The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13

Try to completion thirteen separate
school projects as listed in the report
given in full below. The cost of build
ing is cracking the city's capacity to
meet the situation and there must
be temporary halt in the program.
Must Then Take Rest.
When the new high school is finished
together with the new schools now
nearing completion, there will be a
halt in the school building program
until the big task can be taken up
again. This will mean delay of per-
haps two years, or at any rate not
more than. three.
The school survey made in 1922 al
lowed for an expenditure of two mill
lion dollars. This included thirteen
projects. The allotment for the high
school was $825,00O, but the high
school, at the present estimation, will
cost $1,450,000, including site, build
ing, architects fees, etc.
The present estimation of theshiSh
school is only an estimation, but The
figures for the building of the Jeffer-
son and Grant schools are beyond any
doubt.
In the school survey there was an
allowance of $4,000 for the Grant
school and 100000 for a school on
Bronson street, the Jefferson school
now about to be completed. The
appears will be in the neighborhood of
100000.
City Cannot Meet 1t.
Under this situation, the city can
not possibly meet at present the school
building program as contemplated by
the survey committee. The city is
/ limited in the issuance of bonds and
cannot issue enough to cover the
program at present with this unprec-
edented imitation in view
The two new schools can be com
pleted and also, it is expected the
new high school. But this will cost
$2,222,2 89,000, it is believed, whereas
the entire fve-year program for thirt-
cen projects as estimated by the school
survey will be carried thr ugh at a
cost of $20O5, 100000.
There must be halt in the build
! ing of schools for two or three years
or until the city has built up suf-
ficient reserve to warrant starting up
building operations again.
! The report submitted the school
board Tuesday evening is as follows:
In 1922 the citizens committee was
appointed and school survey made
which called for total expenditure
of $2,005,000 over period of five
years. This program was made up
of the following projects:
! ~. Senior High School, site
and building ....,... ....$ $4,000
! (2). Vocational School, site
and building ........ $4,000
60. Lincoln Junior High
School, site and bldg. ~. 215,00O
(4). Grant School, 8-room
elementary unit ........ $4,000
| (5). Albers street or Bron
son street school, 8-room
unit ............, 10000
(6). Frank School, additional
site and assembly .....s.. $4,000
| Cd. Durkee School, site and
addition g.. c@.......... $4,000
(S). Salem avenue, 16-room
elementary unit with as
sembly .......... $4,000
(9). Gillette School, 8-room
addition .......>.,. $4,000
(1O). Open Air Opportunity
School, remodeling, etc. $4,000
CID. Rowland & Selma,
site Ind S-room unit 49, $4,000
(12). Mckinley School, site
and 8-room elementary
unit Observation-Disclosures. 10000
(13). Keiskopfi School, adj
dition of assembly room >. $4,000
1otaI 1.-.... $500. 9Z,UUo,OUU
1t was planned to spend this money
over fve-year program as follows:
1922 1915, 900.
1923-615,O00.
1924-605, 000
1925-S60, 900.
1926-50,000.
Practically no expenditure was made
in 1922. In 1928 the expenditures be-
gan with an initial bond issue o. $780,
600. This bond issue was to build
the Grant school and the Bronson
street school and to take care of cap
ital esnenditures the Board had made
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