Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-12

At a meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation of District Number One, held
at the Commerce Club Friday. Superin-
tendent ]. II. Risley presented report
of the building needs of the District
based upon a careful survey of the pres
ent situation, and recommended that
a definite building program be taken
up Immediately.
The recommendations of the Super
intendent were approved by the Board
as a tentative program and The Build
ing and Grounds Committee were In
structed TO prepare estimates of the
cost of carrying out the program and
to make plans for presenting the mat
ter to the voters of the district.
A community meeting was held last
week under the auspices of the Parent
Teachers Association of the Annex
School at which the needs of n new
building for that district were dis
cussed and the sentiment was unan-
imous for a new building for that
community. The meeting was well
attended by taxpayers of the district
and other meetings will no doubt be
held and the voters thoroughly familiar
lied with the plans. 1t is not thought
that there will be much opposition to
bond that will properly care for the
building needs OF District Number one.
The following is the plan proposed
by the Superintendent and una animous-
ly approved by the Board:
A PROPOSED BUILDING PLAN FOR
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
PUEBLO, COLORADO
In working out a building program
for school district, It is necessary to
keep in mind not only the present
Bod
ure needs based upon the assumption
that the district Will grow and that
certain restrictions will prevent Its
growth in one or more directions and
that certain other conditions will pro-
mote Its growth IN other directions. 1t
+ necessary also to determine what
administrative type of organization
will best serve the educational needs
of the district and the extent to which
the citizens will be willing to tax
themselves to include what Is most
modern and complete in school plants
and equipment.
CROWDED CONDITION. OF THE
ANNEX SCHOOL
The most pressing need at present
10 in that part of the district served
BY the annex grade school. The annex
IL small building with four regular
ciass rooms and a basement room
improvised for the kindergarten From
time to time school rooms have been
opened in the high school to take
care of the overflow classes from this
building until at present four of the
regular high school class rooms arc
used Tor the purpose. In addition to
This We have been compelled to organ
ise second grade class on the half
day plan-one-half of them coming in
The morning and the other in the after
noon-and to use tho kindergarten
room IN tho afternoon to give special
attention to group from the over
crowded fourth grade. This is restrict. .
Ing the expansion of tho high school
ae every available room Is now in use
me use OF part of tho high school for
Erane school purposes makes an awk-
ward situation. There Is no chance 10
properly organize the entire work OF
the various departments of the annex
school. the children have no play
space and the location OF the building
on prominent corner where tho traf-
ffe is rather heavy adds an element
of danger that stiil further compIi-
Gates the situation
THE SITUATION IN OTHER
SCHOOLS OF THE WEST
SIDE
Somerlid school is also overcrowded.
At tho beginning of tho second
semester It became necessary to re-
heve the situation by moving tho man
ual training equipment from one OF
the basement rooms and opening I'm a
mixed grade TO relieve two crowded
rooms. All the basement rooms In
mis- building are now used for elias.
rooms, altho some of them are poorly
adapted to the purpose.
irving Place school in full. some
rooms crowded and no possible chance
Tor relief in that building
Every room in the Hinsdale school Ia
In use at present and a small increa se
IN enrolment at any time would call
Tor relief in that building
The plant at Riverside Is also being
used TO its full capacity. The small
cottage formerly used WAS carried
away by the flood. decreasing TO that
extent the building room in that dis
trict. The school grounds are very
small and afford very little play space
for the children.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE EAST SIDE
On the east side of tho city both
Bradford and Park View are filled ia
capacity and Fountain school is crowd
Cd IN some departments so that relief
Ia demanded.
It is apparent that tho grade school
situation is such as to demand the et
tentfon of tho board first of ali and
that the most pressing need is n better