Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-24
AN APPEAL To THE
CITIZENS OF W|LLMAR
Board Of Education Gives Information
Regarding Proposed School
Building

Willmar, Minn., Jan. %, 1917.
TO the Legal Voters of Independent
School District No. At of kandiyohi
County:
The Board Of Education finds itself
the voters Of the district the question
of voting bonds for the purpose Of
supplying more room for the schools.
This matter of how best to meet the
demands for more school room has
been a mooted question for several
years, and has had the careful atten-
ton of the members Of the present
Board. The plan that we are submit
ting, thru the newspapers, and in
show windows. and by other means,
is such as will take care of all pres
ent demands of the schools and pro-
vide for some growth. 1t will take
care of the crowded condition of the
high school and at the same time pro-
vide for the necessary room for the
overcrowded grades. 1t will give us
a splendid assembly room with capac-
ity for $50 pupils, to be known as the
Junior High School. Further, the plan
will give an ample number of reci-
tation rooms for all purposes. 1t will
coordinate the central group of build
ings by providing one Central heat
ing plant, where now we have three
plants in operation within so feet of
distance. 1t will provide the requir-
ed fan ventilation in three buildings.
1t will provide more needed room for
the manual training and domestic sci
ence departments by removal Of the
agricultural department to the rooms
now occupied by the gymnasium.
Again, the plans will provide for
new adequate gymnasium, which will
not only give the physical activities
and athletics of the school the facil-
tiles they need but will provide for a
fine hall for school and public gather
ings.
We feel that we have a plan which
we can recommend to the district as
the most economical and feasible pos
sible at the same time as it will be
progressive and creditable to the dis
trict. We feel it is plan that should
have the enthusiastic and direct inter-
est of every family which has or will
soon have children in the schools, as
we'll as of all good citizens who be-
lieye in education for the young and
in the true progress for the cOmmun-
ity.
For the guidance of the people of
the district in arriving at correct con.
illusions in the matter, we append the
following information in the form Of
questions and answers:
/. Is There a Real Need for More
School Buildings?
(a) There are several grade rooms
where the state rule of at least Is
square feet of floor space for each pu
pill is violated.
(b) In nine grade rooms, the mum
Der of pupils exceed forty, the high
est number permitted under the State
rules.
(c) We are using an attic room or
the third floor of the Central building
which has been condemned by botf
State and City authorities.
(d) We are compelled to have
eighty-one (S1) pupils in the basemen
of the public library building, a yer!
unsatisfactory expedient to all con
cerned.
(e) The high school is overcrowd
ed. The assembly room under tn
state rules has a maximum capacit,
of 179 pupils. Our high school en-
rollment is now 266. We are usin
two class rooms for assembly room
in addition to the high school room
There are no suitable quarters for
number of classes.
Z In this connection, we quote fror
letters received from the high schct
-, inspectors:
February 5, 1916.
NJ G SwQnSOn Clerk BOARD {
Education, Willmar, MINI.
Dear Mr.. SwensOn:
This letter confirms my converts
ton with your Board of Education
February 4th. I brought to your q
teution the overcrowded condition