Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-07
II MORE SCHOOL ROOMS ARE
NEEDED IN ALBUQUERQUE SO
AS TOAVOLD OVERCROWDLNG

the last half Of the school year. The
January report is expected to show
that the enrolment of 2,S2S in De
cember has Increased to 5000 or over.
AS being of general interest to all
parents and of particular interest to
taxpayers who will vote on the $425,-
900 school bond issue on January "a,
the Journal yesterday caused an
analysis to be made of the Decem-
Der public school enrolment report.
The findings as to over crowding are
startling. They are shown in the fol-
lowing summary:
First ward 369 pupils in eight
rooms; average number to the room,
46.
Second ward; 500 pupils in ten
rooms; average number to the ROOM
So
Third ward; 400 pupils in nine
rooms, average number to the room,
AS.
Fourth ward; $40 pupils in twelve
rooms; average number to the room
45.
High school: $40 pupils in twenty
two-class, lecture and laboratory
rooms; average to the room, "a, lElalt
the high school rooms are for labora-
tory or other technical instruction In
which an average of twelve pupils to
the room would be high. The woman
rest room and library in the hlgh
school building are now being USED
as class rooms.)
Having in mind the maximum oil
32 pupils who should be served in a
single room, the following analysis OF
conditions in the 46 grade school
rooms in the four ward school build
ings, will be of interest. These forty
six rooms include overflow rooms IN
the public library building, the central
school building at Third street and
Lead avenue, and other overflow
rooms in the Second, Third and
| Fourth wards.
Rooms having under 80 pupils, g.
Rooms having 80 to 35 pupils, 3.
Rooms having 35 to 40 pupils, b.
! Rooms having 40 to IS pupils, Z,
! Rooms having As to so pupils, 8.
| Roofs having so to So pupils, IL.
Rooms having 55 to 90 pupils, 2.
Rooms having 60 to 65 pupils, ,.
Rooms having over 65 pupils, l.
Total rooms, AS.
4 Average pupils to the room, 40.
Number of rooms needed to average
80 to room, II.
Number of additional school rooms
needed to accommodate grade school
/ enrolment on December /, basis o1
32 to room. 25.
At the rate of increase in grade and
high school enrolment, as shown by
comparison of the December, 1919, en-
rollment for 1888; a minimum ol
thirty additional school rooms Will be
required to adequately care for the
grade school enrolment of the mex
school year and minimum OF
twelve additional rooms will be nee
essary to accommodate the mgr
school enrollmtnt
Tentative plans of the board of edu
cation, execution of which depends
upon the result of the $42b,O00 bone
issue election. call for completing the
original high school plan by buildins
the second unit, equal in size to thu
present building; doubling the capa
city of the present Second ward build
ing; erecting a modern school build
ing on the Ferguson tract at the foo
of Park avenue, between Tenth ant
Fourteenth streets; modernizing anC
enlarging the present First. Third ant
Fourth ward buildings, with increased
classroom space and interior plumb
ing
This building program, as tentative
~ outlined, would provide room t
take care of present needs and growtl
at the rate of increase of the past fev
years, for a number of years to come
The city's total school bond indebt
edness at present is only $l73,243.2s
one of the lowest in the country i
cities in Albuquerque population rat
ing.