col
ored school. If this school is perma-
nently located in comfortable house,
with pleasant surroundings, greater
advancement may be expected
2nd. That a lot, large enough for n
school to accommodate one hundred
aud fifty children, be selected on the
east side of the river, near the distil-
lery. There are more than fifty chill
dren near that point, who have long
been deprived of the privileges of
school, being too young to attend the
schools now established. la'
Sd. That a large lot be selected in
East Los Angeles. The Board has II
petition from citizens in that vicinity,
stating that, there are over seventy
children Of school aye now deprived of
school privileges. And as many fam
lies will soon settle near the new rail
road depot, the necessity for immedi-
ate action is obvious.
4th. That the Bath street school
house, used almost exclusively for
children of Spanish birth, be sold, and
. better accommodation be provided
near the French Hospital. The pres
ent housefis in a very crowded part of
the city and most unsuitable place
for congregating a hundred children.
5th. That suitable lot be secured
near the school ut the corner of Fort
and Eighth streets. The present
building is u mere shell on private
property, and the Board may at any
time be notified to vaeate. A new
class must soon be formed in this
school. The population in that part
of the city is so rapidly increasing,
that there will soon be needed u house
with six or eight class rooms. !rhe
High School building is full, and will
he made for the intermediate and
grammar pupils of the southern and
western districts, in localities contigu-
Gus to them. And let there be sutli-
cient ground to allow all necessary
room for exercises and healthful recre-
alton. +fH
9th. That lot be selected near the
WOODEN mill, for the location of II pri-
mary school, to accommodate the
smaller children of that vicinity.
7th. That a lot be purchased for the
school on the corner of Alameda and
Kohler streets. The present school
building is on private property, in
wretched condition, and too close to
the railroad. an,
The communication concludes as
follows:
The above recommendations are
based upon what we believe will be
the regular increase in the number of
our inhabitants. If the compulsory
school law is enforced next year, and
five hundred of the one thousand chill
dren, now not attending any school,
are driven by it into our classes, the
requirements of the department will
be much greater than we have above
enumerated. To you as guardians of
our beautiful and growing city, legis-
lating not for the present merely, but
for that brilliant future, whose dawn
ing we believe is near at hand, we
submit these recommendations prom
ising in the discharge of the duties,
committed to us by our common con-
stituency, to make an economical use
of the means intrusted to us, and to
do all in our power to make the pub
lie schools the pride of our citizens,
and the fairest gem in the city's
cOronet.