Milford chronicle., 1920-03-05
new SCHOOL BUILDING
PROGRAM FOR COUNTY
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED IN
KENT FOR COMING YEAR. CAESAR
RODNEY TO RECEIVE S35,OOO.


RODNEY TO RECEIVE S35,OOO.
1 The Kent County Board Of Ednca-
/ tion presented its proposed building
program for rural Kent County at a
conference with the executive com
mittee ofthe Delaware School Auxil-
iary Association in Wilmington. The
Board was informed that 100000 was
available for the Caesar Rodney
Schools and the County. II was de-
cided to give $4,000 to Caesar Rod
ney for certain necessary building op-
erations on condition that the school
at Woodside might be included in the
Caesar Rodney Consolidation. This
leaves Sl6500O for the County
70 supplement this gift the County
Board of Education is planning to is
sue bonds to the amount of 100000
for the coming school year. or as
much thereof as may be used in
building operations that can be con-
tracted for. The whole building pro
gram for the County is as follows:
FELTON, Consolidated District, 227
pupils, Is teachers, S175,000.
Frederica, 2SO pupils, 1S teachers
s15O,OOO.
Hartly, 10 pupils, IL teachers, S15,-
0OO
West Of Hazletville, SO pupils, 3
teachers, $4,000.
Sandtown, 126 pupils. teachers
$4,000.
Houston. 148 pupils, 6 teachers, $780,
Pennington, 60 pupils, teachers
$4,000.
Adamsville, 70 pupils, 2 teachers
$4,000.
Marydel. joint with Westville, Md
Viola, IS pupils, 4 teachers, $25,OOO
Magnolia, 70 pupils.
Raughleys, 10l pupils, 4 teachers
$4,000.
West Of Hollandsville, So pupils,
teachers, $4,000.
Leipsic, AZ pupils, ? teachers, $l2'-
OOO
Thompsonville, 81 pupils, ? or
teachers, $4,000.
Bay View, p pupils, l teacher $f'-
600.
Raymonds, AZ pupils, 2 teachers
$4,000.
Blackstone. AS pupils, ? teachers
$4,000.
Pearsons, 6l pupils, 2 teachers
$4,000.
Tomahawk, 40 pupils, l teacher
$1,000
Prospect, % pupils, teacher. ST.
OOO 40
Mastens, 60 pupils, ? teachers, $l2'-
Little Creek. 50 pupils, teachers
$4,000. 1000
Logans, 16 pupils, teacher, $1,000
Total estimated cost of equipment
$7S1 900.
Provided the estimates are correct
il will be seen that the larger share
of the program can be undertaken as
soon as the necessary arrangements
can be made for the actual work ol
building. The County Board will en-
deavor to make the wisest Selection
of communities possible for the loca
ton of proposed buildings. This VIII
mean in the nature of things many
disappointments. The places Of great
est need as seen by the County Boarc
will be the places to receive the hrs'
consideration in this program. II
passing Judgment upon the selection.
made, the people at large are asked
to exercise much patience ana Tor
bearance for it is the purpose OF the
County Board to provide the Des'
school facilities possible for every
community in the County. The physl
cal difficulties incident to putting
across a program for the building oi
coiored schools, which are now in q
most deplorable condition, a program
for the building of white schools, and
a road building program in addition
to the ordinary work of an agrlcul-
ture section will make it next to i'm
possible to do all the things that the
County Board would like to have done
this year.
The County Board does not pro
nose to go the limit Of its borrowing
capacity at present so that in due
time by issuing additional bonds the
entire building program in every com
munity can be taken care OF.
II is hoped that the State by appro-
priating additional funds for the sup
mort of the schools will lessen the
burden which this building program
will put upon the tax payers and 1t is
the belief OF a number OF men VINO
recognize the great necessity or the
schools that such action will be taken
The County Board in outlining the
program above set forth have been
actaated by two compelling consider
ations; first, desire to remedy the
deplorable physical conditions under
which the children in the county have
to work in attending the present
schools and second, to give to the
white children of the county as good
conditions as it is hoped that the gift
of tbe Delaware School Auxiliary As
sociation will provide for the colored
children. To this end the County
Board would like to have the support
of every tax payer in the county 1t
Is a conformation in which our per-
sonaI PRIDE as DeIawareans IS lnVoiY-
ed and the great good can come only
from a united body Of people inter-
ested in the present and future vel