The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-12-06
Board of Education.

An adjourned regular meeting oI
the Board of Education was held in
the Council Room on Friday evening,
Nov 30, 1919, at 8 p. NJ, with Presi.
dent Salmon i'll the chair aud the fol.
lowing members present; Mrs. Prall,
Mrs. Scobey, Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Reilly,
Mr., Gibbs and Mr.. Knchline.
The Building Committee reported
that they had asked an architect to
fuinish plans to come within the ap-
preparation of SIS, 900. 90 and present
cd tentative plans for the considera-
ton of the Board.
After II careful study of the plans at
hand and on motion of Mr.. Gibbs the
Committee and Mr.. Dibble were in
slructed 10 continue To secure plans
along lines suggested at this meeting.
The Committee reported that re-.
ply had been made To the letter from
the Citizens Committee and on mo-.
ton 1t was ordered that II copy of this
reply be spread on the minutes. The
letter follows:
To THE CITIZENS Committee.
LAMBERTvILLE, N. j.
GENTLEMEN;-Th honest effort of
this reply to your petition will be to
answer your fonr items without evas-
ION or indirectlon. 10 is hoped that
in digesting it Your Committee will
keep in mind, the following, to wit: -
First That the original demand
for new school facilities for Lambert.
vile, came, first to our predecessors
and later To us, M an order from the
State.
Second. That our predecessors had
progressed further on their building
plans than we have on ours, and with
out any objection or remonstrance
from the townspeople.
Third. That the present Board
made bold to question the former
Boards plans aud began and com
pleted detailed investigation Of the
school accommodations aud condi-
lions in order to arrive at definite
plan to meet mbertvile's needs.
Fourth. That the result of this ex.
tended work was the decision 10 equiu
the schools, in all the grades, ns re-
quired by the State. II was at this
point that the Board became divided
in opinion as TO the bill as II site.
Fifth. After the decision 10 nban-
don the hill aud as soon as we had
agreed to purchase down. town site
the Board were at once confronted
with citizens protests and are now
questioned not only as 10 the site bnl
also as TO the necessity for the new
buildings az well as to the obligation
to comply with the State law which
requires Council TO furnish such funds
az the Board of School Estimate have
determined and called for.
1t will be easily seen that with the
State, on the one hand, insisting upon
the improvements, under penalty oil
Withholding its yearly appropriation
Of nearly 80, 10000, and on the Other
hand, the citizens Directing TO the
Boards site choice as well as the
States law concerning fund raising, Il
statement OF the Boards position,
which can be easily comprehended, is
extremely difficult to make,
Let us insist, then
First. That the State demands
new school facilities under penalty OF
NltHuTuWhl VI JehIiy APPROPRIATIONS
Of almost 100000
Second. That the State Depart
ment has from the first urged, 10 the
point of insistance, that the binding
be taken of the hill.
Third. That the State regulates by
law the manner OF building all school
houses to the smallest detail refusing
to permit the use OF such buildings at
do not conform to its building code.
Fourth. That the law definitely
provides that after the Board ol
School Estimate has fixed the amount
the Council must provide such funds,
and, further. goes so far as TO dictate
the way in which Council shall pro.
coed TO secure such funds
Fifth. That the present Board pro
poses to provide buildings according
to the States requirements; to erect
them according to the States rules
that they may not be condemned