The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-14
ADVISES 46 ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ROOMS Superintendent of Schools In dicates Urgent Need of
 New Buildings. EXPENSE ESTIMATED
 AT ABOUT s230, ,OOo Attendance Has Grown 765 in Year = Where Schools
 May Be Built.

F'orty-six more school rooms which at the estimated cost of $5,0Oo, per room will mean an expenditure of $230.O00 will be recommended by Supt. Charles W. Deane at the meet ing of the Board of Education to- night. The growth of the city has far idistanced the public. school faci1- tiles and were it not for the fact that the parochial schools maintained by the Roman Catholic parishes take care of the grade instruction of near ly one third of the school children, the board would find itself in still greater straits in providing necessary training quarters and teachers
 At present there is left about $150.-l 900, part of the recent $200,0O0 bond issue for new school buildings and part of the one mill tax which the board of apportionment laid last year for new buildings The board will ask for the one mill tax this year which will mean about $120, ,000 and which with the unexpended ball. ance means about $270,000 that the board will have at its disposal for new school buildings. Concerning the situation N. w. Bishop of the school board said today:
 tsTShe board has bought land and has contracted Tor a, number of buildings but we are. still far from being caught up with the needs of the city for school buildings. We hope however to impress the S1tua-t ton on the public and during the next year to provide ampIa buildings in every district. You may be sure that the members of the board will give the recommendation of Super intendent Deane their earnest atten- tion.''
 Superintendent Deane says the most urgent need of relief is at the Clinton avenue school and he recom-. mends that a model school of eight rooms be built somewhere between Prospect Street school and Clinton avenue school. He also recommends six room addition to the Clinton avenue school to relieve conditions there.
 In part hte report which the su- perintendent will present to the board tonight follows:
 .sThe registration in the schools for the four weeks ending December 25, was 16,807; an increase of .719 over December 1913 Average daily att tendance, 15,90S; and increase of 765-.
 The Jackson school at Wordin and Bostwick avenues is now fully occu- pied and for the first time in many. years we are able to house the chi1- dren of this district comfortably. We have 24 rooms in use in the. two buildings outside of the Kindergarten.
 .'The completion of the Webster and Columbus schools enabled us to transfer three rooms of pupils from the shelton school This did away with all half time classes in this dis trict The Webster school Is en-. tirely occupied; two rooms. however. properly belong to the Shelton school district The twelve rooms in the Columbus school are all filled and six rooms are still used in the Grand street building.
 srThe completion of the Franklin school will enable us to relieve the pressure in both Kossuth street and. WaltersviIle schools. We shall prob ably occupy twelve of the 16 rooms.
 taThe only half time classes in the now are at Bryant school. By nov ing another portable building to this Hot, we can take care of all pupils in full time. I recommend that this be done at once.
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