Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-26

What Is Going On Tonight
 United Order Golden Cross, Whitman tic Coramandery, No. 25e, meets.
 Figures presented Tuesday at tho meeting of WilIimantic Rotary Clus5 bs E. A. Case, principal of Windhan High school and superintendent of local public schools, showed that the average tax on property valued at S3,0ae on bands of $S0,0Ge necessary to build the proposed addition to Natehaug Grammar school would amount to about 60 cents a year, or one-ffth of mill. A property owner with real estate valued at $1s.OOo would be taxed one cent per day on the same basis.
 These figures were brought out by Su- perintendent Case while talking to the Rotarians asking for their support for the project.
 When the town of Windham built her schools the builders looked into the flu ture and prepared for increased attend- ance; but their vision was limited and today, about ten years since many of the schools were built finds Windham' g schools overcrowded and in some cases pupils getting but two hours instruction per day.
 Natehaug school has grown to 225 pu.
  cent in 10 years. The school when built was planned to care for an increase of 100 pupils but the school is now hold ing more than twice that number. Next year the conditions will be even worse. as the average grade at Natchaug will not be less than so pupils the school ave rage being 66 13 pupils per grade. This means that two teachers must lbe pro vided for each grade if the children are to receive proper instruction
 The Oaks school was planned for an increase of 35 pupils but the attendance has grown from 58 to 125, all pupils be- | ing in four rooms. This school is under contract with the state, the school being furnished by the town and the teacher by the state. With pupils on half time they lose a half years schooling every year, having only two hours instruction l for 1S0 days. The tuition of the pupils based on the average attendance grant causes the town of Windham to pay the state $4200 yearly, the state in turn pay 1 ing $1.000 for the teacher.
 At South Windnam there are now 7j pupils in two rooms, a decided crowdine Of pupils, for no teacher can instruct any such number of pupils so that they can get tho education afforded in schools not so crowded.
 When Windham High school was built many people thought it 8 white elephant l but timo has shown that the school was | pianAed about right as there arc now 609 pupils against 800 when tho school was erected
 The Windham street school is filed and cannot take any Of the overflow. The attendance is 75 pupils
 There has been heard talk of using the | high school for tlle overflow from the grammar schools. At the high school there are but two rooms available foI ] this work, both in the rear Of the build 1 ing and not suitable for children to be confined in for an entire day.
 Then there aaro several things we can do, said the speaker. We can raise port able schoolhouses at cost of about s4ioo0 yearly CT we can go on as WE 1 are sinking s500o yearly at the Oaks school where the children receive abso- lutely no benefit from their half-timt study. We can put eight rooms at Nat cllAus school on half tiHra at cost of : $S.600 yearly for no return.
 The better way seems to build sn ad- dition to Natchaug school at a cost of $S0,000, bond the school, which means interest of about $S,4oo yearly on the bonds. Now what will this mean to the taxpayer Of Wiadham? II will mean that ! every taxpayer will be taxed Is of ent mill and if 1-5 of mill is assessed, ir % years this will pay the interest on tho bonds and buy back the school ! What does this mean to the taxpayer with property of about s3,0oo in va,ne It means tax Of so cents 8 year, cents month. Is this too much for the prop erty owner to pay to give the children o EE.- cation as good. if not better. than oul 1 fathers allowed as to receive? To show 1 just how this will hit the man with prop i erty valued high enough to cost him ons cent day, MT. Caso stated that $18,00l on the tax list would pay this one cen i g day.
 1 Windham can easily sell bonds on he ! schools, Wdndh2nl High school alone be ing valued at sufficient amount to cove l the cost Of all school buildings in tn i town. When Windham High was bull ] 1t cost s1S0.00e and today is valued a better than sS0o,O0o.
 i Tn closing Mir Case asked that ever. : member should go to the town meetini 1 Thursday night and vote his say as | l whether Windham's children shall hay
 proper educational facilities or whethe
 this town will resort to the old plan o ! waiting until it is too late. The c5jec of building the addition at Natchau: is because it Is central to the overfoy district and will care for the overfoy
 until sections of the town or city Gro7 in numbers sufficient to warrant the cor struetion of a building ia new district By d unanimous vote the club approve the plan of building the addition an voted to take part in the meeting Thurs
 day night.
 The meeting was called to order 3
 noon by President Valentine L. Murphy and the usual business was transacte prior to H. ". Standish taking over tn meeting and introducing Mr Case a
 speaker. A rising vote of thanks wa
 given Mr. Case for his en1ightening tall
 which so clearly showed the absolute ne cessity Of additional school facilities
 Windham. The meeting closed with tn
 singing Of The Star Spangled Banner. \ In police court Tuesday morning
 Charles H. Baker pleaded not guilty to
 charge of assault on pr. Herbert I
 SWitzer. Prosecuting Attorney SamUt
 B. Harvey obtained from the court
 continuance Of the case until next Mor
 day morning as MT. Switzer is confne to his home on Jordan road sufferin from injuries received when Baker struc
 him on the head with cart stake. George F. Lee, one of the twenty vis lators of the motor vehicle laws, ares
 ed here Sunday, who failed to show U