The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-02-27
Board Of Education Has Figures
Prepared To Show Demand
for q New Building
CHILDREN DIVIDING TIME
Report Shows That Present Buildings
of the City Have No Seating
Capacity For 199 Children
Who Seek to Attend

regard to the building of a new school
on the southwest side Of the city, an
interesting report has been prepared
by Superintendent Zimmers and the
members of the Board of Education in
regard to the capacity of the present
school buildings in the city and the de-
mand for instruction with the present
population Of the city. The report
shows that the contention Of the mem
bers of the Board that new school is
now needed is based on facts. It is
shown in this report that the total
number Of rooms in the various build
ings of the city outside of the rooms
used for the High School department.
is fifty two. These fifty two rooms
have seating capacity Of 2080 children
and the reports of the teachers on Jan.
10, show that the number of children
now receiving instruction in the city
outside Of the High School departme nt
is 2279 This leaves 1919 children who
are now occupying basement rooms in
the different buildings or dividing time
at the different schools. There is no
contention in regard to the amount Of
room at the High School as it is certain
that the capacity Of this department
at this time is large enough for the num-
Der of pupils and it will be sufficiently
large to take care of the High School
students for several years.
In the graded schools the average en-
rollment per room is forty-two, but some
Of the rooms are crowded far above this
average. The primary room 9 the
Balm School with an enrolment of SO
children is now dividing time That
is half of the children attend the morn
ing sessions and the other half the af-
ternoon sessions. The primary room
in the basement OF the Deming school
has an enrolment of SO children who
divide time. One basement room is
used at the Durkee School with an en-
rollment of 81 children This report
would indicate that the schools could
at this time use four more rooms with
out any increase in the number of the
school children in the city. However
many of the members of the Board be-
lieve that it is just as well for the
primary rooms to divide time as many
of the children in these rooms are be-
tween the ages of four and seven years
and it is thought that half day of
school is enough for children of this
age. Some of the parents seem to take
the school as place for caring for
these small children but the Board will
not put itself out greatly to find more
room for such young children.
| A steady increase is being noted in
the number of pupils in the eighth
grade.
| At the present time there are %
pupils in the eighth grade at the Weis-
kopf school but it is regarded as a very
large enrolment and short time ago
there were but eight pupils in this
grade. AS some of these pupils live
as far north as the Sanitarium, it would
be almost impossible to send them to
the Central or Balm school in order to
secure another room for lower grades.
1t is certain from these figures that the
demand for new building will be an
insistent one before the end Of an
other year.