The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-26
Could Easily Be Remodeled
to Accommodate 400 Pu-
pills, Says Committee.
COST WOULD NOT
BE GREAT, STATED
Temporary A n cement
Until Community Could
Build Worthy School.

When the special committee head
cd by Prof. Ross Rogers, appointed
by the school board to draw plans
for the high school next year, re-
ported to the board, the board immed-
lately adopted the report, which will
probably be the plan eventually car
ried out.
The report provides for holding the
high school in the armory, after it
has been remodeled, with the use of
four rooms in the business college.
just north of the court house. Follow
ing is the report in full and the rea-
sons of the committee for favoring
the plan suggested:
To the Honorable Board of Public In.
struction:
] beg to submit herewith the recon-
mendations of the committee appoint-
ed June Is to investigate and TO con-
slider all feasible plans for holding
the high school for the coming year.
1918, and to recommend what
seems to us to be the most practical
and economical plan.
The committee has examined most
carefully a number of plans. In con-
sidering each of the various plans it
has been guided by the essential
points:
1. The immediate need for accom-
modating the high school.
2. The cost.
g. The future.
It has considered the plan Of a
temporary structure on the No. 1 lo,,
of renting the tabernacle, the plan of
reorganization or shifting of grades
6-3-3 and the utilization of the arm
DRY.
The committee recommends that the
school board use the armory, with
four rooms of the business college,
for the high school for the following
reasons:
l. The armory will adequately pro-
vide for all the needs of the high
school. 1t can be remodeled so that
with the use of the second floor Of
the business college, will accommo-
date the 400 boys and girls who will
be in high school next year, and pro
vide for high school work in all
courses.
2. The second and very important
reason is that of all the plans con-.
| sidered, the cost of remodeling the
armOry so that it will be fit for use,
! is so much less than that of any other
| plan, in fact, the total cost, every
] thing considered and included, accord
( ing to estimates would not more
| than $4,000 which is about one-third
| of the cost of any plan considered.
| 3. The most important reason of all
is that the temporary housing of the
! high school in the armory FOR the
next year would make it possible for
| the community and the school board
/ to buld-When it is able. in the fu-
! ture-the kind of high school build
/ ing the city of Pensacola should have.
| To sum up: The use of the. armory
is practical, adequate and economical,
/ and a way made clear for develop
ment of a proper building policy in
! the future.
! Because the committee has been
confronted with the need of providing
! in the next year accommodations for
! the increase of school attendance in
] the grades, it wishes to recommend
! further the following as a future pol
| icy for building:
During the next period OF three
! years to provide for the organization
/ of a junior high school on each side
| of Palafox street, with a senior high
/ school situated centrally, somewhere
on North Hill.
! The committee respectfully pre-
| sents these recommendations for the
| consideration of the school board.
! (Signed):
MRS. w. H. CRAWFORD,
MISS PAULINE REESE,
Mr.. c. c. DENNY,
Mr., A. S. EDWARDS, Supt.
ROSS ROGERS, principal H. S.