Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-15
ADDITION TO
HIGH SCHOOL
NOW NEEDED
Congested Conditions In Pub
lie Schools Will Necessi-
tate Another Building.
DESIRED STRUCTURE
WOULD COST $4,000
To Be Built Next Summer
Supt. ShuII and President
Sheehy interviewed.

In order to relieve the crowded
conditions which will exist at the
opening of the term of the public
schools next fall, an addition to the
high school, doubling the seating ca
pacity of that building and providing
for the reception Of at least nine
grammar classes will in all probable
ity be built this summer, was stated
today by ]. X. Sheehy, president of
the Board of Education, and S. E..
Shull, superintendent Of public
schools.
That the addition will be erected is
almost certainty, the only difficulty
being the lack of finances, which, it
is thought, can be remedied at con-
ference to be held in the near future
by the members of the school board
and the Board of Estimate.
Schools Now Crowded.
The erection of the new building is
made necessary by the enormous in
fiux not only into the high school, but
also the grammar school and all
other schools. At the present time
the high school is inadequate in seat
ing capacity. The grammar school is
overcrowded, and there is surplus
of pupils at schools No. 4, No. 5, No.
and No. 8.
At present there are 225 seats in
the high school auditorium. There
are 30S students in the building,
most of whom are seated two at a
desk. Figuring at the minimum,
there will be 425 pupils to accomo-
date in September. Not only is the
auditorium crowded, but the recita-
tion rooms are filled to their capac-
ity, and some little trouble is expert
enced in seating the pupils.
Surplus at Grammar School.
At the grammar school conditions
are equally as bad. There are thirty
children that cannot be Accommodated
with desks and they are compelled
to occupy chairs. Only six classes
will leave the building in June to en-
ter the high school, and no provision
can be made for the incoming classes
which number fifteen.
Because of the surplus of pupils at
school No. 4, the room formerly oc-
cupied as an Office was converted in
to class room yesterday to accom-
odate thirty pupils of the.first grade.
and there is still a lack of room at
that building. To relieve the con-
gestion at school No. 6, forty-four
pupils were transferred yesterday
from that building to school No. o,
which is also quite crowded.
High School Addition.
With the proposed addition to the
high school, Superintendent Shull
hopes to accommodate not only the
high school department, but also the
nine surplus classes from the gram
mar school. This will allow the
schools in the northern section of
the city to send some of the pupils
to the grammar school.
According to Superintendent Shull
the addition to the high school will
be made in the rear of the present
structure. The conditions are such
that the present auditorium could
not be enlarged, and it is Superin-
tendent Shull's plan to divide 1t into
class rooms and use the lower floor
of the new structure for an audito-
rum large enough to seat 500 pu-
pills. A building of this sort would
cost, approximately, $4,000.
President Sheehy said this morn
ing that although the time set for the
regular meeting of the board of es-
innate is in June, conference would
soon be held to determine upon the
sum needed for the erection of the
structure and method of acquiring
the appropriation.