The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-14
GILLETT PROVED TOO SMALL
Plan Provides for Use of Old Building
for Special Schools and Council Will
Be Asked to Furnish $4,000 for
New Building at Once.

The Board of Education at its De-
cember meeting on Tuesday night, vot-
ed unanimously to proceed at once to
the erection of new school building
for Kenosha. 1t is to be located on the
site on the north side. known as the
"Baseball Park The site is owned
by the city and the board proposes the
erection of modern brick and stone
building of twelve rooms and an audi
torium, the new building to be ready
for occupancy in the fall of 1917. 1t
is to take the place of the Gillett school
which the board finds is now crowded
worse than any building in the city
and which it is planned to use for
special school purposes, either for the
housing of an industrial school for the
children Of the north side of the city
or for the housing Of special schools
such as the school for the deaf and the
school for backward children. The
finance committee of the board was in
structed to make an immediate appeal
to the council to provide a fund of
seventy-fve thousand dollars for the
erection and furnishing of the proposed
new building. The Gillett school is a
building of four rooms, but at the pres
ent time ten teachers are being en-
.ployed there. Three portable schools
are in use, two classes are being cared
for in the basement Of the building,
and one class is being taken care of in
cloak room. While it was the idea
of many of the school officials that the
new school should be built in the north
west section Of the city, the fact that
the city owned the site near the Gil
lett school and the fact that this school
is now overcrowded caused the board
to decide to proceed at once with the
new building. IF the money for the
new school is to be available in 1917
it is probable that it will be neces-
sary for the city council to provide for
bond issue. No funds are available
in any other manner.
Sketches and plans for the new
school are to be made at once and it is
the plan of the board members to have
the work started in the early spring
and an iron bound contract prepared
which will insure that the building will
be ready for the opening of the next
regular year Of the city schools.
IT was shown that the completion of
the Lincoln school will not entirely re
o4oI oi%
At the present time some seven humid
red children are on half time and there
is an especial demand for another
school somewhere north of the river.
The proposed location of the school is
not in keeping with the ultimate plan
for school location in the city, but the
ball park site is regarded as one of the
best sites that could be secured. 1t is
two hundred feet square and located
in territory where many children are
growing up. 1t is also expected that
this school would take care Of big
growth along the north and west
limits of the city.
The board by vote of eight to two,
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the Bonney Hame property at q cost OF
ten thousand dollars. There is still
five more acres to be purchased if the
city takes over the contract made two
wears ago by the Board of Education.
designations from two well known
teachers were accepted at the session
of the board. Mrs. Lelah B. Wester-
man, who has been teacher at the
Grant school, resigned on account Of
i'll health and her place is to be taken
by Miss Marguerite Quinn, who has
been serving as substitute teacher.
Miss Linda Steele, who has been in
charge of the English department. Of
the Frank high school, also sent her
resignation TO the board on account Of
i'll health. Tt was accepted and Robert
A. Young Of Wyocena, Wis, a third
year student at the University of Wis
consin, who has had considerable ex-
perience in teaching work, was employ
ed to fl the vacancy. He will
assume his new duties the first week
in January.
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