The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06

The highest increase In attendance dur
ing any one year of this period was in
1891, when the increase was $50. while the
average for the nine years sos. This
would indicate that twelve rooms each,
with a capacity of forty-two children.
would be necessary each year to accom-
modate the increase in the number of
school children, but the increase for the
first four months of the school year 1869
has been 1544, three times the average for
the last nine years. This would require
that thirty-siX school rooms, each with
capacity of forty-two children, should be
built this year. This estimate is made by
the superintendent upon the supposltion
that all children were provided for at the
beginning of the present school year, but
such was s., not the case, as he shows in his
rooms and this necesSitated alternating
these schools with eight Others making
sixteen schools which could hold only a
halliday session The rest of the report
is given in full:
There is a congested condition in school
population in almost every quarter of the
city On Jan. 81. of the present year there
was in the frst-year schools in thirty-five
of the central buildings OF the city an aver
age attendance of more than eighty-one
children for each teacher. This means that
in many of these schools there were more
than one hundred children to the teacher.
In this recommendation. therefore, / shall
confine myself TO pointing out only the To-
calitieS where the worst congestion exists.
and / must not be understood 70 say that
the schools in other parts of the city are
comfortably housed.
CONGESTED DISTRICTS.
'In the district about schools Nos. II, -
and 80 in the eastern part of the city there
are now thirty organized schools and only
twenty-six school rooms. and in School ii
there is no grade above the fifth. nor in
School 80 is there any grade above the
first half Of the seventh. Relief in this
quarter of the city is imperative.
In the southwest quarter of the city at
school No. u, at the corner of McCarty
and West streets, have twelve school,
rooms and six hundred children, with no
grade above the first half of the sixth year.
There are two teachers in that school, each
of whom teaches halliday schools. The
pressure has been great in that part of the
city for many years. and relief should now
be no longer delayed. j recommend that
an eight-room building be added TO school
No T.
In the northeast quarter OF the city
next TO Brightwood, stands School IS, with
four rooms. with six organized schools.
There is no building near enough to this
school to afford any relief, and we have.
therefore rented a cottage, UNIT for school
purposes, for one school, and have alter
mated two other schools in one room. we
should add two rooms 10 this building.
AT school No. 10 corner of Ash stree,
and Home avenue. there are eight rooms
This building was formerly a thirteen-room
building, five rooms of which were declared
| dangerous and were torn down. The chill
| dren have consequently been sent from this
| district in every direction to find accom-
| mediation. 1t is imperative that your board
replace this accommodation by building al
! least four additional rooms.
In the northwest part OF the city. or
| Howard street you have eight-roon
| building for the accommodation of the col
] ored children. There are now In that build
| ing nine organized schools. and in the first
| year school you have LOG children Their,
| should be there now ten organized schools
| and upon the opening of schools In Septem
Der. 1887. there should be no fewer thar