Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-25
MEETING OF THE ALDERMEN.
a structure Costing 100000 Proposed
More school Room Nceded-Dangers
10 Ncnlth ut PING street.

Health Pine street.
G. T.. Allen, Esq, in behalf OF the school
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them in regard 10 renlacnp the Pine street
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school with new building, and an cXplana-
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TO The Houorob,e N, Gin Council Of N, City Of
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cry, (page 54 1t is made the duty OF vac CITY 10
oNue Nlu MAINTAIN hHltaple ScuVo thn H., ~ y,
llc HCcolllmOdaupn OF an inc hcuoos VI NY wy
ne loIaiion' construction anu saie o Wy SAM d,
pelng lett win me scnnol pOarl an u ~ ne uuly
OF the city council 10 provide inc necessary
funds. ..,-- b.. T.,
, IN presenting We accoWIallIing !, ~
,u uslIe Oh .ne oGioul Doaru 10 enu sV,v ", S
principal reasons whlch nave cSpeclally lnnuenceu
mem III tnclr auopllon. Inese are ~, ny p PTS
Hnt Gonution OF me llne street oniluing IL pelug
~ auaplcu lot sch"o puiposcs, ~, ~ seIiou,sy
wcdee.We S,hl,aIE CU'Io, a. h ppeintIv
Necessity OF hVullioIHl room LOT NY GousIan h
not 'ashE NUMBER oi puPs, espeGiaig III tn az
polion oI We Guy "''cn tls sco'l ~ "cS'Bnc' "
accommodate
First. The present building was purchased by
the city in lSG9. II mad been occupied as church
for fourteen years previous and although
obviously unsuitable in many respects for u public
school house, the pressing needs, ut the time, OF
another school building, rendered 1t advisable TO
secure IT., for temporary use, aud until q more
suitable house could b. built. The subsequent
(n S7I) enabled the Board to continue its occupan-
cy; but the plan OF its construction aud its unsub-
siantial character it being simply a frame sur
rounded by single course OF brick, rendered it
impossible. without great expense, 10 properly
arrange It's interior or make it convenient or com
Portable especially in the Indictment seasons Of the
wear: while the absence Of a cellar continually
exposes the feet and persons Of the scholars in the
lower or Primary room to damp, chilly atmos-
modify
The great necessity OF making ms room more
Labitahle. II possible; Tor me Urinary pupils
Whose ages render mem most susceptible to ex-
posure and disease. induced the Board this last
season, TO cause an examination OF the building to
be made by experienced builders, TO ascertain the
practcability and estima ed expense OF basement
ROOM which should afford sufficient circulation
Of AR beneath the lower nOors and the space
requisite for suitable heating apparatus for the
building. The result was, that IN their opinion,
the very unsuitable character and limited size OF
the building would MOI Justify lne iarse eNpendi-
ture required to carry into effect this plan Aside
from the cost Of excavation and the cellar walls,
II was found that the lower framework OF the
building, not having been originally designed Tor
cellar, would have to be more or less rebuilt and
securely supported. And finally when the work
was completed II would sun ~ the same imper-
feet, small ana Ill arranged building II is now and
the money expended on It WOull be practically
wasted.
Second. In addition TO the hygentc defects OF the
lower room. occasioned by It's close proximity to
the EARTH as above described, 1t Is fac that the
mound beneath the school house mas never been
drained. Not ouly does 1t receive all the rain
water which falls upon the building, but what
Is sui more serious II mas Dccn recently
asccrtaned that ever since the premises have
been occupied as school the waste pipes
OF the several SINKS empty directly under
the building. ais condition OF Things tends
directly to the prevalence of zymoic diseases, and
TO allow II to continue is 10 invite Contagl0n and
cpidemics. Already in some instances parents
have felt compelled to take their children from
the school, rather than expose them to the risk
of having their health undermined ny longer
attendance.
Again If, as is estimated by the best medical
authorities, the air srace required for each scholar
IS al least seven hundred cubic feet, 10 preserve
health what will he The certain effect of crowd lg
l4O pupils into the upper or intermediate schso
room which should be allowed to have not TO
exceed CO pupils, or $50 in the lower or Primary
and where the ventilation ia so inciTee,ivc that
were 1t not Tor the cracks around the doors
and windows, and in the neors or the occasional
dropping Of Il window, 10 the serious exposure of
every child IN its vicinity the atmosphere OF each
room would be iO1 impure TO breathe If not suifO-
eating.
Doubtless large percentage OF diseases origin
atH In just such school rooms, and knowing these
facts the present School Board feeling to a certain
extent the responsibility of the physical az well as
the mental health and cultivation of our youth are
unwilling to allow the evil to remain longer with
ont asking yOu " provide the means which will
enable them 10 emcdy il;
| Third. But aside from the defective condition Of
| the building ana al sanitary reasons, tde demand
| for larger accommodations for oui continually in
| CrCaslnE number OF scholars Is OGe which cannot
longer he deferred.
ON page 80 of the ninth city Report. The num-
Der of enrolled pupils Ia the fal OF 1873 is given
as sec. asst fall 1883. the number enrolled was
1850 an incrcaae Of over 400 pupils in the last de-
clde, for the Accommodation OF at least one-hali
of which increase. no adequate provision has been
tnues to increase as we certainly expect and hope