Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-07
ACCEPTS PLANS ON
SCHOOL ADDITIONS
]. N. Pierson & Sons Plans
Approved; New High School
Section Costs $4,000.

After burning the midnight OIL
at several meetings in considering
preliminary drawings for school ad
ditions, the Board of Education, In
regular session last night, accepted
the plans of j. ~ Pierson & Son for
the proposed addition to the high
school building. The new section,
which will include twenty-one class
rooms, several administration rooms
and large auditorium, can be built
for a sum In the neighborhood of
$4,000, according to the architects
The award was made after Carl c.
Christensen had checked over the
plans of Pierson & Son and had ex-
pressed an opinion that the addi-
tion could be built at the amount
estimated by the architects.
The accepted plans were radically
different from those submitted by the
other three architectural firms. In
stead of proposing to link the new
section with the main building by
means of a corridor, the addition
will be joined with the present
building through the removal of sew
eral of the present class rooms and
the extension of the new part in the
rear, thus making the high school
compact, and affording an opportu-
nifty for future additions that may
be made in symmetrical manner.
The building will be three stories
high, of fire-proof construction, and
the roof will be supported by steel
trusses
The auditorium, the dimensions of
which will be S8 x 80 x "a feet, will
have floor seating capacity of 1880
to be supplemented by corridors on
both floors that may be used as gal
Ieries, making accommodations for
about 400 more spectators. These
two corridors will be twelve feet
wide. A stage forty feet in width
and supplemented with spacious
dressing rooms will be placed at the
westerly end of the auditorium,
which is to be easily accessible from
the main entrance Of the present
high school building. An extension
for school rooms will be made off the
corridor on the southerly side of the
auditorium. Toilet accommodations
will be provided on each floor. The
new heating and yentilating plant to
be devised by Pierson & Son will be
another radical change from the sys-
TENS now in use in local schools.
Aylin Pierson, of the successful
architectural firm, is product of
the local schools, having been grad
uated a number of years ago from
the high school in whose extension
he is now to play prominent part.
His firm has specialized in school
work, now having under construction
q high school at Pennington, a grad
ed school at North Plainfield, a nine
room unit building at Linden, and
graded schools at Kenilworth, South
Plainfield, and Fords.
AT the suggestion of Superintend-
ent Shull the secretary was instruct
ed to advertise for bids on general
school supplies. A. c. Clark, chair
man of the building committee,
recommended the reappointment of
all teachers whose terms of service
are not protected by the tenure of
office act, with the addition of Miss
Anna Neer as primary supervisor.
President John K Sheehy was re-
quested to draw up suitable resolu
tions in tribute to Jesse Colyer, who
had served faithfully for many years
as clerk of the board prior to his
death.
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