The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-11-24
School Committee Of Fifty
Hear Reports Last Night
From Sub Committees
THREE REPORTS ARE
GIVEN AT MEETING
Another Committee Appoint
ed To Combine The Reports
In One; Other Business


tho ccngested condition N the Mt.
Vernon high school, met Tuesday
evening at the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms. t ~
At tho meeting last night, interest.
ing reports were submitted by the
sub.ccmmittees named by the general
committee. Reports were submitted
by the inspection committee, B. NJ.
Allen. chairman; information commit
tee, Carl N. Lorey, chairman; and the
finanre committee, William A. Acker-
man, chairman.
President c. G. Conley presided
over the meeting, with Secretary
George Israel recording the proceed
ings.
Information COMMITTEES
The first report submitted was that
from the information committee. It
follows in full:
The information committee of the
committee of SO examined the Central
school building and the high school
building on Nov. 30, and report as fol-
lows:
We find the pupils living within the
boundaries of the Mt. Vernon school
district to be 465; also the number Of
pupils living outside the district at
tending high school in Mt. Vernon
and paying tuition to be 242.
The board Of education estimates
the Size Of building and number Of
rooms necessary for the proper ac-
commodation Of, the Mt. Vernon high
school as follows
"1'1s accommodate the 700 pupils we
now have in the high school, ii will
require, according to the building
code lSection 12600-50 General Code)
ESQ cubic feet per pupil in each class
room Alone $50 cubic feet X 700
175,OO0 cubic feet minimum Hall
ways, stairways, cloak rooms, furnace
rooms, coal room, supply room, rest
rooms, toilets, laboratories, gymnas-
inm, auditorium, and library such as
the code requires, brings the total
cnbage around 100000 Gu. IT. to S00,0
Gu. 1T. Such a building would be about
40 IT. high from basement to roof and
would also be about 142 IT. square. II
erected at the prevailing present price
Of 80 cents per cubic foot, it could be
erected for $245, ,0OO.s
"Notc-Code does not require eth
er auditorium or gymnasium. Howev-
er no modern school Is complete with
out both"
To accommodate 1900 pupils, Junior
and senior high school together, and
look forward to future growth, it will
require a cubage of about 100000 GU.
It. Such building would be 40 IT.
high and be about 200 IT. square. Such
a building would cost proportionately
more. 700 pupils require about 25
classrooms plus adequate study rooms
1900 pupils require about 40 class
rooms plus adequate study rooms -
Your committee also finds the pres
ent class room cubic feet amounts to
10000.
We also find there are IL school dis
tricts in the county; 10 high schools
five of the first class and five of the
second. The, present Mt. Vernon
school district Indebtedness amounts
to- $l03,O00.
The board of education's estimate o
the cost Of education in the higf
school for the school year 1921-1S22
made by superintendent and clerk o
thy toard, shows that 1t costs slight!
in excess of $50 per pupil for the year
This amount includes in addition tt
running expenses and teachers salar
les charge of five per cent for inter
est upon the valuation of the higl
school buildings and site and fiv,
per cent depreciation upon the valua
ti0n of the buildings"
The present tuition Is $75.
We also find that the auditorium
room has not sufficient seating capal
ity for our students.
We also find that the manual trair
ing room is quite insufficient and pool
ly ventilated. It also became nece'
sary to remove the mechanical draw
r ing room from the basement OF tn
old building to the auditorium, whic
is now being used for that purpose.
We also find that q number OF th
classrooms require artificial light, e
peciaiiy on cloudysdays.
WI also fnd that there are not su
aot.,.x .tudv yoonna and II becam