The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-23
TAX DISTRICT TO BE
CREATED IN PENSACOLA
CONTINUED from Pa,a IL

! me board has already LEI contracts
| Tor new buildings at yalnu- HIN
Brent-Goulding. Olive-Fig City and
cottage Hill, and additions to the
siolno and Gonzalez in the. country.
ana mas let contracts for first sections
OF new buildings at the ". B. Cook
anu west Garden stree ct primary
SCHOOLS IN Pensacola. All of these were
greatly and sorely needed After de-
Quoting the amounts for these BUILDINGS
and repairs from the $3.50. 900, the board
anticipates that there will be left, ap-
proximately, about 100000 to be
applied toward the erection of the new
Pensacola high school.
The tentative plans adopted for the
nigh school building show commodi-
Gus and attractive building with pro-
vision for the expected attendance for
quite number of years and one which
will be credit to the city and of which
every citizen will be proud The board
expects to be able TO ask for bids
for the construction of the building in
the near future and to let contracts
for the completion of the building to
the extent the funds will allow, but il
is NOW anticipated that it will require
at least s150.00o.00 to complete the
building. From this. it will be seen
that to complete the high school build
ing an additional sum of not less than
s75.000.00 viii be required
The new buildings at the n. b. Cook
and West Garden street schools now
being constructed are according 10 the
California type of consolidated school.
which consists of series of units
built on the sides and ends of the
site with verandas facing open courts
for Fairgrounds in the center, and
r1ar. I'll . H.
building will not only present a very
attractive appearance but will be ac-
cording to approved, modern plans and
in every way credit to the city. In
the very near future another unit of
the same size as the one now being
built will be required at the West
Garden street school. in addition to
repairs to the old building which can
be used for several years more.
The A. V. Clubbs and J. B. Jockey
grammar schools, and the Eliza J. VIII
son primary school are greatly over
crowded About one hundred and
forty pupils which rightly belong to
the Clubbs school are now being ac-
commodated in the annex of the high
school site. This building ought not
to remain after the completion of the
new high school building Also about
school are being accommodated tenn
at the n. B. Cook primary
school which has been greatly crowded
and will be partly relieved by the cree
ton of the new building now being
An addition to the Jockey school and
the erection of a new grammar school
so located as to relieve the condition ;
at the Clubbs school and. to prevent flu
ture crowding at both the Clubbs and !
Jockey schools are growing necessi- |
ties.
There should also be an addition to
the Wilson school to relieve the crowd |
ed condition there.
Primary School No 10 on North Gull |
leonardo street is over-crowded but the !
site is to small to admit of additions. |
new site and building should be |
provided for that school.
The need for a school site and build |
ing for East Pensacola Heights be-
comes more urgent every day as the !
school population there, which is al
ready considerable, is constantly in |
Those pupils are now being
to the city schools but
this cannot be continued much longer
because of the increasing expenses by
reason of the increase in the number of
pupils.
As to the coIored schools, their high
school needs extensive repairs and
there is a need for consolidation of
some of the schools which will call
for new sites and new buildings.
School Terms.
The term of the city schools is now
only eight months, while the courses
Of study are framed for a term of
nine months, and the term of the
schools in many other of the Florida
titles runs for thaat length of time. 1t
s very evident that the pupils in our
schools suffer a serious disadvantage
n not having the full term of nine
months to do their allotted work But
n addition to what has just been said
We have been advised by the state |
nigh school inspector that it will be
absolutely necessary for our high
school to go on a nine months basis
lext year for it to remain on the list
# accredited high schools of the
Southern Association of High Schools
md Colleges.
Teachers Salaries.
From the data we have in hand il
appears that the teachers of our
chools, who are just as well, il not
,etter, qualified, are receiving very
much less than teachers in other cities
# Florida. This inequality and in
Justice to our efficient and faithful
eachers should not be allowed to con-
niue.
Other needs and demands of various
.inds and character could be enumer-
ted but these seem to US to suffice
or the present.
Resources of the Board.
All of the objects presented above
re outside of and beyond those max
ng up Il e usual expenses of main
aiming the schools on the present basis,
nd the fact that they are outside
4 and beyond the usual current ex-