Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-19
SITE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL.

SITE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL. Last Nights Meeting Favored Extending Church Street Through the Old Ceme- tery.
 The adjourned meeting of the center school district was called to order by Chairman Tierney in the district court read the call and the action of the meet ing held Friday, November II. Judge Webster at once stated that the board of education desired him to lay before the meeting the necessity for High school building. He said: To start with I am personally in favor of procuring site and erecting building at once. I have put the following on paper so that there will be no mistakes as to the facts and figures:
 "The duty devolving upon the board of education is to recommend to the district committee of the center school district, to provide suitable buildings and teachers whereby all children can obtain an education free of cost. To us this does not mean an edu- cation for half the children who may desire to avail themselves of the privi- lege, and so as our population has steadily increased we have found it necessary to erect new buildings or add wings to those already built. Our present High school has, up to last April, been able to accommodate those desiring to enter the High school, with but IA sittings. Last April Ill new pupils applied for admission from the various grammar schools. This made a total of about 200 desiring accommoda tions in the High school. By putting in double desks we managed to crowd in sittings for 19S. This of course made the room exceedingly crowded, and the number was far too many for healthful air spaces. The large number of pupils made it necessary to form large classes too small for the purpose.
 'This condition will have to continue this present school year, but next April there will be in all probability 200 more pupils to enter the High school. This will make 400 pupils, with proper ac- commodations for about IA. It should be known that all the rooms in the Elm street and High school buildings for lower grades are so full that not any of them can be appropriated for High school uses, but if a room or rooms could be obtained in this way, it would be exceedingly inconvenient to conduct a High school in them. The present High school building is not adapted to the needs of a modern and properly equipped High school.
 ''If we had new High. school build ing 1t would leave the floor of the present building in condition that it could be divided into four rooms for lower grades and would provide for another four room building. It should be known that there are at present 200 children attending school on the High school property and it would not be wise to increase that number. Every day the district puts off the purchase of site will be likely to add to the cost. We know taxes in the city seem high, but shall we come to a stand here ln Waterbury and refuse to give to the coming generation at least equal privi- leges with the past generation ?'
 Judge Webster remarked when he had finished reading that General Kel- logg had suggested something in refer ence to a site which would be of ad' vantage.
 ! John Henderson, Jr, handed to the clerk a vote which was read, appro prlating $5O,000 for High school build ing, and $30, 1000 additional for the pur' chase of site, and naming committees to attend to the details, and to lay two mills additional tax on the list of 1899.
 General Kellogg said that he was heartily in favor of new High school and felt that it was necessity, but he thought the taxpay CTS should not take upon themselves any burden that they could not bear. He spoke of the recent action of the board of agents of the
 Bronson library in refusing a portion of the frontage of the Grand street Icemetery, because it would cut off the Ilibrary's future growth. If the city will extend Church street through tht library lot to the brow of the bani there will be abundant room for Hlgt school building, fronting on Churcf
 street. The library would be conve nient also for the teachers and pupils.
 Attorney O'Neill favored Mir kel Ilogg's views and said that the board O. agents desired to keep the frontage fo
 the development of auxiliaries to thu
 library in the future.
 The discussion was carried on in
 formally until vote prepared by M
 Kellogg was brought into this shape:
 t'Voted, That this meeting request th'
 city authorities to take action upon thu Iquestion whether the city will extent
 Church street to the rear of the lan'
 deeded to the Bronson library corpora
 tion and convey to the center schoo
 district a lot in the rear of the lan'
 deeded to the Bronson library corpora
 tion for the purpose of erecting Hig school building and that this meetln
 shall be adjourned long enough for tn city authorities to take such action an
 that the board of education and distric
 committee of the center school distric
 bring the matter before the city authori
 ties."
 The motion was adopted with no dil
 senting voice. Mir Sake then move
 that the meeting adjourn subject to tn
 call of the chairman, and it was s voted.