San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-28
ADD SO ROOMS
FOR RELIEF Of
GRADE SCHOOLS
Will Care for Congestion
Remaining After Junior
Schools Built.
BUY ELEVEN NEW SITES
Will Transfer 100000 to
Elementary School
Building Program.

Elementary schools of San Antonio
will receive 100000 of the $1,000
600 voted at the bond issue election
last June for a building program, it
was revealed in financial state
ment of the building program, pre-
rared by the business office of the
San Antonio school board and sub
mitted TO a called meeting of the
board, Tuesday afternoon. The meet
ing was called primarily to determine
the type of boilers to be installed in
the schools. After disposition had
been made of this matter, the meet
ing adjourned, and caucus followed,
at which the elementary school build
ing program was discussed.
Although no definuite plan was out
lined, a tentative agreement was
reached that IS class rooms should
be added to the public school sys-
TEN to care for congeSted conditions
in the elementary schools where they
are not completely relieved by the
junior high schools.
According TO the original plans OF
the school board. S1.5O0.OOO was TO
be expended on junior high schools,
and SJ00,000 was to be expended for
the enlargement of the elementary
school plant. BY action Of the school
board several weeks ago it was de-
cided to omit the junior high school
building the board had planned to
erect on the Yorkshire site. The
S200.000 thus saved was diverted into
the elementary school budget. The
margin thus saved in the junior high
school program is sufficient to pay all
elementary expenses TO date, amount
ing TO 100000. and leave the full
100000 for buildings. equipment and
architect fees for the elementary
school program.
Acquire New Ground.
At the S5u0,000 remaining for the
elementary school program, it is es
timated by the school board business
manager, Paul Scholz, that $4JO,U00
will be expended for the actual con-
structiOu of class rooms, S3O,O for
equipment, and $4,000 for achitects'
fees.
An itCmjzed statement of the $780,
coo expenditure already made for the
elementary school program shows that
the greater part OF the expenditure
was for the acquisition OF eleven new
sites and additions to four present
sites. The eleven elementary school
sites with the cost OF each, are as
follows.
Murphy street, SG050: Magnolia,
So 800; Mahncke Park, Sl6,50O;
Blanco Road, $4,000; Euclid Park,
$4,000; Somerset Road, $1,000; South
Laredo, $500: Tampico street,
$1,000; Mason street, So, 100; Blue
bonnet, $4,000; Iowa, $1U,j00.
Additions TO the Robert Green site
We're acquired at cost of $1,000;
Travis school, $500; Collins Gar
den school, $4,000, and Bowie school,
$4,000.
Met Its Promises.
Other expenses include repairs to
the William Mckinley school, total
ing S1125. and TO the Robert +. Lee
school, totaling $4,000; architects
fees, $3.50; and reserve for taxes,
eurbing, and extras, '$50S5, making
n total OF 100000 already expended
or contracted for expenditure.
The school board has more than
met its promises made during the
school bond election last year, accord
ing to MIR. Scholz. The board prom
Used the citizens that six junior high
schools would be erected under the
junior high school building program.
Contracts for the construction of six
junior high school buildings have been
let, site has been purchased for the
future erection of n junior high school
and an elementary school, the Viii
liam Mckinley will be converted into
a junior high school. This program
is in addition to the two junior high
schools for negroes TO be established
in conjunction with the Douglas and
Grant schools.
Decide on Boilers.
The junior high school program as
presented in the financial statement,
indicates that S142,215 has been ex-
pended for the purchase of junior
school sites; that the buildings and
reconstruction work will cost S1,016,-
1O4; and that equipment will cost
S1O1, 300. With the addition of archi- |
tects fees and extras, amounting 10
S31 ,GS3. and a reserve of SS69S for
taxes, curbing and possible extra ex-
penses, the junior high school pro-
gram calls for an expenditure of ST.
100000.
Both the Kewaunee and Pacific |
types of boilers will be installed in |
the new buildings, pursuant to the ac-
ton of the school board. Tuesday aft |
ernoon. The selection of the type |
was determined by the lowest heating |
bid for each of the schools. The Ke-
waunee boiler will be installed at two
schools. the one on the Darragh site |
and the other on the Pruitt avenue |
site. The Pacific type of boiler will
be installed at three schools in addi-
ton to the Cooper street site school
for which the Pacific type was Sc
lccted at a former meeting. The 9TH
er three schools in which the latter
type of boiler will be installed, are
at the Morales street, San Pedro ave-
AMI tho Insnnlina street sitns