Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-15
SCHOOL BOARD PLANS
70 NEW BUILDINGS
N NEXT TEN YEARS.
Comprehensive Construction
Program Wlth Schools Gen.
tvallxod 10 the Aim.
WORKING OUT THE DETAILS

abandonment Of practically all the
old school buildings in the city. the
Capitalization ct new schools in tho
various districts and n tcn-ycar build
tnn program With the construction of
about two new structures each year
curing the period of ten years IN the
comprehensive PLAN the members OF
tho Hoard of Education have for the
i,tterment OF the educational facili-
ties IN Wilmington and IL is the belicr
tina, this is the project that viii even
iually he worked out and put into ef-
feet. although they do not anticipate
hcins able to sct right down 10 the
actual work Of construction before
january l cf next year. II then.
In explaining the matter 10 rep
icscnfativc of Every Evening. Ellwood
soudcr. prcsidcrt OF the board. said
they are working very carefully To do
all they can toward the Improvement
~ the school facilities and they intend
In have numerous special meetings
"a consider the proposition. They want
Go he sure what they. want and then
mako sure that they get Il. hut they
do not propose - spend the city's
money injudiciously. They first intend
" make sure they are right and then
No ahead and he stated they feel sure
they viii have the support OF the citi-
sens IN general and that the necessary
money viii be forthcoming from
Council.
Mr. Soudcr said much has been done
w the way Of making the public
school buildings better places for the
accommodation OF the children, but the
board does not want TO go before City
Council and ask for money To REF air
tho old buildings now In use. II Is the
Idea of the board to abandon most OF
them and then To sell the structures
and the sites. hut this cannot and will
not b. done until the board can take
adequate care OF the entire cnrollmcn,
H. the schools.
Under the law the board can have
issued bonds In an amount each year
hascd on a percentage Of the totai
uss"sscj valuation of city real estate
II In estimated that this source OF rev.
emu" Will net tho department approx
innicly $500 GOO per year. IL is the
plan 20 have these bonds issued each
YEAR Tor ten years and out OF this
annual revenue 20 build two public
school buildings. Il is further planned
go ccntrall1e them; in other words
who're two and three schools arc now
located In one district one big and
modern building could accommodate all
the children attending the two OF
three separate schools. The members
believe the children and their parents
would sladly consent 10 the. children
walking little further n they knew
they were % have the use OF a
modern structure with all convent
cnces and built along scientific lines.
This plan would give the city al
least 20 very modern and complet
buildings, each hig enough 10 take
care OF the needs of the city FOR
many years 20 come. They win be
located on sites TO be purchased In
central locations IN the various Gis-
iric,s and the old school buildings viii
he abandoned and sold.
~ the last meeting of the board :
special committee was appointed e
investigate and report on the matter
cf employing some firm or conccrI
90 mako a survey as 20 what kind o
school buildings should be orcctes
nero. where they should be located ans
the quality o, each such structure. DIR
Victor WAshhurn is chairman Of thi
committee, The other members ar
President Soudcr. George Rommel
James T. Chandler and Sherncr Strad
ley.
This committee was 90 hav, held
meeting Yesterday afternoon to dis
russ their plans. but the meeting wa
deferred until later In the week. Ther
is still some data the committee want
30 secure before making it's report. ID,
Wsshburn ss,d when asked about tn
rfat'-r. that he could not predict wha
would Ne done AZ this weeks meeting