The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-02
ESTIMATES TOO LOW
New High School Building
Should Cost $4,000.
COMMITTEE so REPORTS
Superintendent Reports All
Schools Crowded.

Last night the regular monthly session
Of the board of education was held. 1t
had been definitely decided at a previous
meeting that $4,000 would be sufficient to
erect a high school building. The first
thing after roll call and approval of the
last meetings. minutes was the report Of
the judiciary committee. Mr.. COler L.
Sim made the report. He said that he
had consulted several builders and found
: that $4,000 would not erect building
that Wichita would need In the future
for high school purposes. He said it
would take $4,000 and that the present
assessment for city school purposes
would not allow the expenditure of that
amount. His report was accepted as the
judgment Of the board.
The other standing committees made
their reports. A great many bills were
presented and allowed. The board au-
thorized various repairs to be made and
sidewalks to be built where the walk
has given away by the Emerson school,
and also along the east side Of the Kel-
logg school grounds.
The l. c. Jackson Coal company was
given the contract to supply the schools
of the city with coal. There were bids
from four dealers and the board decided
on the lowest offer.
Superintendent Dyer had a very salts
factory report to make to the board. It
was as follows:
Report of superintendent to board of
education for the first three weeks of
the first month of school. October l,
1900
Gentlemen: The following report is
respectfully submitted for your consid-
Grafton;
Three weeks of the first school month
have passed. The enrolment presented
below indicates the number OF pupils en-
rolled up to Friday evening Of last week
a total of 409S which is 70 over the first
month in last year. At the close OF the
first month last year there were en-
rolled 1928
The high school has an enrolment Of
434, which is SO greater than the first
month last year.
1.-The opening weeks Of school have
been very satisfactory. The indications
are favorable FOR good year. Within
the month 1 have called at all the schools
once or more times. The usual visits for
inspection of work will begin next month.
Some crowded grades appear as follows
with no present relief in sight except
what ingalls, will offer to Washington:
Carleton c, 80; Carleton ?, 50; Emerson
o q.
logg 8. 81; Park 5. So; Park 4, 4S; Park 3,
30; Park >, IS; Irving Z, 30; Irving 3, 81;
Ingalls, and 3, Sc, and ingalls, and 5,
80. will be relieved by new building;
Washington 4, so, and Washington 8, &c,
viii be relieved some by ingalls,; Web
ster 3. s.
after the fair the entire attendance
viii be in, when II will be known if any
relief can be found for Park and Emer-
son by Webster.
your attention IS respectfully called to
the fact that there are now enough pu-
pills in Washington school to constitute
two new schools If we had the rooms.
Also the same is true of Park school
While one grade. the eighth is light IN
kellogg. all others are too large for any
combination with 1t. In grades and
there are nearly enough pupils to make
another school, We're there room. In the
second and third of Emerson there are
enough to establish another school were
there room.
Your special attention is directed to
the crowded condition of the high school.
At present every room is occupied and
the library is used for some recitation
work. The classes. especially the fresh
men classes, are larger, by many. than
they should be; some classes have over
fifty pupils The usual high school class
should not have over thirty for the best
work. This is especially true in the al
zebra and Latin classes. The only feas-
lble plan FOR temporary relief is as out
lined in the special report TO the board
touching the point. In the same report
Is mentioned the two conditions of per-
manent relief.
The new school on the West Side has
proved a popular school from the first
day. The relief. however. is temporary