The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-17
SCHOOL
Growth of the City District is
Jumping Up by Leaps
and Bounds.
(By f. L. Burdatte.)

$1,000 By f. L. Burdette.)
i-For the information Of the-public
and especially for those living IN
the clarksburg school district, some
data as to the growth OF the schools
and Of school responsibility TO the
community are herein gwen.
Fourteen years ago there were
two school buildings in the entire
district. the present Central school
building on Hewes street., and a
building for colored schools on
South Chestnut street. Since that
time there have been erected at
public expense a building of four
rooms at Point Comfort, one OF six
rooms and assembly hall for colored
schools on Water street, one OF four
rooms at Alta Vista, the Garlic
building of eight rooms on Maple
avenue, the Pierpont building OF
eight rooms on West Pike street, a
two room building at the Monticello
brick works, and one OF four rooms
just now completed at stealey
Heights. These buildings were
erected at different times as the
growth Of the school population de-
manded and public revenues would
permit. During most of the time
other houses than these school
buildings owned by the public were
rented to take care Of the overflow.
Dwelling houses, store rooms, parts
of churches and rooms over places
OF business have been rented, and
these were at best poorly adapted
to the use of schools, and were gen
orally unsatisfactory. At present
eleven rented rooms and eight i'm
provised offices and divided school
rooms are in use.
The number OF pupils in actual at
tendance for each Of the last four
teen years was as follows:
1S96-97, 64S; -IS97-9S, 7O7;-
1SaS-99, 12S; $4,000, 7s6; 1900
Oh, sos; lSO1-O2. 1,044; 1sOa-OS,
1884, 10000, 1,4TS; 19O4-O5,
1,41S; 1sG5-O6, 1,4S2; 1sO6-O7,
1,6O2; 19OT-OS, 1873; 1sOS-Os,
1881; 1SOs-1O, 2,15O; 1901, to
date, 1893. From this data It will
oe observed that the increase in at
tendance in fourteen years was
1855, an average of 11S per year;
the increase for the last ten years
was 1,49L and average of 1897 per
year; and the increase during the
last five years was S71, an average
of ia per year.
The enumeration of youth between
the ages OF and 81 years for the
year 1861, fourteen years ago,
was Lab, that of 10000, ten
years ago, was 1855; that of 1906
O6, Ave years ago, was ALAS; that
CT 19Os-lO, the last enumeration.
one year ago, was 2.s43. This shows
in thirteen years an increase in
children Of school age of 1900; in
nine years an increase OF 1878;
md during the four years prior to
March, 1910, an increase OF 795.
In 1SS6-97 there were fifteen
school rooms in the c.arksburg
school district, each in charge of a
teacher. During the present school
year, 19lO111, there are GO teachers
each in charge of room; but two
of the number have only halliday
sessions owing to there not Being
enough rooms to accommodate all
the teachers with their pupils. In
addition 10 the So teachers in charge
iclf rooms there are now three spe-
clal supervisors, whose work is gem
eral Throughout the district.
In 1895 the assessed value OF
property for taxation was 81, O0s,-
26s; in 1900 1t was $2,17s.94s; in
1905 1t was $4,478,1 1856; in 1910 it
was $l6.SO2,OOO. As provided in
the special act for the Clatisburg
school district passed in 1897, the
school board was empowered to levy
for all school purposes not to exceed
75c on the one hundred dollars
valuation. At present the possible
school levies are regulated by the
provisions of the new tax laws en-