The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-10-13
SCHOOL PROJECT
MATER|ALIzA
TEDIOUS PROCESS
Getting Results From Building
Program Involves Formali-
ties and Red Tape.
By BLYTHE HENDRICKS

It is q long cry from the formula
ton of school building program to
getting school children out of porta-
bles and temporary shacks into mod
ern, f1reproof, sanitary structures.
According to Adolph Emhardt,
chairman of the buildings and grounds
committee of the board of school com
missioners, 1t probably will be Jan
uary before bids for any Of the eight
new buildings included in the buil1-
ing program will be received He
added that he hoped several of the
smaller buildings would be completed
and ready for occupancy for the
opening of the new school year next
September.
Before actual construction can be
begun there are many Of formalities
and much red tape to be gone
through with. Architects for the
buildings were selected at the meeting
of the buildings and grounds COM
mittee Wednesday night. Their
selection will come up for approval
at the regular board meeting next
Tuesday.
The architects must then prepare
plans and specifications and submit
them to the board for approval FIRE.
quently changes are ordered and then
the plans have to be revised. After
the plans finally are approved by the
school board they must be submitted
to the Steta bard of accounts. After
the tax board has decided they are
satisfactory the school board must
sioners to approve a bond issue to
pay for the buildings. If any tax
payers object to the bond issue public
hearings must be held.
Construction Delays
If the program survives all these
trials and trIbulations bids are ad-
vertised and then work at last gets
under way Almost invariably there
are delays during the period of con-
struction. due to various causes, such
as strikes, failure of building material
to arrive, etc
AT many Of the schools included in
the program housing conditions are
of the worst.
Equipment now in use at these
schools are as follows:
No. 30, SO n. Elder Ave.-The build
ing here is an old two-room frame
structure. Three residences recently
were purchased and one room in each
Of these buildings will be used for
classes during the winter.
No. 3S, Winter and Bloyd Aves.-
In addition to the four-roon brick
building. two one-room portables and
En4v
classrooms.
mo. 81, Wallace and E. Tenth Sts.-
Here the building is a rickety four
room frame building, a relic of the
days when the territory was outside
the city limits. Patrons Of the school
say the building rocks and shakes in
a heavy wind and that it is unsafe. A
two-room portable was placed on the
grounds this year to take care Of the
overflow Of pupils from the other
building.
No 67, s615 W. Walnut St.-In ad-
dition to the eight-room brick build
ing. which is in good condition, three
portables are in use.
Glasses I'm Church
No. 20, Central Ave. and Forty Sixth
St. So crowded are conditions at this
school that children attend school in
q two-room portable. and, through the
courtesy of the Meridian Heighty Pres
byterian Church, classes are being
held in the church auditorium. The
regular eight-room building is In good
condition. The annexation of Broad
Ripple probably will result in in
creased attendance at this school.
No. 75. w. Fourteenth St, and Belle
view Place. Three two-roOm portables
comprise the entire plant. There Is no
permanent building. The same con-
dition exists at No. IS, College Ave.
and Thirtieth ST.. where two portaDles
are in use.
No. 23, Missouri and Thirteenth Sts.
This is a negro school, and housing
conditions have been bad here for sew
eral years. Two portables supplement
the twelve-room building, which is a
good one. The shop at this school is
in an old residence.