The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17

The building of the new Washington
school is not to be laid over to meet
the wide spread demand for municipal
conservation Of funds. This was de-
cided at the meeting Of the Board OF
Education on Tuesday evening when
the specifications for the school were
tentatively accepted. Copies of them
were left with the building and
grounds committee and if changes are
not suggested by next Friday evening
the specifications will be accepted.
Architect Howard II. Hahn was in
structed to get the working plans of
the building ready at once and it is
ROW the plan of the board to open bids
for the construction OF the building on
June 9Th. The formal advertisements
for bids can not be made until after
the plans are completed. There was no
strong sentiment against the laying
over of The construction of the school
for year or longer but this sentiment
may develop when the board il called
upon to make formal contracts. Many
Of the members Of the board admit
that there may be a mistake in the To-
cation oil the school, but they insist
that more sclfol facilities are needed
as the present time and that Tor this
reason any doubt as to the location
can be waived on account of the neces-
sity for the new school.
The board was in session right up to
''twelve bells ito drop into the YER
nacular of the navy. A small amount of
the time was taken up in the discus
sion of the plans and specifications for
the new school. 1t was expected that
the important matter of free text books
would be taken up and disposed of,
but the members started discussion
of proposed new rules and regulations
which kept them fighting and fighting
is the word to use, reardless of the
fact that the school board is supposed
to be deliberate body-up TO midnight.
Most of the battle was over the ques-
tion Of employment of married women
as teachers in the schools of the city
Just why the matter was of so great
Importance either one way or the
other. was a considerable of conun-
drum, but there appeared to be lot
of personal feeling in the matter
When the question Of adopting the
embargo on married women as teachers
reached vote the new rule was
adopted. Tt is not expected that the
rule will effect the tenure of Office of
any teacher employed in the schools
at the present time, but it is designed
to guide the board in future employ
ment CT teachers, The rule providing
for bids on supplies for the school
board was regularly incorporated in
the new rules and regulations without
division Of The board.
The amended rules will be published
within short time. They will con
tain not only the usual rules governing
the management Of the board from a
parliamentary standpoint, but the vari
GUS provisions for salaries for teachers
and other school officials and the
adopted rules for school management
The board settled one vexing ques
ton by deciding that in the new
Washington school nothing but slate
blackboards viii be used.
The adjournment was taken until
next Tuesday evening at which time
the question of free text books is to be
made a special order for consideration.
Dealers in books in the city sre
anxious to get an early decision
on this matter.