San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-03
School Board Declines to
Change Plans for Building
on Somerset Road.
ABANDON PARK SITE
Inability to Open Street
Leads to Cancellation Of
Purchase Plan.

School patrons of the Palm Heights
addition rcdoublcd thcir efforts at the
school board meeting Tuesday after
noon, to persuade board members not
to purchase school site east of the
Somerset road, but their efforts were
futile. \ second petition was placed
before the board skiing that an addi-
ton be built to the Collins Garden
school so that children in Palm Heights
might continue going to that school.
Although the Collins Garden school
is Overcrowded the construction of a
junior high school to serve that district
will relieve four rooms in the Collins
Garden school. With the addition of
two rooms, the petitioners said, the to-
tai seating capacity would be equal to
a sixrOom school. Upon the motion of
j. X. Beretta, action on the petition
| was held in allegiance.
Abandon Park Site.
Abandonment of the Electric Park
site offer was voted. The abandonment
of this means also abandonment of the
! Austin and Mason street site. and
IIdtfS luc SCllOOl DOuIu, III 81 lar us
| junior high school sites are concerned.
in the same position that it was several
| months ago. The Electric Park site
proposition was abandoned because of
the impOSSibility of clOsin., Duffield
street and to the fact that five acres of
! the tract comprise the Schwab Field
which is under lease. The lessee, school
board members said, was willing to al
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school purposes with the provision the
lessee would be permitted to use the
field on Saturdays, Sundays and holt
days.
Since a large junior high school and
| community center cannot now be built
to serve the north side of the city, the
three junior high school plan to serve
that section is now being considered.
Upon the. motion of Herbert PEARS the
school board made an offer of $2G.215
for the "a acres comprising the Dali
kOwitz-Beitel tract; S27 800 for n block
upon Agarita and Mulberry; and $780,
600 for the Darragh block.
Bids Tor the construction OF five
elementary and one junior high school,
tOtaling.a total cost of approximately
100000 will be called for up until
| It tDEudTg W, pursuant " INC dNllull VI
| the school board in authorizing the
architects TO call for the bids.
The buildings are Ten-rOom elemen-
tary school facing Mahncke Park; ten
room elementary. school on East Mag
nOlia: six-rOOm elementary school on
| the corner of ZarzamOra and Gaines
avenue; ten-rOOm elementary school on
| Blanco road between Merchant and
4 g4r f,,pin- hiUh gahAnl
| Pruitt avenue.
Ask Government for Property.
Among other matters taken up by the
| board was the introduction of a mo-
ton undertaking to clarity the recent
ruling of the school board requiring a
baccaaureate degree equivalent to four
years of college work as prerequisite
to the election of any teacher to the
position of principal. The motion in
| trOduced Tuesday, states that the ruling
-hall not be construed to prevent the
/ promotion of principals now in office to
principals Of Junior high schools but
| that If such promotions are made that
| they are made with the understanding
that within three years from next Sep
TENDER. the principals will have OBJ
tanned their degrees.
A motion introduced by Mrs. Henry
Guerra at the last regular meeting OF
the school board to the effect that the
government be requested to donate TIC
arsenal grounds and property to the
city for school purposes was passed by
unanimous vote of the board, Tuesday
afternoon. At the time the motion was
introduced, action upon it was held In
allegiance at the request of j. h. Der
eta. who explained his action Tuesday
by stating that he wished to consult of
ficials of the Chamber of Commerce tC
find out whether or not they had any
objection. When an official was ap
preached Mr.. Beretta said. he was re
ceived indifferently. In voting AYE
to the motion, Mr.. Beretta said thai
since the Chamber of Commerce has
evinced no interest in the matter he
presumed there was no objection to the
motion from that quarter