The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20
ROOMS WILL Be CROWDED
Efforts to be Made to Take Care of
Fifty New Students Expected TO
Enter After the Easter Vacation
on Next Monday.

Members Of the Special Committee
of the School Board named to secure
additional quarters to take care of the
added pupils expected to come into the
schools at the close of the Easter va
cation were out on Thursday afternoon
looking for rooms to be leased by the
school board but nothing of a satisfac-
tory nature was found and it is poss
ible that there will be no more room
provided. The demand for more room
seems TO be at the Balm school one of
the largest buildings in the city and
the only available roog found was a
store building on Rowland avenue and
this is not in any way fitted for the
use of the children. In order to make
it possible for the. board to use this
room it would be necessary to spend
several hundred dollars in fitting it up
with desks and other equipment and
it would be impossible to have it ready
for use with the opening of the schools
on Monday. In addition to this it
would be necessary to employ teacher
to take care of the school and teach
ers are decidedly hard to find in Ken
osha at the present time. The mem
bers Of the committee feel that it will
be possible to find some way of getting
the children cared for until the end of
the present term. Less than two
months of school remain and it is
thought that by putting extra seats in
some of the rooms that it will be poss-
ible to make room enough to take care
Of the new pupils. The opening Of the
open air school on Monday will take
from the regular school rooms at least
thirty students, many of them in adj
vanced grades and with the room fur
nished in this manner and with a little
crowding it is thought that it will be
possible to take care of ALL
The money that would be spent in
fixing up a temporary school room
would be wasted as the equipment pur-
chased would be Of no value for use in
other rooms with the exception of the
desks. The increase in students fol
lowing the Easter vacation is estimated
at fifty and it should be possible to find
some place to put these children. 1t
may be necessary to do away with the
district lines a little in assigning the
pupils to rooms but with the good
weather coming it is not thought that
it will be a great hardship to the child
rem even if they are forced to walk a
mile to the school house. The mem
bers Of the board however, feel that
immediate steps must be taken to pro-
vide for more room before the opening
of the fall term. At the special meet
ing of the board to be held on next
Tuesday evening at which time Presi-
dent Thrienen will give out his list of
committees some plan will be announc-
ed to secure the building Of the addi-
tion to the Frank school and the board
will probably seek to secure the cree
ton of the building by some local con
tractor with the understanding that
the money for the work will be
paid after the new tax levy is made.
It is probable that, members Of the
council would be willing to guarantee
the payment Of this debt and at any
rate the board could make provisions !
for the funds needed at the time the
annual appropriation is asked from the
council. It is certain that this demand
will be larger than in former years as
the board will have many new expens-
es to meet during the coming year.