El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-17
Submitted To the School
Board Last Night.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS
To Be Erected And Improvements To
Be Made By the Expenditure Of
the $4,000 Recently Voted TO the
City Schools.-Interesting Dis
cussion Concerning the Report.

cussion Concerning the Report.
The school board met in special ses-
sion last night with all members of the
board except Mr.. Pew present. Mayor
Magoffin, County Judge Harper, and
others we're present also.
The meeting was held for the pur-
pose of receiving more complete and
explicit report from the external COM
mittee relative to the new school edi-
ed. The report was read by DR.. Race
as follows:
Ell PAso, Tex, Jan. 16. 1899.
To the Honorable School Board
Your external committee, to whom was
referred the question of the distribu-
ton of the bonds recently voted for
school house beg leave to report:
First. We find that the colored chill
dren are amply cared for in the Doug
lass school, and that no money will be
needed to be expended upon this build
ing, except small amounts, perhaps, in
the way of repairs and plumbing.
Second. In regard to the Mexican
children, that Is, those who do not
speak English, and who have not been
assimilsted into the public school
work, we recommend that q building
to cost no more than six thousand
dollars (s6, 0OO) be erected. which We
think will build six room building
and will accommodate three hundred
5000 pupils. It il the idea of the
school board to force the Mexican
children into the public schools
when they arrive at fourth grade and
above that. and not to retain Sc
parate school system for the Mexicans
after this period. We estimate that 1t
Is costing st least seven or eight
thousand dollars for the education of
the Mexican children alone, and hav-
ing in view the pressure brought upon
the school treasury for the education
of the Mexlcsns, we do not believe
that more can be done than this In
Third. Second ward. We recon-
mend for the second ward so called,
that is the district south of the T. &
p. railroad track and east of Ell Paso
street, q school building OF six rooms
to cost no more than eight thousand
dollars l$9, O0O.00) for the bare build
ing. This will accommodate three
hundred 1900 pupils. We find, after q
careful study, that there are two hum
dred and thirty-ive (235) pupils en-
rolled in the public schools from this
district, of which forty-seven
(4O are attending the sixth
only one hundred and eighty-eightQ88)
pupils to be accommod ated by this
building, and we have arranged for an
increase of one hundred and twelve
(1l2) or more than fifty per cent (5O)
increase. We believe that when this
district shall have outgrown this school
tt will be proper to locate another
building between that and the Frank
lin school. to accommodate such in
crease, say in theineighbOrhoodo of Fifth
and Kansas sire: ID
Fourth. Mesa school-We find that
there are four hundred (4O0) children
enrolled north of the 8. p. tracks, of
whom about two hundred and forty
(24O) are in the Mesa school and the
balance are distributed among the
other buildings. In view of the rapid
building up of this section, and the
rapid increase in the scholastic popu-
latiOn. that an addition of four rooms
be made to the Mesa school building,
or better, six rooms, if there are suff-
cient funds for this purpose. There are
almost as many children in this dis
trict that as sent to the other build
iDgs, are In the district south of the
T. & P. track.
Fifth. High school-We recon-
mend that no appropriation be made
for q high school building at this time,
because there is no land 'on which it
could be erected. We are of q decid-
ed opinion that a separate high school
building should be erected, but this
will have to wait until subsequent
time. We recommend that the
board urge the city council to provide
q suitable location for q high school
building, expressing a preference for
the Upper Park, block 8 of Harris ad-
dition, If the same will meet the ap-
proval of the city council. We
think that the next vote for school
building. Eshould include a reason
able amount for high school build
ing.
Sixth. We recommend that ten thou
sand dollars $4,000 0O) be- reserved
q 0eoe eeo eeo eVo eoo cd 40 49, eee eeeeeoe