The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-22
Every Ward in the City Returns Majority in
Favor of Better Schools at Refer
endum Held Tuesday.
MAJORITY FOR PROGRAM is 1903
Two New Grade Buildings, the High School and One
Junior High School to be Started Before the
End of the Present Year.

as outlined by the commission will 90
forward without delay. The members
of the city council have already en-
dorsed the report and It's recommends
lions by a unanimous vote and it is
certain that there will be no quibbling
over the question of raising the money
necessary to carry out the provisions
of the report. A careful survey has
brought the statement that the money
can be provided without any increase
in the mill tax. The amount to be
used in the work for the present year
will be in the neighborhood of 100000.
A part of this will be secured from
the tax levy to be made in December
and the remainder will be secured
through a bond issue. The board of
education is expected to take steps to
put the program into operation at the
July meeting of the board.
What the Referendum Guaranteed.
The referendum on Tuesday guaran-
tees the carrying out Of the recon-
mellFltions Is u comm sion extnd-
ing over a period Of five years begin
ming with this year. The whole plan
will bring erection Of bulldogs and
changes in the schools Which viii make
the Kenosha schools the best in Wis
consin
The work to be done this year as
outlined in the report adopted at the
polls on Tuesday is as follows:
L High School--Adoption of plan
for school of at least 1900 capacity,
and determination and purchase of
site if the latter is necessary. This
building should be pushed with all
speed, since it can hardly be complet-
ed in less than two years.
II. Grant School Build an eight
room elementary unit according to
standard plans on the Fairfield Ave,
site now owned by the Board of Educa-
ton. It should be possible to complete
this building for occupancy before
winter if prompt start can be made.
The erection of this building will pro-
vide for children now wretchedly hous-
ed in the Grant school district where
present conditions as whole are high
ly unsatisfactory. It viii relieve
crowding at the Washington school and
take care of the city's growth north of
the Burlington road.
III. Albers Street School-The pur-
chase of a site somewhere in the vi
cinity of Albers and Rowland, ada
cent to present or future park proper
ty, and the start during the summer of
an eight-room elementary unit accord
ing to standard plans. This building
will replace the unsatisfactory port
able group at Albers street, will re-
lieve the Balm school where over
crowding is especially noticeable, and
fire hazard incurred in the use of the
third floor. It will also provide for
the rapid development taking place
along the northern section Of Rowland
avenue. II
New Lincoln Junior High.
". Lincoln School-Preparation for
the erection of new building in vi
cinity of present school and near Lin
coin park, which shall house the Junior
high school and release the present
building, which was planned as grade
building, for the use Of the elementary
children now crowded out into eight
portables. This building will By state
regulation require gymnasium and
should provide for social center facili
ties so that the southern section of the
city may enjoy the same privileges
that have offered to the north and west
in the Washington and Mckinley
schools, and so constantly and
effectively used. It is desirable to pro-
cure the site, decide on plans, and
make such progress with tn founda-
ton and structure as viii sure its
completion with the opening Of the
school year in September, 1923, since
its completion, by adding twenty rooms
to the school capacity, viii materially
relieve the congestion in the present
Lincoln district and those adjacent to
it.
Enlarge Durkee Grounds.
V. Purchase of additional school
grounds at the Durkee and Frank
schools in preparation for additions
to be erected later. Pending these ad-
ditions, the use of third floor for class
or assembly purposes should be aban-
doned as unsafe because Of fire risk,
temporarily substituting portable class
rooms, or by utilization Of purchased
property. S
VI. Purchase of a site for an e.e-
mentary school adjacent to the pres
ent Mckinley school.