New Britain herald., 1919-10-11
MORE PROPERTY
 FOR CITY SCHOOLS
Appropriation Of $46,SOO to Be
 Asked for Purpose

school board yesterday afternoOn at city hall, Chairman E. c. Goodwin of the school accOmm OdatiOnS committee we'd that the board purchase six portable school houses at d cost not to exceed $10,S00. He said that the rec 1 ommendatiOn was made after care 1 full study of the situation and it's adop- I ton would be economical, would meet 1 the pressing needs of the schools anu | would be a permanent investmen MT Goodwin explained that the buildings l would provide six additional rooms for | the accommodation of 40 children. At | this point MT. Goodwin said that if the 1 6-3-3 plan as advocated by Superln- tendent Holmes in his report were l adopted in place of the present 6-4-4 | plan. and the junior high school is es- 1 tablished the old Burritt school will be used as a junior high school and that will postpone the time for build ing an addition to the high school. The adoption of this plan would help the school accommodations commit tee, he thought.
 Portable Schools Necessary. MT. Holmes explained that the port l able schools were necessary as it was ] doubtful if a contractor would risk carrying on building operations at the l were in it. These operations are very 1 necessary and so he advocates the pur- 1 chase of these portable schools that l could be erected on the lot nearby so l that the children would not have to l go to the Rockwell school and prob 1 ably have to go on half time. He felt that there would be objection to this l last condition by the parents of full | time pupils who had been regularly attending the Rockwell school. He felt also that with future buildings of l schools these portable buildings | would come in handy.
 Judge Gaffney inquired whether the | purchase of the Long and Voight | property would save the expense of buying the portables and Superintend- ent Holmes explained that the build- ings on this property will be needed next fall for the accomm odation of the 175 additional children at the high school.
 In reply to Judge Gaffney's ques- ton as to where the money for the | purchase of these schools was coming from, MT. Goodwin replied that it l would be necessary for the board to seek an additional appropriation. It was voted to purchase the portable l schools.
 To Buy More Property. The committee on school accommo O.
 dations recommended the purchase ot
 the Long and Voight properties. The
 former has a frontage of 82 feet on
 South Main street and is 160 feet
 deep The price is $13,000. The
 Voight property is 62 feet front and
 160 feet deep. It will cost $8,OOO.
 Options, expiring November 2, have
 been obtained, and the school board
 voted to purchase the properties.
 MT. Goodwin said that eminent do-
 main would have to be resorted to in
 regard to the Carmody property, as no agreement could be reached.
 The committee also recomm ended the purchase of land on West Main
 street, near Jerome street, for $11,0 ,000. The land has a frontage of 400 feet
 on West Main street and is 600 feet
 deep. It contains about five acres.
 MT. Goodwin said that the Lincoln
 school would not lend itself to an ad-
 dition, although conditions are such
 that the district is growing. He said
 the land is now owned by the Stanley
 Works and because of the good offer
 which they now made and because they might not make one as good : later, he recommended that the
 property be purchased now. Mr.
 Pease felt, however, that the ques-
 tion was an important one and that
 it was to the interest of the Stanley
 Works to make good an offer later
 as it did now. Superintendent Holm es in answer to a question, said there was not such an urgent need for ac- comm odatiOns there as in the eastern and northern parts of the city Judge ) Gaffney questioned the advisa bilitv o1 t having a large number of children crossing the railroad tracks to school He felt that the parents should OK press their opinion on the matter T. was decided to ble the matter fol |, the present.
 | This will mean that for the ap l proved purchases mentioned above :, the school board will shortly have tc
 appear before the board of financ' , and taxation to ask for a special ap
 propriation of $46,3OO
 - State to Take Charge.
 The committee on trade education
 reported on the result of conference
 which have been in progress for sev
 eral months with the state board o
 education in reference to the stat
 taking charge of the trade education
 in the schools here. Dr. Martin sai 1 that the change is very important an; Q Q the mem bers had had no time to con a sider it, and his suggestion to post " pone action was approved.
 ', Bills amounting to $7,690.75 re e ported by the finance cOmpittee wer
 ordered paid and payment of bill II am bunting to $40S.89 to obtain dis