Putnam patriot., 1909-12-17
Special csaaltsee ea hish School.
NEW BUILDING RECOMMENDED


 For nearly two years discussion has been going on in regard to the unfit ness of the present High School build ing to meet the needs of the tncrcased and increasing number of pupils. Va rious suggestions were offered. until finally 1t settled down to either en ad- dition to the present structure or an entirely new building. Aspccial conn., mtttee was appointed to settle the Ques- ton finally. Following Is their report: To the seicctmen of tho Town of Pu,nsm: Gentlemen; Al ths annual town meet Ina held on the hrst Monday cf octohsr, 1909, the suoecfibsrs hereto, toect her with William g. JoAnson, who has ever since been abeeut from this State, were appointed by the town to act as . com mittee with the following authority. 'sro take up and investigate the quss. tion of further accommodations for both the High school and the Grammar schools of this town. such committee to have the full power so investigate the question of the purchase of real estate to be used for school purposes and have the pans submitted by the committee sp- pointed in 1908 brought down 10 a more detailed basis, or to make new pisus, and to ascertain the cost et the purchase of such land and the building of such build ing and the making of such changes as said committee shall recommend; said committee to report to the town al . flu. ture meeting to be held not later than January 10. 1910, the results of their do. ings, with their recommendations in de- tall, thst the proper appropriations may be made; and the said committee Is re. quested 10 give the matter of the sewer sgc for all the school buildings especial attention.n
 This committec met almost immediate iy sfter its appointment and necessarily, in accordance with the spirIt Of the re. port of the committee appointed at the previous annual town meeting in 1908, I reviewed in detail all of the suggestions and recommendations made by that com | mittee and made personal examination of the conditions as they exist at our High school and at our Smith street | school and at our Issael Putnam school, with reference to the sanitary condition | and genera. appearance of the buiidingn | as we'll ss the necessary accom mmodation
 
 members of the committee iniormjur themselves 30 far as possible, In detail, ss 10 the actual conditions in all respects | which might affect their opinion in re . gard to school accom- modations. and n we have gone over the same ground sa that covered by the former committee this report may in many respects bc an sfiirmance of the report of that commit. tee.
 The former committee reported two very material facts.
 l l. That the present accom- modations for the High school arc inadequate. 2 That the Israel Putnam school is overcrowded In the lower grades and there Is no available space in the build.
 ing to relieve the congested condition and this condition is rapidly growing | worse
 These two facts this committee una nj -
 mously and emphsticstiy substsntiatss,
 and these two facts are to a large extent the basic lectures of this report.
 This committee has reviewed the ques- tion Of additions and alterations to our
 present High school building. We have examined the facis and figures submitted
 by the architects to the former commiltes and we lind that the cost Of the necessary alterations in making our present High school building fit for the uae of the town for the next few years to be 90 large and so near to the amount required for .
 first class new High school building to accommodate our scholars for . long period of lime thsi 1t would be decided. l ly unbosiDessiike proposition to remodel the old High school building. We there.
 fore think that the question of sddiog to or altering our old High school building
 for Higa school purposes should be sbso.
 lutely dropped from consideration by the
 voters Of the town. Moreover, ws are already sadly in need of athletic and ex. ercise grounds for the High school scholars. and the necessary addition to our present building would sacrifice so
 much of our present grounds that the scholars would have little room for prop. or exercise except In the public highwsys. We have carefully gone over the ground and endesvofsd to look st the situation from all stsndpoints end this committee unanimously recommendsi l l. Tbst the town shaii acquire for school purposes the whole of the so. called | Nfghii0gsis lot. bounded nosthssly by Pros sidenco stFsst. sastsrly by school ttreet, southsriy by various owDsrs, snd westerly by the Faiirosd.
 l Thst tho town shall boIld . new High school baiidtng ou said lot, sub. ssantiaIiy in arcordancs with ths plano submitted by the former commiitss and substa nsiaiiy in accordance with tho plane l and specifications submittsd by Edward l. Wtlson, Architect, at . cot of sppsoxi. matsty Fifty-nve Thoussnd Dollsss, spd that vhsn the bsildine shall bs buiIt in aceososnos with said plsns ths ninth | grads shaII - taken iron the 0rommar schoois and placed in qaastsn 10 shs ssw Hish school bsiidiess end C ssosssasy shst the eighth grade ip shs 0nmmar schoois shell bs tsssts1 iiksuiss.
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