Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-06
SITE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL
The KinGsbary Lot on North Main street
e. Favored BY the Committee.


The Kingsbary Lot on North Main street
|. s. Favored BY the Committee.
The members of the board of education
and the district committee held joint
meeting in the rooms of the district COM
! mittee last night.
Previous to the joint meeting the board
of education held an executive session and
passed the following votes:
Voted, that the competitive examination
for certificates to teach in the schools of
the district be held at the High school
room on Monday and Tuesday, July and
Is.
''Voted, that all details pertaining to the
competitive examinations be arranged by
the committee on teachers.
Voted, that the grade examinations for
| teachers be held on Saturday. September
u.s."
The board discussed the age limit for
those taking competitive examinations.
The sense of the meeting was that appli-
cants should be at least eighteen years old.
Chairman J. A. Mulcahy of the board of
education presided at the joint meeting.
| The object of the meeting was to hear the
| report of the joint committee appointed to
| make recommendations on a High school
site.
Superintendent Crosby reported for the
| committee. He stated that the committee
| had visited New York, New Jersey, Bridge
port and other places and had obtained in
| formation on many things which might be
of value to incorporate into High school
building in Waterbury. Mr. Crosby had
drawn a rough sketch of the proposed new
High school building, which was submitted
to the joint committee and several changes
had been offered and made. The idea of
the plan, Mr. Crosby said, is a three story
building, 10 by 140 feet in dimensions
with accommodations for five hundred
pupils. Ten rooms are provided, each to
| seat fifty pupils. The basement will con-
tain a gymnasium, water closets, small
room for bicycles, janitor's rooms, boiler
room. manual training room. room for in
struction in cooking, play room for girls
and fuel room. The first floor will con-
tain offices for the board of education, dis
trict committee and superintendent of
schools, room for classes in German and
so forth. The rest of the building will be
used for the different class rooms, with a
chemical laboratory, lecture room, library
and assembly hall, drawing room, botani-
| cal laboratory on the third floor.
| Mr. Hart reported on the selection of n
site Several places had been considered
and the committee had decided to recon-
mend the Kingsbury lot on North Main
street. 1t has frontage of $50 feet on
North Main street, 1861 on Park avenue
and its greatest depth is 2S5 feet. It con-
tains $4,000 square feet of land. The
only other place mentioned by Mr. Hart
was the lot on Spencer avenue. The
Kingsbury lot was considered the most de-
j sirable. 1t is not surrounded by buildings
Il as the Spencer lot is and is on the street
i car line. The price asked is $50, 900. The
4 strict nnta will he aEan for the amoOnt
the interest to be four per cent. The re-
! port of the joint committee was accepted
land adopted.
r Mr. Mcdonald asked what recommenda-
ton the committee had to make in regard
to paying for the proposed new High
school and site. Chairman Wolff said that
the opinion of the committee was that
the district should be asked to
authorize the district committee to pro-
cure authority from the legislature to float
bonds and thus avoid increased taxation.
The district now has a debt of 1923 600, of
this 500, 900 is in bonds and will be met
in 1890 by the sinking fund. 1t was voted
that an issue of 5000 600 in bonds be
recommended TO the district committee.
A committee consisting of Chairman Null
cahy of the board of education. Chairman
Wolff of the district committee and MI
Chapman We're appointed to prepare for
the press a statement of the crowded con-
| iition of the schools in the district. The
| Washington school matter was discussed.
| 1t was suggested that two rooms be built
| instead of four, but this did not seem to
meet the approval of many of the men,
bers. The joint committee recommended
| to the district committee that district
meeting be called for Thursday evening,
June IA.