The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-03-09
The Public School
System of kenneWiCk

rhoe. who looking up a location
!, vbich to build a new home and
auc..e their children always an1'
,.u,ly inquire about the educa-
j ,;op.l facilities in the town in
-bich they cast their lot, and Ken
..v;ck, in this respect, offers ex-
,.otiopal facilities. The citizens
3 xeunewick and vicinity have
.ver been on the alert to keep the
.chools apace with the growing
chool population, and have laid
(he foundation for a magnificent
cbool system, which in few years
=, compare favorably with the
2Ntem. in our largest cities.
In the Fall of Ieo2, the Public
schools Of Kennewick opened with
n enrolment Of eleven pupils. Be-
ore the end of the school term in
lie Spring Of 1908 the enrolment
b,d increased to over eighty and
mo teachers were employed. The
Pail Of 1903 the school opened with
n enrolment Of over ninety pupils,
md during the winter it became
Necessary to employ an additional
eacher, making three in all. The
Fall Of 1904 four teachers were en-
ployed, and before the close of the
ehool term, 1905, it was found
necessary to employ the fifth.
The present enrolment OF the
Public Schools of Kennewick is,
approximately, $50 pupils, and
i've teachers are severely taxed to
properly instruct the army Of
oung people who are in regular
bttendance.
10 provide school facilities for
he ever rapidly increasing school
opulation, the Board of Directors
Kennewick district have
sef been at their wits end.
ss.lIS94, under the old irrigation
yssem, a school building was
aectsd At cost of over 81, 900 in
Vhich were contained two magnifi-
eut school rooms on the first floor
nd one on the second. During
he discontinuance of irrigation,
Fhen the old ditch company be-
Aue insolvent. the population dis
ersed and this school building
4 TODD practically empty. At the
eginning Of the second settlement
nder the magnificent irrigation
Enterprise created by the Northern
iclhc Railway Co., we were for
q mate in having ample school facil-
rs a the onset. The two rooms,
anely, one above and one below,
'sre partitioued, and four rooms
: nov being conducted in the
school building. But as this
hlled to overflow long ago, an
asional room has been secured
the School Board.
Last fall it became evident that
Y School Directors must secure
a0luonal rooms, and the school
s'''ct was consequently bonded
Tue sum of SIC, 900 for the build
! and equipment of the new
[l'0l ouildirg. At special elec-
= over 200 votes were cast, and
" three votes cast against the
'no issue, showing how unani-
'us the people were in favor of
measure, and the interest thew
~ the upbuilding of our pub
.oools. A school site has been
'u'eo npon which the new build
VIII be erected, and work upon
"nstruction will soon be COM
aeed. The object is to make
building the nucleus of a CEN
e'sh school for the whole dis
~ The new building will coz
: = humber of rooms, so arrang-
~! additions can be made to it
ps future, and before it will. be
~. r.'eo 1t will undoubtedly cost
10000. 1t will be one of
NJ. '' medern school buildings
" sas section Of the state.
!. "'.s tall it is calculated that
ae or ten te,oh. =,
:. and that the school popu-
< u regular attendance will be