Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-08-30
SCHOOL DISTRICT
PURCHASED SITES
Two New School Sites Obtained
in the Eastern Part of
the City.
WILL HAVE new BUILDINGS
New Schools Will be Erected on
These Two and the Hillcrest
School Grounds.

If the voice of the handful of vot-
ers of the school district, present at
the special meeting of the school dis
trict last Friday evening, can be TAX
en- as the voice of the whole of the
fractional school district, Pine River
and Arcadia, No. One, the people of
the city of Alma are alive to the
needs of the school district and the
welfare of the city's young people
and intend to do everything needful
to give them the best possible educa-
ton. Hence the favorable vote given
to everyone of the six propositions
brought up at the special meeting.
The meeting was called to order by
Otto Sanderhoff, president of the
board, and the call was read by sec
retary Archer, who made known the
needs of the district as it is now com
prised.
The first matter which came before
the voters was the establishing of a
site in Elmwood subdivision, which
was done. This was followed by a
favorable vote to purchase lots l61
162, 163, 164, 165, and l66 of this
subdivision for a school site. These
lots lie at the corner of Eastward
and Republic avenue. The sum of
81 10000 was appropriated for the
purchase of the lots. On mo-
tion the district then voted 100000
for the purpose of constructing a
school building on this site. 1t is
understood that the school building
will be temporary one and will be
built on one lot, and when a per-
manent building is constructed this
temporary building will be sold to-
gether with the single lot on which IT
will stand. $4,000 was also voted
with which to equip this building.
On motion the voters established
a school site in the Old Playground
subdivision, and on another motion
81, 10000 was appropriated for the
purchase of lots 9, 10, IL, 12, 13, IA,
10, and Is, subject to a reservation of
20 feet of the west end of lots l3, IA,
Is and is for boulevard, if required.
On "A third motion $1,00000 was APP
proprated for the purchase of the
equity in the school house hereto
fore owned by the school district No.
2, fractional Arcadia and Pine River,
and to move this building to the site
which was purchased, whore it will
be used for temporary school.
Sl,1OO.00 was then appropriated to
meet the additional cost of the tenn
porary school building which is being
erected on the school site in Hillcrest
subdivision in the southern part Of
the city.
Just fifty-one people were present
at the meeting, only two of whom
were women. This is the smallest at
tendance at any school meeting in the
past three years. and possibly was
due to the heavy rains Of Friday,
which without question kept many
from attending
The school board feels fairly GER
tain that the growth Of Alma will
soon demand permanent school build
ings on all three of the sites recently
purchased, but to make absolutely
certain of the trend Of growth, de-
siros to hold up the erection Of such
buildings until it is certain which
way the continued growth will 60
AS the temporary buildings will do
FOR few years, the board thought it
best to have these until the question
of growth and expansion was more
settled than at present. matters with
which the voters seemed to agree