Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-01
SCHOOL MOVE
At WOODBRIDGE
Problems of Township Board
of Education Aired at Last
Nights Meeting +

WOODBRIDGE, Aug. An ad-
%journed meeting of the Board OF
Education was held in the high
school last night. A hearing vas
held on the Avenel addition, bids
having been received at the last reg
ular meeting greatly exceeding the
appropriation for the proposed addi-
ton of four rooms and an auditor
ium.
Since the bids were opened the
taxpayers of Avenel held a meeting
and expressed their opinions as to
whether they would eliminate the
auditorium or ask fer an additional.
appropriation. The residents Of
Avenel visited varicds schools il
this state and in Brooklyn with the
idea of learning what prices weie
being paid for siiniIar construction
in other localities.
Mr.. Greenhalgh was the first to
speak and expressed the desire on
the part of the residents of Avenel
to have an auditorium fol- the use
of the school children. Ee said, of
course, an auditorium was desirable
in a community. but the n ain rea-
son they wanted one Was for the pU-
pills of the school in order thai they
might assemble fot various school
purposes. That he visited a 16 room
school with a chapsi and auIi-orium
a: 74th street, Brooklyn. which was
Il model III every particular and was
to cost $780, 00.
Mrs. w. B. Krug spoke several
times as various phases of the ques-
ton were discussed but her main
request was that bids be readver-
tised and an effort made to con-
struct the building with the appto-
priation.
Mr.. Utassy was the next speaker.
He told of the recent meeting in
Avenel when two questions were
put before the meeting. /. Shall
we drop the auditorium n order to
come within the noun, specified ?
z. Shall we ask for an extra appro-
p~riation? He said hat neither qu.s-
tlor met with approval but that the
unanimous sentiment was to read
vertise for bids. President Clum
then asked vice president Valentine
to take the chair. Mr.. Clum then
offered several suggestions. One be-
Ing that they start building at once,
awarding the contract to the lowest
bidder on the four-room construc-
tier and ask for an additional APP
Pre- priatlon at the regular school
election for an auditorium. His pur-
pose IN making this suggestion was
n q readvertlsing would cause a de-
lay OIL about two months Mr.. VAL
ehtihe then made a motion that
the request of the residents of Ave-
mel be respected and That bids he
readvertised to be opened on Au-
gust Il. Alexander Merchant, The
architect for the H%opelawn school
ADDITION, was present and presented
the plans for that school,. 1t was
regularly moved and seconded that
tne plans be accepted and bids be
advertised. The bids for the new
Colonla school are to be opened or
August IA.
A communication was received
n read from the borough o.
roosevelt in regard to the 125 pupil,
from Woodbridge Township tie,
were accommodating in the Roose.
veIt SCHOOLS expressing their regret
that they could not continue the
same arrangements as Railway was
unanIe 10 take seventy high school
PUPILS from there on account of the
iack of space in Railway. A later
telephone communication was re-
ported in which Roosevelt womb
keep the primary and grammar
grade pupils from the section of
me township bordering on the Dor
ough II Woodbridge would accom-
,nodate the seventy high school
Mr.. Love reported on the crowded
cohoitlons at the Barron avenue
school and a committee was an
po-Ited TO look into these conditions
Gonsistihg OF Messrs. DUNCAN, Wall
ne anu emerson, with Mr.. Love as
an eX-efficio advisory member
The crowded conditions az por.
Reading are also under considerat
tlon and all of these matters will he
iuiiy reported and acted upon Of
the special meeting on August Ia.