The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-29

1 to every one or these culluren thaH 'he Skinner and Eaton schools are at pres ] ent.
 | I would transfer thirteen children tfrom the Dwight district to the Hill- house school from the territory bound- ed by Grove, College, Elm and York 1 streets, The Hillhouse school would be as convenient for them as the Dwight ] school.
 1 If the Hillhouse school were available many children who live in the terri tory bounded by Bradley Sachem, l Prospect Elm and Orange streets would be sent to that school who are | now in private schools, inasmuch as the parents of many of these children object to sending them across the two sets of car tracks through busy part of the city to the Eaton school. Such cases have been called to my attention and the principal of the Eaton school knows of many more. I estimate, of course it is merely an estimate, that there are forty such children who are now attending private schools who would attend the Hillhouse school
 l would recommend further the transfer of thirty children from the Seventh and Eighth grades, or the old- est children, from the lower end of the Winchester district that is In the terri tory south of Bristol and Sachem streets. By this transfer the higher grade rooms in the Winchester school where there are now fifty children in a room, would be reduced to forty chill dren in a room.
 The Hilhouse school therefore. could be utilized at the present time if it were available for 320 pupils or enough to fill eight rooms, which with the Kindergarten room would make nine rooms which could be utilized at the present time for school purposes.
 By these changes the following ob- Jects would be accomplished:
 First-The reduction of the number 1 of children in the Wooster school-rele eff is imperative in this school, if good school work is to be done in that part of the city.
 Second-The reduction in numbers in the Fair street school This is highly desirable from an educational point of view. when one takes into considera- tion how little the homes in the imme- diate vicinity of the Fair street school give for the children
 Third-The setting off of the terri tory in the center of the city from the Fair street school to the Hillhouse school.
 Fourth-The reduction of the number of pupils In the Lowell district afford ing immediate relief, and saving rent for an outside building for kindergar- ten purposes.
 Fifth-Affordng better school accom- modations for children living in the territory between Orange street and Prospect street.
 Sixth-Furnishing better acconlmo- dations for the children living in the territory north of Grand avenue now in the Wooster district
 Seventh-The small relief that would be furnished the Webster, Dwight and Winchester schools, all of which need reliei.
 Now, as to the additional use that could be made of the Hillhouse build- ing after a period of three or four years, we will say: To this building could be sent for some years to come all of the children who would increase the numbers in the Wooster and Eaton districts. The entire seventh and eighth grades of the Eaton school could be accommodated at the Hillhouse school thus accommodating 15O additional children from the Eaton school as that part of the city may increase in popu- lation and require additional school fa- . cilities
 All of the eighth grade of the Dwight } school could be accommodated at the Hillhouse school, and an eighth grade room be opened in the Roger Sherman } school to accommodate children living in the western part of the Tenth ward or in the part remote from the Hill- house school. One additional room l could also be utilized by the transfer of children from the higher grades of the Winchester district 7 Children then from three additional rooms at the Eaton, from one at the Winchester, from one at the Dwight 7 could go to the Hillhouse, making with the nine rooms already occupied four teen rooms used for elementary school
 purposes.
 There is no doubt in my mind that !, within three years after the Hillhouse
 building was made vacant as a high school, if the erection of the new high , school were begun next spring, every , available room would be in use for primary and grammar school purposes.
 have never known of a city school , building too large. I have known of , many too small
 I have little doubt that the parents ! of one"half the children attending the
 Dixwell avenue school would prefer to r send them to HiIlhouse in spite of the
 distance, rather than continue them in the Dixwell This transfer would fill 2 two additional rooms at Hillhouse, g making eleven rooms which could be , immediately and profitably used r As a summary: If the Hillhouse building were available now, we could use at once nine rooms for primary 3 and grammar schools and relieve over- crowded grammar schools, and prob- ably two additional rooms making 9 eleven in all.
 Within five years, in my Judgment, every available room in the building would be in use. Yours respectfully, c. N. Kendall. Supt. of Schools The superintendent also made the fol-
 lowing report: I report that the schools
 were closed on the afternoon of Octo- Der 19 on account of the storm
 I present the following statistical re-