El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
PROPOSED
School Board Will Ask the
Council For the Site
NEAR BUCKLER SQUARE
At Its Meeting On Thursday Might
Pressing Need For More School
Room Only Ten Days Vacation

Pressing Need For More School
Room Only Ten Days Vacation
At the Christmas Holidays
At the meeting of the school board
last night it was decided to take ag-
gresive action in securing site for a
new high school building. The site op-
posite Buck Ter Square was thought by
all the mem bers to be the most desir-
able and the most available. Inc
board, including Superintendent Put
nam, will appear before the city coun-
ell on Thursday night and present the
matter to the city fathers.
The matter of a new school site was
broue hit up by Superintendent Putnam
after he had read his report to the
board. Mr.. Putnam said: "1he ne
cessity for securing a new school site
is very pressing one. The growth OF
the city demands more school room.
There are in the present school build
inps only three unoccupied rooms, and If
all the children now on the waiting
liet had been accommodated one OF
there would have been filled.
1.-THE average daily attendance dur
ing the month of November this year
was two hundred greater than for tn g
came month Last year. If the increase
continues in the same rstio next year
we will have more children on our
hands than we can accommod ate, US
ing all the rooms.
1.-THE necessity for high school
building becomes greater each year.
The possibility for using the Central
school building for this purpose is not
to be considered. the march of bust
ness is likely to crowd us out OF here
entirely in q few years.
"The ideal site for high school
building that would be credit to the
city is the one opposite Buckler
Square. Geographically it is in the
center of the city. 1t is high and
clean. A good building erected upon
it could be seen from all parts of the
city aud would be An ornament and q
credit to It,"
The members of the board heartily
concurred with Mr.. Putnam. Mr..
Martin said that promptness in secur-
ing this site would probably mean q
great saving to the city and the board.
The board, he said, had made q mis-
take in not securing the ground back
of the Central school and the half
block adjoining the Alamo school site.
Both of these pieces of ground had in
creased wonderfully in value since the
l,oa rd had on oDportupitv IN purcha 40 |
them and the board had lost money by |
not buying them, even for speculative
purposes. The value of all land avail
able for school sites is increasing SO
rapidly that the sooner sites are Sc
cured the more money will be saved.
The question of the title to thu pro-
posed site was discussed and it was de-
,ided to 60 before the council and get
the site if possible; then to get the
title. Upon Mr.. Pew's suggestion it
was decided to ask Judge Kemp to look
the title to the land Immediately.
The city now owns the proposed site
out the title Is not clear because of
claim held against it by Nil ard Pat
,erson. The selection Of this site
would save the city the expense of pur-
chasing new land.
When the meeting of the board was
jailed to order all of the mem bers were
present except Mr.. Foster. Superin-
endent Putnam repor ted that the total
enrolment of the schools for th e month
If October was 1873; the average daily
attendance 1853. For the month Of
November the enrolment was 1721 and
he average attendance 1856. The
chools are practically full. In some
Waiting list. There is seating capacity
.ttendance last month.
anne up for discussion. Superintend-
at Putnam said he had put the ques-
ion of one or two weeks vacation be
Nineteen voted for two weeks, eleven
oted for one week and seven had no {
hoice as to the length of the vacation
The superintendent and members of
he board thought that two weeks
ar into thghot weather and that it
vas better to have one week, or from !
friday. December %, to Tuesday,
mously decided.
The superintendent reported the
objection of $4S tuition for the month !
+ October and S42 for the month of J
November.
Bids for coal and wood were opened.
The FL Paso Fuel company's bids Oh
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