Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-09
NEW SCHOOL SITE
At ELEVENTH AND
k|RKWOOO STREETS
One OF Several sugrsstsd.
Where 1000 Pupils Could
Attend.
ESTIMATED COST 100000

Cor the hc,tcr Information OF the
people cf this city and state. cs-
recially those interested IN educa-
,ionrl matters in the public schools
and the parents ~ bows and girls at-
tending the, schools the platoon sys-
tenn a. n has been inAusuratcd in
Detroit Michigan. how 4 operates
there, and what u means Tor the
tvavh,ra parents ana pupils of that
,it,. Ever, Evening today begins
the nrv, ~ series of articles In
which VIII he detailed what IL IN sur-
s,s'oi be done In Wilmington with
i'Eafd tn the adoption OF the work
riudVarlhy plan in the public schools
vf this city ana what has been sug-
reHiod In the way of new building
projects u should be understood al
once that q ~ considered next to
impossible 20 use any of the present
sphool buildings here for the employ
mont ~ IA. platoon system, FOR the
simple reason that they are not suit
,d for this purpose and hardly any
expenditure ~ money could make
thom suitable.
" ls assumed trat The average
,itirpn ana the average parent under
is n ls not a milliarltlc sdoa. 10 has
nolhins 90 DO with part time fOr the
ruhlls and Il does not relate 10 amy
radical idcaa or methods hat might
tend to rciard or interfere with the
rrosr,ss ~ the boys ana IS In their
studios n is n term rivcn the
ueiornlsed svstcm of handling and
trachlne children In tho up-to-date
school ana o. benefits have been
proved to be- manifest and so nuincr-
uua that In Detroit. especially, whore
% has been rlvvn a fair trial no one.
tuarhvrs, parents. pupils and school
authorities would over again return
tn the old form OF instruct or. az least
lf their sincere statements regarding
che matter arc 90 be accepted as a
truo indication of their feelings about
90, matter
TO ala the merihcrs ~ the Board OF
iducatlor IN this momcntoun and very
vital problem 90 chanrine from a LONG
established system In ;he public
schoola ct this city % something that
SOME might term an innovation and
90 solve the problem Qf a new build
inr prorrsm which is absolutely cs-
rentiai 90 satisfactory golution "
what are considered the city's cduca-
fNnnai troubles. the Delaware State
Sphool Auxiliary, after very thorough
survey 10 Wilmington. has submitted
report 10 tho Hoard of Education ia
,hloh certain suggestions are made
ana lho whole thlng n SET forth clear
lr lo the end that the FIRST platoon
=. hoal he constructed and placed In
s,rViee here under this now system,
n has boon clearly stated 20 the
hoard and she auxiliary officials have
repeatedly emphasized the fact that
thev are not 10 be regarded IN any
way as lntruding upon the duties or
,flcrs OF lhe school hoard nor are
thsv trylnr % tcli the city officials
what They should 40 tn auxiliary
Ar simply co-npcrating w1th all the
calclals concerned IN the undertaking.
ana piaclne at their disposal an the
Resources ~ tho organization 20 the
end that the educational facilities Of
Wilmington may ho advanced 20 a
prrsier degree n R purely a service
ni Incorporation. nothing more. and %
in generally believed that the mem
h,rs nf tho board OF Education and of
,iiN Council fully understand this
fa,i and accept lho service ~ the aux
umrv in ihp true fashion IN which Il
b. rendered
For thc information ~ the school
itaphrra parents Of children attend
lnf ihp public schools and theirs con-
Uerhrd ln tho public school situation
Ia this city % b. the purpose Of Every
lVoninx to SET forth in detail the sug-
resfions of the Delaware State school
Auxiliary 90 that an VIII know just
what ls EolnE 90 be done il the event
ls decided hv the proper city Of
nrlalF 90 proceed along the lines as
proposed With this end Ia view the
auslllary's report Is submitted 90 the
Hoard nf Education viii be drawn
upon at some length and each idea
elaborated upon IN order 10 bring out
moro fully and place IN clearer pros
poet every phas, 90 this biggest Of
an he undertakings this city has had
a. consider an Al its previous history.
pf, J. a. Odcll IN his report FOR the
school Auxiliary 90 the school board
ni tho special meeting Tuesday night.
states that the belief has been grow
ina both IN IN. school board and the
Council that u would be advisable nj
thin time o. build only one new school.
u h suggested that this new school
should have capacity OF 1000 or
NOR, pupils, u should be upon the most
approved plan but without unneces-
snry ffille and adapted 20 carrying
cat the work-st ~ play or platoon
system ~ administration.
Three Possible Sites.
The Delaware state school Auxn-
larry believes there are three possible
sites FOR such an experiment and FOR
The purposes a this article the first
one suggested win be- taken up. the
other o. be dealt with IN later ac-
counts The FIRST place recommended
hy The auxiliary n az Eleventh and
l>lfkwood streets and the auxiliary
ofHcinls bcliev, Il should be large
enough a. accommodate 2.4O0 pupils
pr odeli shows In his report that II
would involve the purchase OF the
balance ~ the two small squares
bounded respectively by Tenth. Elev
rnih. kirkwood. spruce streets and
hN Tenth, Eleventh. Spruce and Ben
nett streeE. II this site were chosen
N would be- necessary 90 yacate the
small street In between these tive
hleckt, namely Spruce street between
Tenth and Eleventh Tenth street ends
a. Eleventh street now 60 that IN,
elimination y the short block. n q
not believed would cause inconven-
icnce 10 anyone.
The assessed total valuation OF tha,
total property is sllS.s0o. The achoo