The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-28
BOARD ACTS FOR
GROUP INSURANCE
School Board to Insure All
Employees Beginning
Jan. /, 1926.
HOLD UP EXTENSION
Dilemma Of Finding Funds for
Building an Open Air
School Gets Airing.

y Approximately four hundred en-
ployes of the Kenosha public schools,
including members of the teaching
forces, principals, janitors, clerks and
assistants, will come under plan OF
group insurance which the board of
education is contemplating to take
effect January i, 1926. Action au-
thorzing the school board 20 go into
this field was taken at a meeting OF
the board on Tuesday evening, follow
ing the recommendation of a special
committee which investigated the pro-
position fully and reported back
favorably on the subject.
The actual cost to the school board
for this employers insurance is not
estimated at this time, according to
George Cook, chairman of the COM
mittee making the recommendation,
He pointed out that the school board
was without the benefit of the expert
ences of other boards of education In
the state in this manner, since no
other boards had taken similar action.
In all of these places where the mat
ter has been considered, there has
been favorable impression as far as
The desirability of such group insur-
ance for the school boards was con-
cerned, it was said at the meeting on
Tuesday evening.
Handicapped With Lack of Funds.
A considerable time was given over
to discussion of another problem
that has been vexing the school COM
missioners for some time in the past.
The question of the erection of a new
open air school was brought up once
more when the auditing committee re-
ported to the board that there were
no funds available at this time for the
building of an open air school-or for
any other future extensions along
these lines. 1t was evident that the
school board would have to curtail its
building program somewhere in order
to make provisions for some of the
necessary extensions that must be
made in preparing the public schools
for the new semester in the fall
But dropping the matter with this
wishes of several of the board mem
bers, and Fred Joerndt demanded an
open discussion of the matter in or
der to find out ''just where we're at"
1t was estimated that the school board
would need $4,000 to build an open
air school adequate enough for the
present needs.
Commissioner William Threinen
moved that the city council be asked
to appropriate $4,000 for the use of
the school board in building this
school, but after considerable discus
sion the motion was lost by vote of
to 8. Commissioner Jay Glerum
then offered motion placing the
school board on record as showing g
determination to go ahead with the
actual planning and construction work
of the open air school whenever
funds would be available for this pur-
pose" This motion was carried
unanimously.
And the question of whether or not
there would be any action in the near
future concerning this particular
building remained unanswered as
other matters were brought up for the
consideration of the board.
The board decided that when a
teacher or other employee in the pub
lie schools was called to serve on a
jury or on an election board, her
salary for the time covered in that
service would be withheld.
The high school building equipment
was reported lined up and the special
committee consisting of Principal G..
N. Tremper, Supt. G. F. Loomis and
Construction Superintendent A. P.
Koehl, and members of the board was
authorized to proceed at once to Sc
cure bids on such standard equipment
as the specifications call for
Open Heating Plant Bids.
During the evening Architect John
Chubb was in conference with repre-
sentatives from various boiler manu-
featuring companies considering bids
which were opened on Tuesday, for
the heating and power plant units
for the new high school building. This
work was found to be so laborious
that committee would be unable to
report at that meeting and it was de-
cided not to take definite action on
this matter until another meeting.
The board adjourned until June 16,
for its next regular meeting, subject,
however, to call of the president
which will be made as soon as the
building committee is ready to report
their recommendations for the award
ing of the contracts for the heating
and power plant equipment