The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-06-24

comes very much greater. II Is to be
hoped that systematic plans for proyid.
ing the necessary money and for making
repairs promptly viii be adopted.
In order to provide additional sittings
It was decided 70 enlarge Schools Nos. 8.
g. Y, "A and 25 BY means of extensions.
The plots Of Schools Nos. 8 and 25 were
enlarged by the purchase of adjacent
land. n the case Of School 10. 9 an adj
titional story was added to the wings.
These extensions will provide thirty four
additional class rooms. besides providing.
in School No. 9. much needed room for
the work Of the Training School. Tie
new class rooms will seat about $500 pu-
pills. AS these extensions were begun
late, they could not be used in the fall,
as was contemplated when their erection
was suggested last winter. They viii,
however. be ready for use in the early
spring. except the extension Of School No.
8. which will not be ready before n II
September
As to New Buildings the superin-
tendent says
Under this heading it has been GUS
tonary to suggest needed new buildings
and Improvements. and in doing 50 to
describe frankly the conditions prevail
ing in the localities affected. As the
object of these suggestions is remedial
action on the part OF your Board and
other municipal authorities. reference 10
localities in which the sittings are ample,
or to the many commodious and attrac-
tive school buildings which We have ae-
quired from year to year has not SEEM
ed pertinent or necessary. While this
course must be regarded as proper in re
ports of this character, it must be feared
that some who are not familiar with the
facts, may not realize how satisfactory,
comparatively speaking, our school CON
ditions are or give sufficient credit to-
the city for the efforts it has made and
is making to supply the school demand
ed by the phenomenal growth Of the
school population. Since 1897, twelve
new large buildings and eleven temper
AIRY buildings have heen erected, and
three buildings have been enlarged, while
a new High School building, new School
No. /, and FIVE extensions are in course
of construction. Excluding the buildings
and rooms not yet finished the net IN
crease in sittings has been 1850. The,
character of the buildings and the equip
ment provided has, however, been SO
high as to give the city an enyiabie rep
utation for school construction. That
the efforts of the city to accommodate
IFS pupils are becoming more aud more
successful is shown by the fact that no
pupils have been refused admission for
the last two years, and that during the
same time no pupils have had a daily
session Of only two or three hours
While in the following discussion refer
ence will be made to Dart-time pupils
it must be remembered that all such
pupils have daily session Of four hours.
Not only has the city provided the inn
mense sum Of money necessary for the
erection Of 50 many new buildings, but it
has greatly increased its annual budget
on account Of the salaries of additional
teachers and other expenses of main-
tenance, and has, besides, annually made
a substantial increase in The salaries of
individual teachers.
'These evidences Of progress, thus
briefly presented, must be highly salts
factory TO the patrons and friends Of the
schools as they are to the school authofi-
ties