Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
STATE EDUCATION
BOARD ANNOUNCES
BUILDING PROGRAM
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as mentioned below, taht the local
districts must add thereto an amount
eoual to 29o of the assessed value OF
the real and personal property in the
districts concerned, according to the
assessment in force in 1919.
II was decided, in accordance with
Section 2 of the law, to recommend
for the first year the following pro-
cram for school building improve
ments for the school districts
''wherein the existing school build
ings and, or school grounds are in
adequate or unhygienic."
New Castle County
Rose Hill District-A 6 room bull
ding at Rose Hill and 3 room bull
ding at Minquadale, providing for
$50 children, with a tentative aliot-
ment of $63,500.
Middletown-An 18 room high and
elementary school building provid-
ing for an enrolment of $50 chill
dren. with a tentative allotment OF
$SO,5SO. .,,
nroviding for 800 children, with a
tentative allotment of $42,9S6.
The following projects were set up
for the second year of the program,
or so much thereof as may be pos
sible with the funds available:
Marshallton-A 10 room elemen-
tary school.
richardson Park-A 8 room addi-
ton.
Forwood-A room school.
delaware City-A high and ele-
mentary school.
In connection with the above rec
ommendation it should be noted that
the Middletown project provides
also for 10 rural school districts, in
addition to meeting the needs OF
Middletown, where the State owns
no school building at all.
Kent County
Felton-A Is room building pro
viding for an enrolment of 42O high
and elementary students, with ten
tatiye allotment of $101,5OO, with the
recommendation that the WarrenS
and Black Swamp Districts combine
Herewith.
Ieinsic-A 2 room building pro-
viding for an enrolment of 80 chill
dren. with a tentative allotment OIL
S9S48. with the recommendation that
white Hall district be included.
Caesar Rodney-A 4 room addition
proyiding for 100 additional pupils
with a tentative allotment of SS2,OOO.
This leaves a balance of $2,115 un-
allotted.
In connection with the above rec
ommendation, it should be explain
ed that the FELTON, district is taking
care of 4 rural districts which have
already been consolidated Herewith,
and that Caesar Rodney is already
housing rural districts which form
erly occupied eight rooms.
For the second year is it proposed
to construct the following, or SO
much of the program as may be pos
sible with the funds available.
Frederica-An s room elementary
school.
Clayton-A 9 room elementary
school.
Harrington-A junior-senior high
school.
Milford-A junior-senior high
school.
Smyrna-An addition to the pres
ent school plant.
Sussex County
Delmar-A 16 room high and ele-
mentary school providing for 58O
pupils, with tentative allotment OF
$1O6,917.
Ellendale-A 4 room elementary
building providing for 16O pupils,
with a tentative allotment of $2l, ,444.
Millsboro-A IA room high and ell
ementary school providing for 5OO
pupils, with tentative allotment OF
S98,5S2.
Gumboro-A 4 room elementary
school providing for 16O pupils, with
a tentative allotment of $2S,089.
This leaves a balance of $19,099
remaining unallotted.
The following projects for the
second year are recommended, or so
much of the program as may be pos
sibIe with the funds available:
Seaford-A combined high and
elementary school.
Greenwood-A combined high and
elementary school.
Georgetown-A combined high and
elementary school.
Bridgeville-A new junior-senior
high school.
Milford-As above shown in Kent
county.
In connections with the above first
year program it should be noted that
the Delmar project also provides for
4 rural districts. Glendale provides
for one rural district, Millsboro for
three rural districts, and Gumboro,
which is entirely rural, for four dis
tricts.