Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
contested ii:S;1i CONDITION
IN WAUSEON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A few weeks ago representatives
of the Industrial Commission of Ohio
inspected the school buildings of Wan
seon and declared that he schools /
were m a condition entirely too con-
gested to meet the needs of the pu-
pills. They ordered the Board of
Education to take immediate steps |
to secure proper relief. AS result
of this decision on the part of the
Industrial Comm ssion, the Board put
the matter up to some of the busl- |
ness men and other citizens of the |
community to get their opinion of the
case. There was mass meeting held
n the auditorium of the high school
building on the evening of December
16. There was not a very large (
number of people there but those who
were present were very enthusiastic
and assured the Board of Education
that they were back of any move
ment to construct whatever buildings
were necessary for the good of the
schools. 1t was the concensus of
opinion that the Board proceed tol
some definite building plan and place
the proposition up for public consid-
Grafton. =.
There are more pupils enrolled in
the Wauseon Public Schools than
ever before. We have a six year
high school with 343 pupils on roll.
The present high school building is
ecu 'pped for approximately half that
number. The grades are overcrowd-
ed to a degree. In fact one OF the
/ Third Grades is at present located IN
the Library. The situation demands
relief in some form. We have acco-
modations for "a pupils in the Com
mercial department of the high
school and have 81 enrolled. There
are over 100 girls enrolled in the
Home Economics department. BE-
cause of such congested conditions
il IS impossible to have a separate
room for the % boys who are enroll
ed in the Agricultural department,
but they are given their work, both
experimental and recitation, in the
Manual raining room in the base
nent. No Manual Training work
whatever can be give to our boys be-
= low the 7th grade. Only small
percentage of our 7th and 9Th years
bows can get work in Manual Train
ing and it is impossible for them to
! oet this work more than one day
each week. We have no assembly
! room in our building that IS at an
adequate for public gatherings. we
need such room for the aceonfou4.
tion of several hundred people. II
.. should be equipped with good stage
and. other conveniences for carrying
! out dramatic work, which IS lndeed
a great necessity for high school pu,,
nils. We are seriously handicapped
in our lecture course work, because
of the inadequacy Of our room we
+ could have sold several hundred more
|. season tickets last fall than we did
sell If we had had the proper space
for reservation. We are n need ol
: q rood gymnasium where regular
classes in physical training could DC
conducted for our boys and girls:
|, where our high school basket bal
teams could practice and play the1
games and where the business mer
and other folks in the community
could meet in evening classes anS
|. take some work in physical training
!, As the high school assembly or STUDY
!. hall is inadequate for the seating O
!. more than 1873, the rest of the pupils
I. have four other home rooms II
& various parts of the building. Thes
!, nupils are obliged to carry all ehei
!, hooks that they expect to use eacl
,. half dav with them to their classes
y IN spite of these conditions we zee
! that we are accomplishing grea
. deal of good under the six year sys
- tem with the departmental wort
: What the Board of Education woul
:, like to do however, IS 10 pullu
in separate Senior High. Scnool WIN q
r the departments that are necessar
~ to accomodate the needs OF such
- school as we have here IN Wauseol
q and use the present hlgn scno'
! building for a separate, well organil
Is, v ed Junior High School. we nav
AZ enough pupils at present IN u
~ ~ Seventh, Eighth anil Ninth years ~
IS make junior high school OF le
IN pupils. ,.ra;nr ~;
on be brought before the attention
=" the voters of the district at an ear
- date. and it is sincerely hoped TN
- wa have enough friends of our DO.
ts and GIRLS here in Wauseon that SUI
% .ae an issue will 90 over with an owe
~, Se whelming majority. We want,
NJ school system here in Wauseon tn
~ ~ will give ample opportunities 1
el edncation to the boys and girls /.
IN IN onr village and all the country 1
'ne 'ne so.,oral miles. We are located
,y tba hest mart of the state. The schoe
A 'au If If, Northwestern Ohio have g~-stc
'ef w;de reputation for being up-to,,da
- and efficient. Let's US not take
&c . backward step in Wauseon but all g
hio te2erner and do what we can TO nc
80 the cause along. g..
to u. L.