The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-06-07
Want Addition
To High School
High School Board Asks Special
Election to Vote Bonds For
School Improvement
SAY S02, 900 REQUIRED TO
CARRY OUT BUILDING PLANS
County Commissioners to Hold Spec
ial Meeting June 18th To Decide
On Election

The County Commissioners met in
regular session on Monday to trans
act the regular monthly business
President Haight of the Churchill
ent and presented request from the
School Board, asking for special
election for the purpose of voting
upon bonds for the proposed addi-
tion to the present high school with
additional building for a suitable
gymnasium which will comply with
the state laws in this respect. As
the matter now stands each county is
required by law to provide suitable
quarters TO provide for courses of
instruction designed to prepare the
pupils for duties of citizenship, both
In time of peace and in time of war.
The law provides that such instrue-
tion shall include: 1) Physical
training designed to secure the
health, vigor and physical soundness
of the pupil. CD instruction rela-
tive to the duties of citizens in the
service of their country.
The County Commissioners re-
eeiyed the request and inquired into
the legal status of whether IL would
be necessary to have an election
board In each voting precinct or not.
Because the question could not be
answered to the satisfaction of the
commissioners at the Monday meet
ing. they requested President Haight
to inquire into the legality of the
question and report back to the COM
missioners at a special meeting to
convene June 18th, at which time
the matter will be finally consider
ed.
In presenting the request for the
told the county commissioners that
but one-half of the present enroll
ment of the county high school pu-
pills could be served In the physical
training course; that the county was
losing a certain amount of money
from the state school funds for such
purposes because we have not fully
complied with the law approved
March 81, 1917.
Should the bond issue be submit
ted to the people of the county for
their approval or rejection IL will
carry a total sum OF 1900, s65,-
900 of which will be for an addition
al building for high school purposes
and $4,000 for gymnasium build
Ing.
The request of the school board
was presented to the commissioners
In the form of a set of resolutions
as follows:
Whereas. the enrolment of the
Churchill County High School has
more than doubled since the COM
pletion of the building at present oe-
cupied by said county high school;
and
Whereas. said building is now in
adequate and does not provide prop
er facilities for the education of the
pupils enrolled in the various conrs-
es of said high school; and
Whereas, the board has consulted
with Messrs. Wollett a Lamb.
school architects of Sacramento.
California. and have outlined TO
said architects the present needs of
said school In the way of additional
facilities; and
Whereas. said above mentioned
architects have made tentative plans
for the enlargement of the present
school building. and the pr yidlne
of the proper facilities as above men
toned. and have advised this board
that the sun of $4,000 would be
necessary to cover the cost of add
tional class rooms, and th"t S27,-
900 additional would be neeessars
to provide gymnasium space, nov
therefore, be IL
Resolved. that for the purpose
above set forth IL is necessary to en-
large the said building now in use
by the Churchill County Hira
School, that the cost of the same Is
such that bond issue for the nur-
pose is advisable; that the sum of
pose $4,000 is necessary to cover
the cost of adding further class
rooms to the said building; and that
s27, 900 in addition to the said sum
of s65,000 is necessary II gymnasi-
um space isto be provided in con-
nection with the addition to the said
building; and be II further
Resolved. that this board make a
proper certificate hereof to the board
of county commissioners of Church
Ill county. and that said board of
county commissioners be, and IL is
hereby requested to submit theq ues-
tion of bonding the county of
Churchill for the amount and pur-
poses named to the voters of the
county at a special election ordered
for that purpose by the said board
at the earliest practicable date; and
that at such election the voters of
said county be given the opportuni-
ty of voting for the proposed bond
issue of $65,000, covering the cost
fadding class rooms only to the
present building; and that the said
voters be also given the opportunity
OF voting an additional $4,000 to
provide gymnasium space as above
set forth.