The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-31
SCHOOL BOARD OPINION,
MEMBERS OF BOARD MAKE PLAIN
THEIR POSITION ON THE SITE
PURCHASE QUESTION.
ARGUE IN FAVOR Of new SITE.
Give Strong Reasons Why People Of
District Should Cast Their
Votes for the Bonds.

Notices have been posted calling for
a special shcool election next Satur-
day, February 1st, at the school house.
Three notices have been posted, one on
the south door of the school house,
one at the post Office and one at the
corner of the Spokane Hotel, and a
copy of the same printed in the Oro-
vile Gazette. The object Of the elec-
tion as stated in the notices is to Sc
lect a high school site and to give the
board authority to issue bonds to pay
for the same. 1t should be understood
that no authority Is given the board be.
yond that specified in the notices as
now posted.
Everyone knows,at least II we can
see with our eyes, that we need addi-
tional school room. The stranger who
comes to our town with view of To-
eating here with his family will see
quickly that we lack school buildings,
and If he looks further will find that
we lack school equipment. He is very
apt to see as the state inspector of
high schools saw when here this
spring. This state official reported to
the accrediting board and to the board
of directors here that "the school
equipment is poor, the school spirit in
the town poor, not recommended" As
a result of this report we have no ac-
credited work in our schools. This Is
bad reflection upon the people Of
Oroville. We now have plan to elm
mate the difficulties If we can see
things with our eyes and not with our
prejudices.
The board estimated at the begin
ming of the school year, for building
and repairs, 5000, and the greater part
of this will be spent in paying rental
and repairing old buildings. Money
spent for buildings that do not belong
to the district is throwing money away.
Compare our school building and
equipment with that of other towns in
our county. Riverside has an elegant
new concrete building, Omak has q
new frame building. equipped in an up
to date manner, we'll lighted and heat
ed by fine hot water system. Omak
does not know the sound of a 10.
cOmOtive and whose sole wealth IL
the hopes and prospects of the adjoin-
ing orchard tracts. Yet these people
realizing the value Of good schools
and knowing that buildings and equip.
ment are necessary, have, with some
effort, eradicated their prejudices
their selfish interests, and personal
aggrandizements and have established
splendid central hign school, where
all grades are taught and four rura
schools for the convenience Of the
small children on the orchard tracts
system which we should follow
Twisp last year built a modern bricl
school. and Oroville with wealth of ont
half the Methow valley has stood still
The electors of the district shoult
keep In mind that the present grount
shall be retained and building kept IL
repair until such time as Is neces
sary to build a more substantial buitd
ing in its place. Where the conven
ience of a majority of the pupils re
quires that certain grades be main
tained there, 1t is the opinion OF tn
present board that it should be done
some of the lower grades should b
divided now. The primary room ha
about fifty pupils and 1t would be NOR
the present building and one on tn
other side of the track. Other grade
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