The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
BOARD RECOMMENDS
MORE HIGH SCHOOLS
inspectors Favor One in East
and Another in West End
to Cost 100000


| 8 New heating plant in 8
| @ tive schools .......... $1,000 @
! g Other improvements in g
school buildings ..... $1,000 81
| 3 Total recon,raendations.ss1s,5oo
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Inc BOARD of school inspectors, at a.
! meeting held yesterday afternoon, voted
TO recommend to the city council the
| construction Ola number of new school
buildings, additions to others, and ex-
tensive improvements in a number of
the buildings already occupied. These
recommendations include only a small
portion of the improvements desired by
superintendent of Buildings Gerlach.
and 1t is believed that others will be
| added before the recommendations go
| to the council in the form of the budget
! allowance for the next school year.
That two new high school buildings
will be constructed there is little or no
DOUBT. The buildings viii not be ex-
pensive ones. the cost of each to be
about 100000; for which amount bonds
will be issued. One will be constructed
IN the east end of the city and the
| other in the west end. The other i'm
| ProNenentS recommended will be paid
LOT out OF the budget allowance unless
the appropriations are turned down by
| the council
Hancock Addition to Cost $37, 500
The most expensive of these i'm
pfoFements will be an eight room addf-
tlon to the Hancock school. This ad-
dltlon will be constructed in the most
| modern manner, and will cost in ex-
cess OF $37, 800. A new eight room
pulldlng, to be located in the Seventh
| Maro, IS Planned at a cost of $35 600
Two more new grade schools are also
| desired, but the board took no action
| on them yesterday. 1t is believed that
| Inc necessary appropriation for these
proposed grade schools will be included
In the budget before it goes to the
| council.
The members of the board were all
favorable to the plan for more build
| lnSs, out heSltated in taking action be-
! cause OF the expense and the fact that
the budget will be considerably in
! creased this year when compared with
the budget of last year.
I Supt. Gerlach informed the board
that new heating plants were an alb
solute necessity in number of build
ings and upon his recommended tons
the board included items for this class
OF Improvement aggregating $31, 0OO
| Inc heating plants and the cost will
be distributed as follows: Cleveland
| school, $4,000; Longfelow, $4,000; Rice,
| $5'000; Slbley, 1900, ana webster,
$500. The i.lstaiiaCion of flushing
| plants in the following school buildings
will cost in the aggregate 5000: Bak-
er, $4,000; Franklin, $4,000; German,
| $4,000; Jefferson, $4,000; Lincoln
| $4,000; Madison, $500; Monroe, $4,000.
| Maintenance a Little Higher
Another matter submitted to the
board yesterday was the question of
| teachers salaries, and other expenses
Incidental to the maintenance of the
| schools. The matter was not disposed
| of, however, and the items are not in
| Guided with those ready to be placed
in the budget. According to the esti-
| mate prepared by the board, the cost
| of maintenance, so. far as teachers,
janitors, engineers and school officials
| are concerned. will be some, but not
| much, greater than that of the last
| school year
The estimate for the school year of
1904-5 provides for 633 teachers, whose
aggregate salaries will be $479,515. IN
Guided in this estimate is the cost of
substitutes and new teachers, for
which $500 is allowed. The salaries
| of officials will add $500 to this
| amount, and the salaries of the en-
| gineers and janitors will increase it
$4,000 more, making total cost for
this branch of the schools of $538, lis.
| Last year the aggregate amount paid
| in teachers salaries was $464, 1852,
| or 14765.31 less than is estimated for
| the coming year. Last year the eX-
pense for officials and for engineers and
| janitors was S53,25S.40.
Such other, expenses as fuel, insur-
ance mechanics and laborers have not
as yet been placed in the estimate, but
when the complete estimate is made it
is stated that the cost of the schools
for next year will be considerably in
| creased.
Attendance at Schools
A report prepared for the board and
showing the number of pupils that at
tended each school last year will also
be sent to the council. This report
shows that total of 1888 pupils at
tended the fifty-two schools last year.
Eight schools had an attendance of
more than LOCO pupils, the Franklin
leading with 1899. Other schools in
this class We're the Lincoln, with 1,155
| pupils; Cleveland grade, 1,29S; Van
Buren,, 1,O31; Central High, 1907; JEFF
ferson, 1,147; Mckinley, 1,019, and the
Madison with 1072 The schools show
| ing the smallest attendance were the
Davis and Mattocks, each of these
schools having but thirty-four pupils.
In view of the report submitted by
Superintendent of Buildings Gerlach
which contains a detailed account of
the repairs and improvements needed
in each school buiIding, it is probable
that the board will at some future
meeting make ETsequests for additional
appropriations in order that many OF
, these repairs might be made.
After considering the report the
board recommended improvements to
| the amount fs.S46 600 while Mr. Ger