The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-14
LINCOLN SCHOOL READY SOON
Contractors and Architect Tell Board of
Education Building Will Be Ready by
Firs5 of November Report of the
superintendent Shows Growth.

The long contested question as who
was to be "boss0 of the Harmon
School in School District No. 10 of the
town of Somers just over the line of
the west limits of the city, was settled
at conference between city and rural
school officials held at the office of the
city superintendent on Tuesday night.
Earlier in the evening the Board of
Education had given its committee
power to treat with the district Of
fcials. The agreement reached is that
the school is to remain under the juris-
diction of the town officials. Parents
of children living in the city within
easy access of the school may send
their children to it and these will be
received up to the full limit of the
building. The district officers guaran-
tee that school will be continued for
one hundred and eighty days. No
charge will be made TO the city Board
of Education for the rent of the build
ing, but at the end of the school year
the average cost per pupil will be
figured up and the cost of maintaining
the school will be pro-rated between
the city and the school district. Of
course, the larger part of the cost Of
operation will be paid from the city
school fund as it is estimated that
fully three-fourts Of the children at
tending the school will be children from
within the limits of the city. The
Somers board has agreed to report all
delinquencies in school attendance to
the regular school officials Of the city
and the building will be made subject
to examinations by the city Health
Department. Tt is thought that this
agreement will meet with the entire
satisfaction of all parties concerned.
Lincoln School Ready November LIST.
The members of the School Board
had long discussion of the delay in
the building Of the Lincoln School.
Architect Howard III. Hahn declared
that the building will be ready for
occupancy by the first of November.
Tt developed in the argument that the
work in several of the departments had
been held up by differences between
the contractor and sub-contractor, but
it now seems that these differences
have been adjusted and the completion
of the building will &C forward just as
rapidly as possible. AS the report of
the superintendent showed us child
rem on part time at this time, it is hop
ed that the work on the new building
will be completed at the very earliest
time possible so that these children
may have full time.
The report of the superintendent
showed that there was lat teachers on
the pay roll with the opening of the
new term of the city schools. Of this
number rs are employed in the elemen-
tary grades, 16 in the Junior High
School, % in the High School and 9
in the kindergartens. The other "a
teachers have charge of special work.
The total enrolment for the schools
at the end of last week was 1880. The
average number of children assigned
to each teacher at the different build
I So 10 given DO loloWS' baln, 90;
Columbus, 40; Deming, A; Durkee, 35;
Frank, ~; Gillett, 81; Weiskopf, 80,
and Ropeville, 80.
At the session of the board it was
decided to construct two wells at the
Lincoln school as the vein of water
there is not sufficient to make one well
large enough to take care of the de-
mand. Several minor changes in text
books in the industrial course and at
the High School were ordered.
The board had the usual amount of
routine business and the session was a
prolonged one.