Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-04-04
TO ASK $4,000
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Modern Ward School is Needed
in the Eastern Part of the
City.
RAPID GROWTH IS REASON
School Board Will Set Date for Meet
ing of Voters of District
Tonight.

Tonight the school board will set
the date for the calling of a special
meeting of the voters of the school
district, at which time the school
board will ask for an appropriation
of $4,000 for a new ward school on
the Elmwood site in the eastern part
of the city.
1t is expected that the board Will
set an early date, so that the appro-
priation may be secured as quickly as
possible and the actual work of con-
structon of the new school started,
that it may be completed by fall, if
possible.
Plans submitted by S. d. Butter
worth of Lansing are said to be Of
the building. which the baord has
found to be the cheapest, and at the
same time. to be equal to the require
ments of the growth Of the city. The
plans Of the floors and water color
sketch of the front of the school are
on display in the window of the
Murphy Drug store.
According to the plans the new
building will be two stories in height
and will be 10 feet by ~ feet wide.
1t will also have a full basement. 1t
will be of fire proof construction.
According to the plans which will
be adopted, if the proposition is car
riod by the voters, everything is be-
ing very nicely arranged for the care
of the young people for whom the
school is intended.
A large kindergarten room IS found
on the first floor of the building, as
are threee class rooms, these latter
being 22 by 80 feet in size. Two
large toilets are found at each end
Of the building on this floor. One
at each end for the younger children
and the other for the older ones.
Just behind the boys toilets is located
the Office Of the principal. inst be-
hind the girls toilets is located a
teacher room. A large corridor
twelve feet wide runs the length OF
the building, and beyond this is To-
Gated the three class rooms.
On the second floor of the building
is located the auditorium, in itself a
large class room. Ii is 30 by 63 feet
in size Corridors, twelve feet wide
run around threee sides of the audi
torium. separating it from the other
class rooms. five in number, all OF
them 22 by 30 feet in length. Each
of the class rooms has clothes closet
in connection In addition toilets are
located on this floor
1t is understood that the plans OF
the building calls for reinforced con.
crete floors throughout
The need of new school in Alma
is becoming more and more apparent
daily, as the attendance at the Alma
public schools continues TO increase
at "A rapid rate. There is every in.
dication, that the increase will con.
| tinue for some time, also.
At present the schools are taxeC
to the utmost to take proper care
of the pupils, and in addition it be-
came necessary last fall to use tbs
assembly room in the city hall foi
school purposes, so great has beer
the increase.
The need of the school in the east
ern end of the city is made at ono,
apparent by comparison of figures
of the attendance from the east enc
Of the city, beyond Bridge and Grover
as with that west of State street, tn,
attendance OF youngsters in the east
ern part of the city being so mucf
greater as to do away with any qucs
ton as to the advisabiity of the 10
cation of the new school. The figures
have been given in the columns o
the Record before, and it is expected
! that at the coming meeting of tn,
voters of the school district that the,
will again be given, at which time |
further increase in favor of the at
tendance Of youngsters from the east
ern end Of the city will without doub
be shown. because of the rapid il
crease in population in that section.
That the school is badly needed j
also beyond question, as any of tn
voters will find by going into tn
situation to the slightest extent.