The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-22
Notes Of theSchOOl

After two weeks extra vacation
while the final touches were being
added, the Lodi schools began work
Jan. 18, in their new building. And
Lodi teachers, pupils and patrons take
a just pride in having building which
will stand equal to any as finely con-
structed and up-to-date school build
ing. The building provides six grade
rooms, four on the first floor and two
on the second. On the rest of the
second floor are the high school study
and class rooms. The superintendent
has his Office over the front hall and
is used as library and below this is
a small rest room for teachers. In
the basement are rooms for Manual
Training and Domestic Science.
The building is heated by a battery
f three hot-air furnaces with forced
'tilation, and automatic heat regu-
4 IS in each room. Modern plumb
in. d electric wiring are installed
thro .lout the building, and pipes are
installed for motor driven vacuum
cleaner to keep the building free from
the dust so often common to school
buildings.
The teaching force has been in
creased by employing two new teach
ers for the grades, so that now each
of the first five grades is by itself
while the sixth, seventh and eigth
are under two teachers, the seventh
being divided. The new teachers are
Miss Ailene Slater for the second
grade and Miss Florence Steffes fol-
the fifth grade.
The new building is joined to the
old one by passage way and one Of
the rooms in the old building is used
for the fifth grade, and one has beer
arranged for lunch room. The ole
high school room has been made into
a gymnasium and with it's sixteen foot
ceiling makes an excellent ball floor.
The Wadsworth township Board o1
Education is seriously considering the
proposition of centralizing its schools
County Supt. jerks gave an address
on the subject of consolidation ant
it's relation to efficiency to the patron!
of No. 6 school on Tuesday evening
Jan. IL. Wadsworth township is il
good position to have centralized
schools. They have many pavet
roads and are contemplating paving
more, and have building which woulc
be very suitable. With it's tax dupli.
cate of over two millions the township
schools could be consolidated anG
maintained without the selling o1
bonds. With such conditions to aiG
them the board should, and we be-
lieve will, establishva school which will
be credit to both themselves and the
township which they represent.
Supt. Wuchter of the eastern dis
trict is holding an interesting serie!
of spelling contests this week. TIVE
representatives from each of tn,
schools of Wadsworth township NEE
on Wednesday and contested for a sill
yer trophy. On Thursday the pupils O.
Sharon township will spell for a beau
iful picture The Granger township
contest will be held on Friday. Thes'
contests are so arranged that pupil
of thefifth and sixth grades have al
equal opportunity to win that the sew
enth and eigth grades have. Th
winners in the three townships will
meet at Sharon Center on Saturday
Jan. 80, where the winners will b
given library of fifteen volumes.
The Granger township Board of Ed
ucat'on are endeavoring to raise fund
in some manner to build an addition