Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-10
SCHOOL SURVEY
BEFORE BOARD
FOR APPROVAL
New Buildings and Additions
Recommended for Sixteen
Indianapolis Schools.
REPORT BASIS FOR WORK

REPORT BASIS FOR WORK
Recommendations for new buildings,
additions to present structures or repairs
at fourteen elementary and two high
schools are made in a report of a sur
vey of public school construction needs
for 1921 worked out for the board of
school commissioners by a special COM
mittee. The survey, results of which
were given to the board at it's regular
meeting last night, Will be considered
at a special meeting to be held next
Tuesday evening. 1t is planned to COM
pile the 1921 building program from the
report.
The committee, composed of Superin-
tendent of Schools E. U. Graf, Commits
sioner Bert s. Gadd and Building Ad-
wiser L. A. Snider, says 1t has been i'm
possible to make estimates of the cost of
the proposed Improvements, but that
such figures will be available before the
special meeting.
In addition to the special committee's
report, the board received extensive sug-
gestions of the requirements for a new
Shortridge High School building, based
on an enrolment of $500 pupils, as out
lined by Principal George II. Buck and
heads Of various departments in the
school.
ASK AUTHORITY
TO MEET LOANS.
The board adopted q resolution re-
questing authority from the State Board
Of Tax Commissioners and State Board
Of Accounts to transfer from the build
ing bond fund $4,000 to the special
school fund and SS50,0O0 to the local tut
ton fund for the purpose Of meeting
temporary loans totalling 1867 800 due
ehis Saturday. The temporary loans were
shade for the purpose of meeting teachers
pay rolls last semester, S267 500 Of the
total amount being due to the increased
salaries paid last May and June. Author
tty for the transfers was to be asked Of
the State authorities today.
The conclusions arrived at by the spe
cial committee which surveyed the build
ing situation are based upon the rec
concentrations for buildings and improve
ments prepared by Superintendent Graf
in October, which report furnished data
as to the number of halliday classee
now being operated in the various
schools, the report states. Recommends
tons of April 1, 1919, also were con-
sidered for the reason that many i'm
provements then recommended have not
teen made.
1.-The committee has determined upon
what would be the desirable program
for the construction OF new buildings
and Of additions to the present build
ings, without consideration of the cost
of such construction" the report states,
sit being the purpose of the committee
to analyze the situation and determine
the real need for buildings or additions
so that the board might give due con.
sideration to all Of such needs in all
of the school districts and so that the
board would not find itself in the posi-
ton of having neglected any district"
RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR BUILDINGS.
The recommendations for each build
ing, in condensed form, are as follows:
School No. 8, East Vermont and Dav-
ids. ST eets-1 welve- classroom addi-
tiou with combination auditorium and
gymnasium and departmental rooms for
manual training and domestic science to
be erected In place Of the present old
eight-roOm building forming the south
portion Of the present school.
School No. 10, West Market and
Bloomington streets - Eight-classroom
addition with combination auditorium
and gymnasium and manual training
and domestic science rooms to be built
to the west of the present structure upon
ground recently purchased by the board.
This school would be counted upon to
relieve congestion at Schools Nos and
II the addition is built.
School No. II, West and Eleventh
streets - Ten classroom addition with
combination auditorium and gymnasium.
Recommended also that the board pur-
chase some adjoining property on which
to locate part Of the addition, which
would relieve congestion in colored
Schools Nos. %, "a and 40.
School No. q, Park Avenue and Seven
teenth Street-New building of twelve
clasrooms, combination auditorium and
gymnasium and manual training and do
mssdc science department, with all
special purpose rooms in accordance with
the boards standardized requirements.
School No. IS, Madison Avenue and
Raymond Street-Four- classroom addi-
ton, built in such a way as to provide
for the easy construction in the future
of a combination auditorium and GYM
nasium.
PROVISIONS FOR
SCHOOL NO SO.
School No. &c. Capitol Avenue and
Twenty Eighth ight-classroom
addition, combination auditorium and
gymnasium and manual training and do
mestic science departments.
School No. 4, Twenty Sixth and RAIDER
Streets-Eew eight-classroom building,
so constructed that other clsssrooms and
an auditorium can be added in the
future, built upon additional ground to
be acquired or upon an entirely new site
somewhere in the neighborhood.
School No. 40, Cappes and Morris
Streets-Eight-room addition In place Of
the present old building south of the
large and comparatively new building.
School No. SO, Twenty Fourth Street
and Martindale ADMINISTRATION new
building with provision for future class
rooms and auditorium additions on
ground which the board already owns.
School No. 81, Tenth and Wallace
Sire. Is - New eight classroom building
with provisions for future classroom
and auditorium additions on ground now
OrrUad