The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-13
Plans for New School Buildings
DiScu SSed

In the assembly hall of the Y. M. c. A.
on Tuesday last plans for the betterment
of school houses, and other matters per
tanning to the school system IN vogue,
was discussed by the Improvement com
| mlftee, trustees and school commission
| ers.
President Motter, at whose request the
conference was held in opening it stated
that he was in entire sympathy and ac-
| cord with the movement, and intended to
devote his best efforts to making it a
success. He hoped, he said, that the
work might be begun, carried through
and ended in peace and harmony, and
for this reason he thought it well to Sc
cure the opinions of persons interested in
the matter. As Frederick districts rep
reSentative on the school board, he said.
he supposed he would have general
charge of whatever might be done. and
he wanted the cooperation of the public
in the work. He intended, he said, to 90
to York, Pa, to inspect a modern school
building at that place, and the following
day would go to Gainesville, Md, to in
spect new building there which is
claimed to be model school building.
Later, he will go TO Martinsburg, w. Va.
for the same purpose, and he would be
pleased, he said, to have members of the
citizens committee and school trustees
accompany him on these trips.
In a general discussion of the school
situation in Frederick and the best steps
to take to remedy it, it developed that
opinion among those at the conference
was strongly in favor OF the erection of a
new building for the Boys High School
and the schools for boys in the higher
grades preferably on site in the western
part of the city, and the establishing of
schools for the lower grades of both boys
and girls. one in the northern and one in
the southern section of the city, leaving
the present building on East Church
street for the use of the Girls High
School and the higher grades for girls
This plan would give a coeducational
system for the smaller children, separat-
ing the boys and girls as they reach the
higher grades. 1t would also relieve the
congestion which is beginning to cause
trouble in the East Church street school.
In carrying out this plan, one of the i'm
provemcnts contemplated is the instala-
ton of ventilation system in the East
Church street school. For the northern
school, it is believed that the North Mar
ket street building could, by remodeling,
be made suitable. The South street
building, however, would probably be
abandoned, and new building erected
in that section of the city, after the prin-
cipal new building, for the larger boys,
has been erected.
While it is believed that all of this can
be accomplished with the fund of S75.-
600 provided by an act OF the Legislature
at its late session, President Motter
pointed out that the maintenance of an
additional building would add consider
ably to the cost OF running the schools,
and the 500, 600 per year now at the dis
posal of the school board was barely
sufficient, he said to meet its expenses.
1t was suggested that the reassessment
soon to be made, by increasing the tax
able basis, would probably remedy this
difficulty
In the course of the discussion, Presi-
dent Motter stated that, under the new
High School law enacted at the late SEES
sion Of the Legislature Frederick county
would lose all of its High Schools except
the two in Frederick and those at Bruins
wick and Middletown. The others, he
said, did not have a sufficient number of
pupils to entitle them to be recognized as
High Schools and receive the aid given
by the State for the support of such
schools The two schools in Frederick
will belong to the first class and those
at Brunswick and Middletown to the
second class. The schools in the first
class will receive s.. 500 per year from
the State, and those in the second class,
81, 500.