The Delta independent., 1920-09-17
SHALL THE DELTA SCHOOL
BUILDING BE COMPLETED?


Beginning with this weeks publi-
cation of the paper notice of special
school bond election is advertised.
calling for a special election on Octo-
ber 18th to submit the question
whether fifty thousand dollar bond
issue should be voted to complete the
high school building now In the
course OF construction. In this con-
nection the people OF Delta and vic
unity are entitled to an explanation of
what has been done and what is pro-
posed to be done. Hence this article.
In December. 1919, bond issue of
and bonds sold for one hundred one
hundred thousand dollars was voted
thousand dollars. We planned our
building to meet the necessities of
the school situation but when the bids
were opened the lowest bids, for the
completion of the job aggregated
139,Ss5.00. The school rooms being
the first essential, authorized the ar
chitect to eliminate from the specifi-
cations the finishing Of the audi
torium. the ventilaing system and one
III Tie tmo FtCahi poheIbs thtItus tC-
ducing the contract price to s119.-
4Ss.7s. We paid for site $7.503.3S.
making a total amount of s126,992.16
for the site and the partial completion
OF the job. Aside from the above
there are various additional items to
be met such as architects fees, the
hardware, and electric lighting fix
lures. which are not included In the
contract Neither does ii include any
furniture which will cost several
thousand dollars.
1t Is therefore apparent that the
present issue will fall short by more
than thirty thousand dollars of meet
ing the amount to pay for the con-
tract now let and that to complete
the building It will require full fifty
thousand dollars. Without the audi
torium there will be no assembly
room for the high school nor will
there be any gymnasium or audi
torium for use by the school and the
community at large. which we had at
first contemplated. The auditorium
time In the future II not now. bat We
believe II can be done considerably
cheaper now while the contractor has
his force on the Job than \ year or
two later when II will be- necessary
for the contractor to make all his ar
rangements anew. We have, there.
fore, decided to submit u the tax
payers of this district this fifty thors-
and dollar bond issue COR the fellow
ing reasons:
First That the building may be
completed now so as to make II avail
able for the full use of the school and
the accommodation of the community
in order that the community may
have an auditorium of some capaci-
ty. lthe auditorium, being now built
in skeleton form. will seat between
$50 and 500 people.
Second That you may not have
outstanding such large registered
interest bearing warrant issue as will
exist to take care of the present con
tract
In Justification of the above situa
tion we beg to remind the voters that
when the previous bond issue was
voted none of the present industrial
building activities were going on or
contemplated and we planned for the
then existing need but with the influx
of people that came before the let
ting OF the contract 1t became appar
ent that what We had deemed suffi-
cient provision for number OF years
to come would no more than take
care of the bare necessities of the
present and indeed the vacating by
the high school of it's present quarters
is absolutely essential to finding
room for the expansion of the grades
and until the new building is avail
able various makeshifts will have to
be adopted.
We therefore feel that not only are
we justified in asking for this addi-
tional bond issue but that the welfare
of the schools absolutely requires It,
Respectfully,
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. /.