The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-02
TEMPORARY SCHOOL BUILDING.
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not what they should be. The Hines prop
terty was bought in 1914 with a view ultl-
mately to erecting there either a high
school building or building for the grades.
HE said it was found to be impossible to
make over the Hines house and make 1t
suitable for the purposes desired within a
reasonable expense, and that a portable
! building for two rooms would cost over
81. 900. A building to meet the temporary
needs could be built and equipped for
50, 700, using some equipment which the
district now has.
PRINCIPAL J.,.E. Warren said about 60
would graduate this year, while from the
keighth grade from 70. to so you'd come
Iinto the high school he2t . Fehf.- The
actual high school attendance now is 36S,
and a few viii not return, but the attend
janice next year will be over HOO mi count
ing any new tuition pupils. He said
kthere were definite reasons. why the dis
trict should not refuse to take tuition
pupils, but the tuition. should be in
creased to cover the cost to the district,
which last year was $40 each. : He said
1.-THE ventilation in the high school building
was not adequate for many more pupils.
Charles G.. Staples asked if the matter
of adding permanent rooms to the present
building had been considered, and Mr..
Warren said that to add more rooms
would tend to make the present building
a permanent high school building, whereas
it was not modern and contained no audi
forum. which a high school building
should have.
Rev. Clark T. Brownell asked if the
question of creating a junior-senior high
school and eliminating some of the carrier
grades had been considered, and Mr.. War
rem stated that the committee gave that
question some attention a few years ago.
Martin Austin enquired concerning the
cost of the teacher training course and
was told by Mr.. Warren that the only
cost to the district would be for furnishing
a room. the state paying for the teacher.
1t is. required that at least eight persons
take the course, and 10 already have
agreed to take it, while others Will come
from Wilmington and elsewhere. Asked
by Mr.. Austin if such a course would be
continued here if the state established a
central training school, Mr.. Warren said
it probably would.
s. A. Daniels believed from CONVERSE
ton with members of the state board of
education that the state would help erect
quarters for a-teacher training course.
Mr.. Austin brought up the perennial
question of tuition pupils, stating that the
tuition pupils caused the congestion. He
said he was opposed to a temporary build
ing to be junked in two or three years.
He thought an addition could be built on
to the Hines house for much less than q
temporary building would cost. and that
the Fleming house could be bought and
later salvaged for $4,000 or $4,000.
Mr.. OsgoOd said the Fleming property
was very unsatisfactory and tina it would
be very unwise to consider buying it. As
to the Hines house, in addition to objec-
.tious already stated there was the further
objection that a building there could not
be so readily supervised as one near the
present high school. There would also be
salvage from d temporary structure.
H. 1A-a-a
tendent of schools. then told specifically I
of inadequate conditions in the Fleming
house, the unsatisfactory toilet arrange
mentS. the necessity of burning electric
lights most of the time, and various other
matters. which served to enlighten some
of her hearers.
Mrs. w. r. Daley asked what kind of n
building could be erected and equipped
for $1,000. whereupon Mr.. 0sgood asked
Fred 6. Brown. contractor, to give the rel
suit of his Investigations.
MIR. Brown said that temporary school
buildings were nothing new, and he del
scribed such buildings now in use inl
Greenfield, Mass. \ schoOlhouse such as
was contemplated. would be comfortable,
weather proof. would be adequately heated
and would have suitable ventilation. 1t
would be- far ahead of the Fleming build-i
ing. The heater would be below the floor.
The house would be SO feet wide by CT
feet long. containing two rooms p by %
feet and one room 20 by 20 feet.
Mrs. Clarke G.. Fits thought the dis
trict could abide by the Judgment and wis
dom of the committee, and she moved
that they be instructed to erect a tempo
rary building as contemplated under
article l of the warrant.
Mrs. Frank w. Pier asked if a building |
on the Hines property would require an
other ianitor. and A. F. Schwenk of the
SpbppI hoapI C1iI - xv-o,,1I ,YpIaSS orro pma |
ments could be made with the High street
~janitOr to look after it.
". A. Shumway thought if more room
was needed the district should put up a
new permanent schoOlhouSe and not throw
away $1,000 on a temporary one.
Mr.. Daniels did not like the idea of
ciuttering up the high school grounds with
temporary structures and using land
which the children should nave for play
ground purposes. He confessed that he
didn't know how to vote on the PROPOSE
ton.
NJ. ]. Moran also was undecided how
to vote, and he moved that a committee of
three be elected to act with the prudential
committee in making further Investigations
and to bring i'm a report SO that the voters
could vote more intelligently.
Col. ]. G.. Estey stated emphatically
that the committee faced an emergency
and needed immediate action. He
tiouSht IL would be a great mistake not
to follow the committees recommendation
and to postpone action.
j. Il. Rogers thought a pOstponement
would be unwiSe and said the saving in the
cost of a permanent building FIVE years
hence would more than offset the cost of
a temporary building now. not to mention
the great Immediate need.
\ vote being called for the motion by
Nv, Moran, which was offered as an
amendment to that of Mrs. Fitts's. was
put and was lost. Mrs. FittS's motion
Was then put and vas carried by a large
majority.
Under article . Mr.. Staples moved that
an appropriation of not exceeding $4,000
be voted to carry out the vote under the
previous article, and the motion. was.car-
RED without n dissenting vote. .% 81
Under article ;. to transact any other
business, Mr.. Austin moved that sealed