Arizona republican., 1909-10-28
SCHOOL DISTRICT
 MATTERS DISCUSSED
IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT.
BSard Ready to Receive Offers of New
 Building Sites.

The best method of expending the election was the main topic of discus sion at the meeting of the city school board last night. Under the terms of the election the board finds it neces- sary to construct three new buildings and buy two additional sites for use when the Central school grounds shall have been disposed of-this contin- gency being a matter of the some- what distant future. It thus becomes necessary for the board to purchase ground for five school buildings-three of the sites for immediate use. Two small buildings will be con- structed south of Washington street, and one large building of IA to Is rooms will be constructed in the west ern part of town. somewhere north of Washington street. The two sites for future use are to be bought now, in order to avoid the great expense which would be entailed by buying blocks after they have been covered with buildings. These two sites will he east of Center street and north of Wash ms NOh- u 10 tilc WISH Ol tic OOdio that owners. or real estate agents rep resenting owners. who have eligible sites. shall submit offers at once to the members of the board, Dr. l.. D. Dameron. Clinton Campbell and Sims Ely. to either of whom written com munications offering sites may be ad- dressed. The board does not propose to pay more in any case than the sites are actually worth. and The Republi- can is requested to announce that fancy prices. submitted for the pur- pose of haggling, are not desired. The rock bottom figures in each case are desired in the first instance. After all prospective offers are in hand. the board will endeavor to make the best possible selections. locations and prices considered.
 Until it is known what the real es- tate will cost, the board cannot deter mine definitely how much money will be invested in buildings and equip ment. but it is expected that within a week architects will get sufficient information from the board to enable them to draw plans intelligently. It was decided at last nights meeting that competitive plans from architects will be asked for.
 Superintendent Loper reported that the attendance at the schools has in creased to such an extent that several rooms are badly congested. notwith- standing that the board had already engaged five extra rooms and em- ployed the necessary additional teach CTS. The basement of the Central Methodist church, South, probably will be rented for this purpose.
 The superintendent informed the board that 50 pupils have been exclud ed from the schools because they were suffering from trachoma. and the pu pills in several rooms have yet to be examined. In addition to these cases there are at least 250 cases under ob servation. many of whom will un- doubtedly develop trachoma. Some of the excluded pupils have been accept ed at the parschial school and the sup erintendent was requested to confer with Father Novatus, with the view ofobtaining his cooperation in exclud- ing contagious cases from the paro- chial school.
 It was brought to the attention of the board that the county physician is not handling porperly the trachoma rents. and that board will lay com munication on the subject before the county supervisors.