Smyrna times., 1920-03-03
IgIl'S SCHOOL HEADS
' SEX AID Of AUXILIARY
L. DR.. ODELL THAT SMYRNA
,,,oorS ARE CRAMPED
New School Building Am
:. Care for All Departments
r., to School Auxiliary

n Care for All Departments
pa Up to School Auxiliary
..r ". Hynson, vice president
Smvma Board of Educationi
r v. Schantz, superintendent
- schools, and Hevey Hall.
. Wilmington Monday in con-
with DR.. Joseph H. Odell rel
= Smvrna's new school project,
avn hopes to erect a new build
. cost of SS5O,OOO, and filed an
.,tion with the Delaware School
.r,,v for s225,OOO towards this
The request has not been
II upon.
|| ,sTutendent c. W. W. Shantz of
Smrrna special school district
s,ssd a letter to the Delaware
i Auxiliary Association, DR.. JOS
T. Odell, president, stating the
Of Smyrna. Prof. Shantz says:
81 coming before you to seek aid
L. the erection of new school
Il ,g in Smyrna Special School
We do not feel that it is nee
for US to present a lengthy
q this subject. We wish, how
o direct your attention to one
w own publications, namely:
t and recommendations on Ger
S,hOOl Buildings of Delaware"
No. I, published by the Ser
N Citizens Of Delaawre, and follow
lamentations of the Survey
4 K iiSiOn.
te closing paragraph under the
ng, The Smyrna Schools" we
The Recommendation of the sur
Commission is that this (Smyrna)
ing be abandoned and that
II na consolidate with the town of
y m i@ the erection of a building
iageOusly located to both of
communities"
RecOmneHdatiOns Followed
a TeeOmmendatiOn of the COM
has been followed in so far as
! vian tie power of the local
ard 70 al The schools of Smyrna
CsTa have been under consoli-
l'n fora period of six months.
l0z board has also selected sew
lisS for the new buildings and
presented the same to the State
i0r their approval; but up to
9e the State Board has not re-
q any action.
local board does not feel that
hecessary to defer action any
on account of the location of
Haei since other boards (Dover)
uia|n up their plans and speci-
Ms and received your pledge of
p from the Delaware School
-afy Association before they had
ey selected their sites. The
q Special District has the larg-
.i'llnent 1856 of any district in
a'e under the Code, but has by
Aas the largest assessed prop
'auatlOn (S2,225,OOO). It ap-
F" the local board that these
y points which you should keep
ID mind when considering our
N's Abandonment of Building
l'ge SIX Of your report, referred
\ you will notice that SMYRNA
\, mnlh in the scoring of its
4 building, scoring a total of 822
wy Of a possible 1000. You
- nOuce that the commission
Opage p: when the
-. = a building have fallen below
~. ,a-''' It has been the universal
r~s ut u those who have applied
= ! card that speedy abandon
y ne building for school pnr-
! ..n i, the only iustifable course
| ~. 's no. noticed through the press
|s,gta, uiT'ncts Z Caesar Rodney,
|se' s''p' Dover, Lewes and MID, |
al. nave .a.e.i already received your !
! n, consideration. m You will oh |
H., .,'' a al Of these districts 81 have ave-
|as !. mat It rank above that Of
ID 'ne number of points |
.,,,. ''''lO0n of Glass Rooms
|sapor IN invite Your attention to
air5 ~ page 2l) where we read:
y sarlia.. Snould be abandoned |
asnaI ~ ,,' possible time for all
|se'snsv Fa1p0Ses-the !. two attic
b ~, &C. These at+;o IL.
4 sas r.D.o., ,so additional rooms of
he 'r.tal ,oas type, carved from
s,,,S ,0'f and finished with, with
~. comprise tbn 60 w