Imperial Valley press., 1910-07-16
CONSIDER PLANS FOR
 NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Central Union District Trustees ASk. for Building Designs
 of Mission Type,
Would Call Special Election During Ensuing Fall to Vote on Proposition of Issuing Bonds for Seventy five Thousand Dollars for First of Group of Arcade Connected Structures.

A $75000 high school building and equipment for the Central Union High School is the plan of the trustees of this district.
 This project, which has been under consideration for several months past was definately formulated at a meet ing of the trustees of the union high school district held in Fl Centro last Saturday. The trustees feel that the movement should now be gotten un- der way, so that ample time will be allowed for carrying out the various legal phases, which would include the submission of proposed plans, the making of estimates, calling of a special election during the ensuing fall, sale of bonds, awarding of con- tracts, etc, so that the building may be erected and in readiness for use at the opening of the school year in the fall of 1911. Experiences of other school districts have indicated to this board that the time allotted is none too long for the results desired.
 The Central Union High School district owns tract of ten acres in the Balcom tract, west of the Date canal about 500 feet and on a line with Orange avenue, which will be the site of the proposed new school Building. The trustees are also ne- gotiating for the purchase of an ad- ditional ten acres to be used for ag- ricultural experimental work as the school develops.
 At Saturdays meeting Prof. B. c. Nichols was instructed to secure plans for a high school building, preferably of the mission type, and so arranged that groups of story buildings may be erected to be connected with arcades. The proposed plan is to se- cure a design so that buildings may be added as needed without marring the symetrical effect of the whole
 When the Balcom tract passed into the hands of w. T. Bill some slight changes were made in the lines of the subdivision and as soon as the school trustees receive a deed to the land as replatted they will proceed with tree planting on the new cam pus, so that there may be a good tree growth by the time the new building is completed.
 At Saturdays meeting of the trus- tees Miss Edna M. Osborn was elect ed member of the high school fac Hlty. This is the only change in the faculty for the ensuing year. Prof. B. c. Nichols will continue as prin- cipaL His splendid work the past two years has placed the Central Union High School in a leading place among the high schools of Southern California. He will teach mathe- matics. Miss Sue M. Gregory will teach Spanish and English; Miss Eva Hunter will teach science and nfath- ematics; Miss Helen " Campbell will teach history and English; Miss Gar net Davis will teach drawing; Miss Osborn will teach Latin. Miss Os- born, who is a graduate of the Uni versity of California, has been teach ing in the high school at Fillmore.
 The ensuing year will bring to the Central Union Hign School a large | freshman class and the senior class will be one of the largest in Imperial Valley. Plans have been made for the erecteion of temporary build Ing, 24x28 feet. in the rear of the school building, to be used as a chem ical laboratory This change will give more room in the main building. More laboratory equipment will be secured, and important additions are to be made to the school library.