The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-08
many NEW SCHOOLS
TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
Department Of Education Has
Hall Million Dollars Available
For Additional Buildings

. . ia
More than half million dollars Is
now at the disposal of the Department
Of education, the appropriations Of the
last legislature for the construction of
new school buildings on Oahu and
neighboring islands being released as
Of January /, 1915. H. W. Kinney,
superintendent Of public instruction,
has plans ready for new concrete
buildings at Waipahu and KRuluwela
and at the normal school grounds, each
70 cost in the neighborhood of $4,000,
The superintendent Is leaving on
Wednesday for Hilo to discuss plans
for new buildings on the Big Island,
which will include n building for tho
Hilo High School to cost not to exceed
S40,0 900, and another at the Hilo Union
School to cost not to exceed $4,000,
providing additional grounds are Sc
cured. The superintendent may be
away for about a week or ten days on
this mission. X
New Buildings Authorized
The new buildings authorized by the
legislature by islands have allotted TO
them the following amounts: @-'
re- Hawaii, $l49,5OO; Maui, $4,000;
Kauai, 100000; Honolulu and Oahu,
$4,000. &C.. -..
The superintendent will be. permitted
to expend up to 100000 on buildings
for Honolulu; $4,000 in the Eva dis
trict; $4,000, Waialua district; $4,000.
Waianae district; $500, Koolaupoko
district; $4,000, Koolauloa district, The
n =. l.lI a..
buildings for the Mckinley High
school, the present building being far
too small to accommodate the increas.
ing number of pupils reaching il from
other schools of the town district, B.
On Maui, new schools will be built
in Lahaina district, for which there is
available $4,000, Wailuku will have
double that amount, and in Makawao,
49,, 500 is available. This district is
rapidly growing owing to the develop
ment of sugar and farming lands. In
the district of Hama, which is far-re.
moved from most of the other populous
districts of the Valley Isle, 1880 Is
allowed, and on the islands of MOlokai
and Lanai the superintendent is au.
thorized to expend $4,000 for new school
structures.
On Big Island
In addition to the Hilo High School
and Union School, other new buildings
may be erected in the Hilo district for
which the Legislature appropriated $25,.
900. Other districts have had allotted
the following amounts:
Puma, $4,000; Hamakua, $l7,500;
KOna, $4,000; Kau, to include both
land and buildings, $4,000, and Kohala,
$4,000.
Superintendent Kinney says that on
Kauai the, county is already engaged
in constructing new school buildings.
In 1915 the legislature appropriated
100000 for Lihue School, and the 1917
legslatpre gave an additional appro-
priation of $4,000 TO complete the
work. The sum Of $4,000 is made avail
able for the Kauai High School; $500
for Lihue district; $4,000 for Waimea;
$12, 800 for Koloa; $4,000 for Hawaiian
and 1880 for Hanalei. '.'
"The necessity for new school build.
ings is felt. in many parts of the Ter
ritOry," says Superintendent Kinney.
''In some places we are using Japan
csc school houses, and temporary quar-
tiers have been obtained from other
! sources. We want to get our own
buildings and have the money to do it.
".Some of the buildings planned for
Honolulu and outside districts will be
similar to the new concrete building
just erected at the Kaahumanu School
on Beretania Street. The building for
the Normal School will be similar but
bit more ornate than the others. We
hope to have some of these buildings
ready for occupancy when the Septem
Der term opens"
Seven additional teachers will arrive
from the mainland this week to fill
vacancies.