Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-12
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Superintendent Button Makes a
 Report-The New school Building
 Talked About And the Board Vote
 to Ask For $25,OO0 to Build
 1t.
 At meeting of the Board of Education held last evening H. M. Welch presided and the members of the board present were Harrison, Plunkett, Peck, Pond, O'Brien, Strong and Zunder. After the minutes had been read and approved Superintendent Dutton reported that the following schools had the following number of pupils this term: High school, 469 Webster, 619; Oak street, 2O5; Davenport avenue, 1s9; Whiting street, 3S; Eaton, 750; Wooster, 6O6; Fair street, 216; Woodward, 73; German English, 142; Hamilton, 760; Dwight, 622; Orchard street, 174; N. H. Orphan asylum, 126 Win chester, $50; Dixwell avenue, 375; Goffs street, GA; Skinner, eos; Edwards street, 892; Humphrey street, 19S; St. Francis Orphan asylum, 134; Washington, 62O; West street, 196; Carlisle street, POI; Greenwich avenue, POT; Hallock street, 374; Welch, 42O; Cedar street, 361; .Woolsey, 569; Grand street, 300; Lloyd street, 193; Ferry street, 25; total, Il, ,O44. This makes an in- crease of 547 over the first week of the fall term of last year. MT. Dutton also reported that in the Winchester district all the schol- ars who ought to go were not at school for the reason that the screws had not been put ! to them; also that some pupils would go to the Goffe street school and stay day or so and not come back. MT. Zunder said that the Goffe street school | was hardly fit to go to and he didn't blame the scholars for not going. What we need in Winchester district, con- ' IT.. .,o ~I,<~I are 300 children in that district who can't go to school. and as Superintendent Dutton \ says, if we put the screws to them we have no place to put them. One reason why they ! won't go is that so many colored children go there and the white children won't attend ! with them. There is no doubt that soon
 as the new school on Gregory street is built, | six rooms will be filled at once and dare I say eight rooms, and if an eight room school | is built with two basement rooms I have no | doubt that in less than two years those | will be filled, and that if the building is ! built so that four rooms can be added to it
 at some future time it can be made the gram mar school of the district and fourteen room school.
 Mr. Harrison said: We cannot for a long 1 time after the Gregory street building is
 built occupy the Dixwell avenue school, as think it will be as unpopular in a little while
 as the Gofe street school, and I think we ought to have large building to accommo- date all who need school privileges Mr. Pond-I suppose that next week we
 shall have to ask for an appropriation for this, and we have supposed it. would be built without. borrowing any more money | and should like to see this done. | Mr. Zunder-By close economy next year we might save 1000 to go to pay for this building.
 MT. Pond-Shall we ask for s2O,OO0 or | not?
 Mr. Zunder-I think we ought to ask for | $25, ,OOO as don't think you can build such a building for less. Messrs. Peck and O'Brien agreed with MT. Zunder in his views of the
 matter.
 Architect Robinson then submitted plans for an eight room building on Gregory street:
 such building with two basement rooms \ not finished and fiat roof and furnished l with steam would cost from $25, ,00O to | $27, ,OOO, and could not be built properly for I less. A frame building of the same style would cost $19, 900 with the basement rooms furnished.
 MT. O'Brien moved that the Board ask in the school meeting for appropriation of S25, ,OOO to build a suitable school building on Gregory street. The question was put
 and.the vote carried.
 On the motion of MT. Zunder it was voted l to call the adjourned district meeting at | Loomis' Temple of Music on W ednesday, September 23.
 1t was voted to have the plans of the
 building prepared at once.