Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-07-14
DEBT IS NOW $4,000
Excellent Condition Of School
District No. 2
More Accommodat Needed In South
ern sectlon-Smokers Hereafter Barred
from Athletic Teams.

More Accommodations Needed In South
ern sectlon-smokers Hereafter Barred
from Athletic Teams.
Printed reports Of the prudential COM
mittee, treasurer and supervisors of
school district No. are being circulated.
They contain some important material,
which Is summarized herewith.
The report of the prudential commit
tee mentions certain changes in the
teaching force and refers in common
datory way to the reports of the prin-
cipal and the various supervisors 1t
mentions the resignation of Mrs. James
p. Elmer. who has taught in the high
school 80 years and two terms, and In
Inmates that whether the resignation
VIII be accepted depends upon what ac-
ton Is taken at the coming school meet
ing relative to teachers pensions. The
resignation Is the subject of another ar
ticle In this paper. In view of the fact
that definite action will be taken in the
matter of medical inspection in the
schools the committee quotes the pro-
visions of the recent Act of the legsa-
ture and recommends favorable action.
1t Is characterized as "commendable and
calculated to improve the health of the
children in our community"
Relative to the need of more accom-
y
grades in the southern part OF the dis
trict the reporA says: THE building on
Washington street has been crowded the
past year, necessitating the sending of
some of the children to other schools
The same conditions will prevail in the
year to come only very possibly in a
more marked degree. owing to the cree
ton of the cotton mill and the conse-
quent Increase of population Our first
intention was to ask you to appropriate
sum of money at the annual meeting
sufficient to build a schoolhouse further
south than the one on Washington
street. in order to meet this need. But,
on second thought, we have deemed 1t
wiser to wait little, since at present
we are not sure as to the best place
for the location of this building, nor the
probable number of scholars for whom
TO provide. We may need two or three
rooms, instead of one room, when the
time comes to decide; and, this being
the case, we prefer to let the matter
remain in allegiance for the present. and
to call special meeting of the dis
trict when we shall have definite plan
to present Meanwhile, If we employ
the requisite means of transportation,
there will be ample room for all chill
| dren from this part of the district in
| our present school buildings: for, ac-
cording to the careful estimate of the
supervisor they will easily accommodate
at least so additional children of the
primary grades and $50 children Of the
upper grades. Thus there is no like
lihood of any child being deprived OF
school privileges, during this interval
while the inconvenience of attending a
school remote from home is merely tenn
porary."
During the past year several rooms
were equipped with adjustable desks and
hardwood floors were laid in the ninth
| grade room and room adjoining. As.
phalt walks before various buildings
We're renewed at a cost of about $500
Books, supplies and materials were
bought with due regard for economy
Various repairs will have to be made
the coming year. New furnaces will be
installed In the Canal street school tc
replace those HnD>hen the building
VIII De ern, equipped
| with INN n order that
| the halls nav he heated
| with radiatOrs!Se~eral rooms in the
high school building will be done over
adjustable desks provided for two rooms
and for the High street primary building
and the retaining walls in front of the
| high school lawn and the steps leading
to the sidewalk need to be readjusted
Further reference is made to the need
| of adequate salaries for teachers and
supervisors.
OF money received $4,000 has been
placed in the sinking fund, to be APP
piled to the payment of the Canal
| street schools bonds at maturity. The
| sinking fund now amounts to $4,000
| leaving as the entire Indebtedness of the
| district $4,000 which can be met in the
next four years If $4,000 be set aside each
year. In order to meet the expenses
referred to, including the pension ac-
| count medical inspection and reserva-
| ton of $4,000 for the sinking fund, the
committee recommends a 62-cent tax on
| the grand list.
Principal f. B. Smiths report men
tons the fact that during the past year
40 graduates attended college, technical
| school or university. There were 81 tu-
tion pupils in the high school. The in
come TO the district on tuition account
was 1854 The athletic and gymnasium
| work is reviewed and the statement
made that the money invested in that
work has been wisely spent. Mr.. Smith
says he has been studying the problem
of tobacco and the immature boy and
! that hereafter the boys must refrain
| from smoking or they will not be al
| lowed to take part In the athletic work
An appeal Is made to the alumni to
work for a gymnasium under the control
| of the school authorities.
Among the many interesting things In
the report of Miss Florence NJ. Well
man, supervisor of grades, it Is stated
that fire drills have been systema-
tized so that the high school building
can be cleared In three minutes and the
| Canal street building in one minute A
card index system of registration in the
grades has been adopted, showing all
necessary data about each pupil, In
Guiding scholarship rating. Miss Well
man urges medical inspection. Salts
factory progress is shown in the reports