The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-08
A NEW SCHOOL NECESSARY.
BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS NEW
TROUBLES on ITS HANDS.
Present Crowded Condition of the
schools Cannot Contfnue, and .
New High school Building Must

The board CT education % district No. /
has new trouble on It's hands. There Is
q hoard OF youngsters who have reached
tie school age Of six years since the en-
.ering class was started last September.
According to the school regulations. these
children VIII be emitted 10 seats in the
school houses Of their respective districts
children VIII appear TO join the February
primary classes, but in view OF the large
increase OF population. the number viii be
large How 10 find places for them with
four OF the grammar schoo. buildings al
ready filed to the last seat is the matter
that is troubling the boarA Some ar
rangements will also have 10 be made in
the immediate future for a new high
school building that the grammar grades of
the central district may get back into the
Central building where they belong. With
only 49, 90 TO go on, unless the PROPOSE
ton is put TO 4 vote OF the people, the
school board is truly in a tight place.
The regular monthly meeting CT the
board Was held last night, and after
transacllng some business OF minor i'm
school building ard The additions 20 the
other buildings was taken up. Superin-
tendent Barnard informed the board that
the South and Minor schools could not
hold any more pupils and that an overflow
already existed at the Denny and Rainier
schools. He also stated that the high
school had crowded all Of the lower grades
out Of the Central building and the over
flow now occupied nineteen rented rooms.
n a n >
vicinity of some Of the outlying schools
and there viii be great difficulty in TAX
ing care OF the large entering class which
will turn up In three weeks. After dis
cussing the matter, Secretary Guernsey
was given power &c arrange as We'll as
possible for the entering class.
There is no doubt in the minds OF the
directors but that additions will have to
be made to several Of the grammar school
buildings during the mex, vacation. The
situation at the Denny school would be
bettered IL q new high school building
should be erected. but it Will be necessary
TO build an addition to the Cascade
school to fix up matters in that district.
If new high school building Is arranged
for. the boundaries Of the Central district
could be extended 10 the north and
number of pupils taken away from the
crowded Denny school. as well as making
room for the nineteen rooms now rented
In the Central district.
Director Lamb stated that he had talked
with Regent Winsor. of the university
board, and that he believed arrangements
could be made for the purchase or lease
OF portion OF the old University grounds
for the site OF the new high school build
Ing. This proposition was discussed at
some length. the principal objection being
that the board already owns three-fourths
OF block between Seneca and University
streets and Boylston and Summit av-
enues. II the board owned the other quar-
ter Of this block. there is little doubt that
they would go ahead with a temporary
high school building with the $4,000 now
at their disposal. The other quarter Is
held by the owner at $500. and II this
amount was paid out Of the available
SIS 600 there would not be enough left to
even start new building. The only way
out OF the difficulty seems TO be vote OF
the people authorizing a large appropria-
ton for the purchase of additional ground
and the erection Of building. This would
leave the boards SOS 900 for the additions
10 the other buildings.