Milford chronicle., 1924-09-26
SURAEY OF MILFORD
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SHOW DEFICIENCIES
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permanent desks and the remainder
using lockers for placing their books
with two students to each locker
Except at roll call the assembly hall
is used as a study room for those
students not in the various class
rooms.
General Features Of the Various
Rooms
"All the rooms have tan colOred
walls and plenty of light coming
from the left and rear of the stu
dents is available in all the class
rooms where the students are quar-
tered. There is not, however, as good
light provided in the recitation
rooms. Additional electric lights
properly spaced and placed could
remedy this condition. This applies
particularly to two or three of the
high school recitation rooms. Double
curtains colored ecru have been pro-
vided for all the windows and are
very satisfactory
Ventilation is provided by insert
ing cloth screens at the tops of the
windows in winter time. Enough of
them have not been provided for all
the rooms.
Thermometers have been provid-
ed to determine the temperature of
the rooms.
Adjustable seats, however, have
not been provided for the primary
grades and it seems the present
ones should be replaced by adjust
able seats of a suitable type. The
size of a small school child is quite
a variable one and some effort
should be made to fit the seat and
desk to the child and not vice versa.
"In some of the rooms the chill
dren have been forced to sit in
small chairs around tables, suffi-
cient desks and seats not yet having
been provided.
"The window area is above the |
standards adopted by most states |
and in all but one class room the |
area of window space to floor space
is over twenty per cent of the lat
ter.
"The cubical contents per child
averages about 180 cubic feet per
enrolled child as of January 1 for
all class rooms This is below the
school standards usually suggested
as for instance in New York $50
cubic feet per child and West Vir-
ginia 200 for primary and $50 for
high school.
I'm the primary grades the aver
age cubical content per child en-
rolled is 1853 cubic feet falling some
what below a reasonable standard.
While this is undesirable the bad
effect can be overcome by addition
IL ventilation so that the air may
De renewed oftener. Year by year
his condition will become worse and
he district will be forced to pro- ]
yide additional space in the near fu-
ure. Every year sees the enroll
nent increase and there is no reason q
Why this should not hold true for 6
he immediate years to come. {
Another method of estimating S
is by the floor area Il
nd this is found to be on the aver n
ge Is square feet for all the rooms t
nd 1875 for the primary grades. In a
everal of the rooms the seats are i
DO close together and suggest over il
Rowling in those rooms. The floor S
pace per pupil is equal to the aver C
ge standard adopted by various b
tates. S
Drinking water is supplied to the Il
5udents by means of bubbler fOun- v
ains and sinks with paper towels d
nd soap are provided. p
Toilet facilities are found in it
eparate building between the an le
ex and the main building. Nine 81
ogel flush tanks and six urinal
alls are provided for the boys. The D
lme number of seats are provided d
r the girls in a separate portion of
le building. The toilets are kept in
sanitary condition, being lighted
Id ventilated.
Conclusion
"The present school does not sup sr
y the facilities that other newer nj
gh and grade schools do in other tn
.rts of the state, as to laboratory en-
ace and equipment and to recrea- at
,nal needs. The present school is da
e result of adding room by room of
a small building which formed the tb
Icleus of the present school build Nc
g. Two portable schools have i'm
en- loaned by the School Auxiliary NC
lich has relieved the crowding
Had it not been for Fo
ese two buildings the overcrOwding on
,uld have been very serious fac ba.
at this time. fat
The conditions found in the viii
loOl are far from unsatisfactory uo
ice very able efforts have been on
de and accomplished in providing The
essential elements of sanitation. did
inted walls, double shades, plenty nra
window space, ventilators, drink The
fountains and satisfactory toll in o
have been provided. for
overcrowding is be- r
ning a problem and the people Of q oa
district must prepare within the nor
t few years to erect new build cd
preferably a high school, to re- hin
e the present increasing conges- for,
/. No detriment to health serious His
ugh to demand closing of the tair
Dol is now evident and for that car
son the school should suffice T
year with its present enroll den
It. and
Recommendation var'
!. Purchase of additional ventil- MAJ
g screens or in lieu of these,
S defectors located at the bot
of the window and on the sill so
ed to defect the entering air up II
ds. This improvement is needed was
lleviate the lack of proper air adm