The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-23
OVERFLOW 0FSCHOOL
NO RELIEF AT sAYRE STREET NEXT
 YEAR.
Children Are to Be Assigned to SubuF- ban Schools Until New High School Building Is Com-
 ple4ed.

The overflow of pupils at the Sayre street school during the next scholas- tic year, will probably be distributed among the three new suburban school buildings completed for the city last year.
 This statement was made yesterday by Alderman Gaston Gunter Chairman of the School Committee of the City l Council. in response to an inquiry b2 1 The Advertiser which sought informa- ton for q prominent citizen who is a l patron of the Savre street school.
 It will be remembered that at the beginning of the school term last year 1t was found necessary, owing to the diIapidated condition of the Chiffon building, an annex of the Sayre street school house. to rent residence adja- cent to the Sayre street school for the accommodation of the overflow of pu- pills. At that time 1t was announced that before the school year was over the City Council and the School Board expected to make arrangements for the perrnanent accommodation of children who patronized the sayre street school
 The school year will come to a close this week and no permanent arrange ment has been made. The children are crowded in the rented residence which Is poorly heated and ventilated and
 
 to this sort of treatment are greatly in- terested in what is to be done about these conditions.
 The letter which brought out the statement from Chairman Gunter of the Schools Committee is as follows: Editor The Advertiser:
 "WIll you tell me what is being done by our City authorities to relieve the congested condition prevailing at the Sayre Street School? I have two children that have been attending that school for several years, and felt very much relieved last year when they IT, nally decided to abandon the old Chill ton College building on account of It's insecurity.
 ''They deferred action, however, so long that the best they could do ore lieve the situation at that time, was to rent a small dwelling house across the street. One of my children Is assigned to this rented dwelling house. The room in which he sits. with twenty three others. IS very small and there fore exceedingly crowded.
 There Is only about four months time now, in which to prepare for ber- ter accommodations for the next ses- sion. have watched the papers care fully, but have seen nothing of any move that Is being made by the City Council or School Board to provide comfortable quarters TOT the CnlluTeH during the next scolastic year. There is no question but that more room IS urgently needed and the time Is get ting very short. Something should be done and done at once. The condl- tions demand 1t.
 Patron
 Speaking of the conditions at the Sayre street schools Chairman Gunter said that no one denied that they should be improved and improved as speedily as possible.
 But" said MT. Gunter. Tt must be borne in mind that the city has had much to do in connection with the im- provement of it's schools. We have erected three handsome school houses. in West End. in South Montgomery and in Highland Park. We are about to have $75,O00 placed at our disposal from the sale of bonds. With this money we expect to build a girls and boys high school at the corner of McDonough and Scott streets This will give gus another grammer school on south Law renee street where the Girls High School is now working. With this Lawrence street school we will be able to relieve the congested conditions at the Sayre street schoool.
 "As the new school building at Mc- Donough and Scott streets will not be ready for us before eight or ten months