Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-24
SCHOOL ACTION
At JAMESBURG
Congestion is Discussed But
No Remedy Found at Meet
ing of Borough Citizens

JAMESBURG. April 24.-The
"get-:cgether'' meeting of the citi-
Gems and the members of the Board
Of Education. Friday night at the
high school auditorium. failed in its
purpose. When 1t came to a show
down the opinions were as far from
being in accord as when the session
opened at s o'clock. Finally ad-
lournment was taken after 10 o'clock
with nothing accomplished.
The meeting was called by the
president of the Board of Education,
DIR. j. r. Dare. In an effort TO get
ideas from the citizens n taxpay-
ers as TO how to relieve the conges-
ton in the schools with the smallest
expense to the taxpayers.
Over one hundred were present
when DR.. Dare called the meeting
to order with an explanation of its
objects. He gave in detail the work
of the members of the board and
thought that the better way to get
the facts to the taxpayers was to APP
point a committee of citizens to 20
over the proposition and come back
and tell just what they thought of
the several ideas.
Opposition started when an at
tempt was made to secure the COM
mittee of citizens. Finally William
C. Crosby was named as the chair
man of the meeting and he outlined
the plan. with its good and bad fea-
lures. Although the taxpayers re-
sponded TO the call to solve the So
luton none cared to serve. Finally
Joseph Shaw, ex-mayor George
Shuitz and Jacob Wyckof were
elected a committee of citizens to
meet with the board and all seemed
sure the plans Of the board would
finally be given to the citizens. When
adjournment was due Mr.. Weisert
thought that the board would be
better off without him and hat The
was no better than they WERE"
This comedy seemed to please the
audience. The refusal of Mr.. Weisert
to serve put the idea of a committee
out of the question and finally Mr..
Crosby put the vote whether the
citizens really wanted a committee to
meet with the board and Ethe idea
of naming the committee was de-
feated.
This opened up a lively discussion.
Mrs. Joseph Van Pelt and Mrs.
Charles Breckwedel started to ask
questions and soon the meeting was
in full swing again and more ideas
were presented.
Ex-Mayor ShultZ was in favor OF
an addition to the present gram
mar school. This was tabooed. ow-
ing to the idea being not practical
and expensive. DR.. j. c. Shinn
tried to effect a remedy when he
said that Jamesburg was not large
enough to support a high school.
that it was poorly equipped and
lacked efficiency. He said that his
words were authoritative as they
came from County superintendent
Fl. Brewster Willis. He said that IL
there was no high school building
here not so many would care to at
tend and hat it would be cheaper
to send the scholars to other high
schools.
These differences brought the
members of the board present to
their feet with explanation that
seemed only to confuse those pres
emit and the entire idea of arriving
at an understanding was brought to
a focus when Henry Urstedt and
Howard Applegate and others said
that the citizens were with the
board. Finally a vote was taken
and the meeting said that the entire
matter should be left with the board
and that was how the matter ended.
The majority present seemed
willing tn do anything that would
relieve the congestion and give the
800 children on half-time full-time
sessions.