Smyrna times., 1924-12-31
|rfI 0F PUBLIC SCHOOLS
'rIINANF TO Dupont PLAN

Mimi ~ U"' Iii"
,rHOOL BUILDINGS SHOWN
! orTLVED USEFULNESS
district Who Felt They Could
swing a New School PROPOSE
n Are Warming Up to Plan
M Smyrna is fortunate in hav-
rD-to-date school building the
/, Interested in the discussion
1. nlan of Pierre S. dupont for
.,,c a state school building pro-
This discussion has resulted
.-,cing out some facts concerning
Tbiie school building of the
which has been surprising to
.rsrage Delawarean. Previous to
F,mssiOn it is doubtful if anyone
nlsvare knew that the the pres
fno eighteen schools were being
s,-ed in this state in buildings
are more than 100 years old.
rrse it is a matter of credit to
sn that this little state had
N and so many Of them, so
Years ago, but most of the old
hgs now have more value as
than they have as school build
M County Has One of Oldest
HI county can claim the distinc-
N having one of the oldest build
IN the state. 1t was built in
md has therefore reached the
sM age of 175 years. 1t is prob
that the Old Academy in Newark
three signers of the Declara-
d Independence were educated,
od. New Castle county has
D. out that Old No. l school at
Castle was built in ITS and was
IS an arsenal during the war of
Evolution. No. 2 school in New
d is considerably younger being
rs years old. Rose Hill near
igton, has a building which is
T older than the school in New
Richardson Park in Will
-n is not far behind when it
forth its building erected in
Walnut Green has a school
is l25 years old and boasts of
Eate having stopped and visited
aOOl on his trip to this country
ng the war of the Revolution.
bier Of Schools Untitled for Use
se are a number Of schools all
he state which are between so
lM years old. 1t does not fol-
aEever, that these are the only
i which need replacing. There
imerous schools in Delaware
less than fifty years ago which
2slltely unsuited to school pur-
10 properly design a school
E due attention to lighting, san
heating and other features
90 to make an up-to-date
requires an architect who is a
-St on schools or who is will
consult some practical school
70 what is needed. Many of |
'aer schools in Delaware and .
a the newer ones have been
4efly designed. A few can be
a and brought up to date but |
4' many will have to be replac- |
I Buildings 0utlived Usefulness
-lsious people have asked how |
NnOOl buildings now in use in !
vac would be abandoned under |
rOpOSed program of school con- |
9a' d There are a total of 212 |
I j sO1ldlngs in Delaware housing |
~an 10000 pupils which sur |
~ .1'e shown are insanitary and /
\ - V schOl purposes. Of this
~ - are in rural New Castle |
I. ~ 0O IN Kent county and 1O2 in
d Vglaty while Wilmington has
4 ,,5r,,oldatlons ..1 are proposed which
''uuce the number of buildings
.'cIed under thep roposed plan
,.s..l solld not be necessary to erect
s,- ..'Oi houses to take the place
se abandoned.
u !. VI, VI State Aid Clearly Set Forth
n ,a'ser ! Y Of why state aid is nee
n, u !. '1e construction of new
~ ciearly set forth in the
,Sa. a plan Of Mr.. dupont but it
,asr asr'lenIly escaped the attention
/. ,.,p, peopie. The cost of building
] M NUN school house which is COM
8s1t ,Ia pp 10. 70 date in every respect.
,sd y SiV'OOO' A school district is
ss5 N O., borrow five per cent of it's
i,s,s, r'Operty valuation for school
ia h %na and 1t is admitted that it
st y tl"lse to allow a larger
s.cs,.a m order to borrow the So
d Sa'ary San to erect a one ne room room
ssoS use ss would sos require a property
w eo,'..! ~ !?zOO,OOO. In Kent and
as es' to.s II out of Al incor-
b ,a",' ,D%llS' all Of which towns
y, bsva banse more than a one room
sso less than this assessed
10 pbaol u sussex !. county there
B A.. 'DOi districts with a. -.