The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-12
ROW OVER HIGH
SCHOOL PROJECT
Board Agrees to Go On
With New High School
Just the Same.
TO WEIGH ALL COAL
Hereafter School Board Will
Keep Close Check on Coal
that Comes In.

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Kenosha will have new senior
high school In spite of the fact that
there is an honest disagreement be-
tween members of the school board
as to the advantages of new sub
urban site with acreage over down
town site, another step was taken
Tuesday evening in regular SEES
sion of the board, when it was voted
that the questions pertaining to the
location of new vocational school
should be held over for discussion
and settlement until after the bids
for the new high school have been
opened, June 23rd.
AS usual, the question of the loca-
tion of the high school and of the
vocational school precipitated ~ hot
discussion.
In Fairness to Bidders.
IF there is going to be any holding
up of the building of the new shigh
school," said Jay B. Glerum, school
comm; ssioner from the Sixth ward
II think we ought to get the matter
'ironed out before men come here from
all parts of the United States on June
23rd to bid on the contracts for the
new building. Let the school board
members who are opposed put their
cards on the table now, If there is
going to be any movement to hold uE
these. contracts. Men who are here
tonight have openly stated that they
will not sanction the lett ;ng of any
contracts until the vocational school
matter has been settled"
Commissioners Whitbeck returned
that he heard lot of things too but
they went in one ear and out of an
other.
'Tt's all talk" he said, II have no
idea that the building of the school
will be held up for one minute. But
the continuation school or vocational
school is not going on that adjoining
block"
"Let us thrash it out now,' cried
Threinen.
''Yes, let US reach some definite un-
derstanding,p agreed Mrs. McCluskey
Lets keep the vocational school
off that block and make it unanimous
pleaded Joerndt.
Commissioner Threinen began tc
scold, and the president of the board
who faced him was perforce required
to take the scolding, as if it we're all
his 'doings.'
SIN regard to that matter, Mr.. Pres
ident," said Threinen, what do you
mean by going to work and putting q
school on that downtown block? There
is no other city in the state that picks
out business block for a school
There is mo- question about it. Who
ever heard of eliminating a domestiC
science department and a manual
training department in new high
school? What's the use Of turning 6
lot of nuts out of high school? The
pupils can't study and listen to 9
sledge hammer going on. There is nc
quest on about it. We ought to de
something for the children"
George Cook moved that any action
with regard to the vocational schoo
project be laid on the table until after
the contracts for the new high schoo
had been let.
This motion passed over seven noes
those of Whitbeck, Tacki, Threinen
I
cluskey.
Harry Whitbeck. inquired into the
school bond issue, asking what hae
become of the 100000 bond issue
over and above the 100000 bond is
sue for school purposes.
IF a 100000 bond issue has beer
made, I want to know what became OF
the money said the commissioner. 81
ought to be turned into the schoo
fund.
President Powell read the minute:
of the board in the year previous OF
the action sanctioning the issue o,
5000 900 bonds for school purposes il
order to complete the city's civic cen,
ter plan, so that the swap could BE-
made of blocks, the one on which the
new courthouse is now being erected
and the one on which it is expected
the new high school will be built
Whitbeck still presented an objection
to this procedure, accomplished by
previous board, saying the schools
were chargeable with 100000. getting
in return site that had cost les
than 100000.
To Weigh Coal Hereafter.
Purchasing Agent Edwin C. Glerun
suggested to the board that in ordel
to keep track of the amount of Goa
that is delivered into the bins at tn,
various school buildings, that it b.
weighed and checked more carefully
The cost of weighing the coal woult
be ten cents load or about 500 TO
the entire years supply.
Commissioner Schmidt moved tina
the coal be weighed and the action
passed. =