Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-07-15
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO, Q,
The Need of New Buildings
Aud other Matters Considered by the
Committee In their Annual Report.

Aud other Matters Considered by the
Committee In their Annual Report.
The annual school district report will be
issued from The Phoenix Job Printing Of
fee Saturday. The prudential committee
says in their report:
For three years, Miss Smith. as super
visor, has rendered invaluable service to
the district, faithful and able in every way
1t was, therefore, with regret we received
her resignation at the end of the last year.
Our High school is in excellent con-
dition, and we believe has been very much
improved in the past year. Mr.. Whitaker
has been reappointed for another year.
He is a man of very high ideals, and we
think it safe to say the standard will be
moved up still higher the coming year.
We feel justified in saying that, taking
our schools as a whole, they stand second
to none in our state.
BY close and watchful care and rigid
economy, your committee has been able to
keep the expenditures within the appro-
priations, and you will see by the report
that we show quite a liberal balance in
the hands of our treasurer.
During the coming year some repairs
will be necessary The inside of the
Canal street building should be painted
throughout, and, as we have already
called your attention in the school warrant
to the present condition of the Chase and
High street schools, we would only say in
/ this connection it is absolutely necessary
| that something be done, at least with the
| Chase street school building, as ii cannot
| be considered a fit place for our small
/ children. The room is altogether too
| small for the number Of children who at
/ tend there, 10 say nothing Of the sanitary
| condition, which is anything but what il
| should be, II is the opinion of your com.
mittee that nothing short Of a new build
! Ing for the Chase street school would
meet the requirements.
Regarding the High street primary
school, il is very much better building,
! and the only thing that needs special at
! tention in this building is new sanitary
/ arrangements throughout, although the
| building ought 10 be raised few feet. as
! it seems TO be an impossibli,y to keep the
water out Of the cellar during the spring
and fall Of the year. We have been
| obliged to close the school several days on
account Of the water in the cellar around
the furnace putting out the fire.
II anew building is put up for the Chase
street school, We recommend that il be
]
DE necessary to relieve the High school
| building Of some Of the lower grades we
should have the room to accommodate
them.
In looking over our schools and compar-
! ing them with those of Massachusetts and
other states, it seems to US kindergarten
department should be introduced. This
| being the case, il would be necessary 10
| provide room for it. And if, as above
stated, new building is put up for the
| Chase street school, it is possible a room
| could be provided in that building for the
same.
Thoughtful care and economical meth.
DDS, such as are consistent with good work
for our schools, being followed for the
coming year, tax of 81 per cent on the
grand list will pay the current expenses,
and we recommend that a tax of that
amount be raised for the ensuing year.
In closing, we would like to call the at
tention OF the citizens and voters 10 the
gift which has been presented 10 our High
school by Walter II. Chlds, a complete
meteorological apparatus, which is a very
valuable acquisition TO the equipment OF
the High school. You will find in connec-
ton with this report a statement of what
is included in this gift, and what their
value is to our High school.
In connection with this, he has also pre-
scented the school with 30 volumes of works
on electricity, consisting Of the Electrical
Review, Electrical Engineer and Electrical
World, covering the complete electrical
science, all handsomely bound.
The school and voters of this district
should recognize this as a very handsome
gift, and Mr. Childs as an enterprisng
donor to one Of the most important public
institutions in our community. Would
| that there were more like him.