The Coconino sun., 1920-04-23
Against Bonds and
 City Park School Site
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so far to walk to the Emerson school that many have to take their lunches and often miss school on account of the wind and snow.
 Instead of putting S50,000 more in that location-which the school au- thorities admit is a poor place for a school-let us vote mo" on this bond issue and petition the school board to call another election for bonds to build the rooms necessary to care for our needs in the northeast part of town.
 If we vote "yes" this S5O,OOO. .OO must go on the Emerson school as it can be used for no other purpose, ac- cording to law.
 All admit the north end will have to have school eventually. The moth 5ers of small children say the time is now.
 A location will be harder to find and more expensive two years from now.
 Let us vote to build building now in the north part of town to care for the lower grades from the north end and the high school students now at tending the Emerson. By the time the new high school is completed the new building in the north end will cause homes to be built so that the new north end building will all be used by grade school children.
 Those who say the Emerson school is centrally located are mistaken. It is near the business district, but chil- dren do not live there. It is really west side school and we want our money for more class rooms spent in another location.
 Of course the bond issue must be for more money but it will be money well spent and we will be building for the Flagstaff of tomorrow and will have no cause for regrets two years hence.
 We must economize in many ways, but it is not economy to retard the growth of our schools. Our children want the best and we want all we can possibly have to give them the best preparation for their future.
 Remember, this $50,000 has noth- ing at all to do with the new high school building, but is wholly for the enlargement of the old Emerson school.
 We do not need fine auditorium in the Emerson school for pupils en- tertainments when we will soon have a fine one in the new high school.
 Some argue we won't have the new high school for two years. Even so, for the few big entertainments which would be given within the next two years the Orpheum could be rented for much less than the cost of new auditorium.
 To be sure, all ward schools should have big auditorium and Emerson has fairly large sized one and also has eight class rooms downstairs. Therefore, the whole upper floor, which now has two class rooms in ad- dition to the hall and auditorium, could all be thrown into auditorium and library and let the auditorium be used as gymnasium also, the same as the Ashurst Auditorium at the Normal.
 My understanding is that the fact that the Emerson has to care for the first and second year high school pu- pills of Flagstaff until the new high school is built is the reason the school must be enlarged.
 The plan is--
 If we vote "no" on this issue it will cause a little delay before bonds can be issued and ground secured and new building started, but arrange ments could be made to care for the pupils and it would be worth waiting for.
 We appeal to all taxpayers to think of the Emerson only as filling the needs of ward school in that vicin- ity for the future and insist that the high school be cared for in a new building which will be needed for grade school children when the new high school is built.
 Vote "no." We do not want $50, 900 | put on that building when we will not |