New Britain herald., 1928-09-14
HOLMES Analyses
School PROBLEMS
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ls3s-37. l.lsl. Average daily at
isndancs. 1s27-at. 1.24s.
The Nathan Hale junior high
snhool increased In average daily at
tendance by 81 pupils, or approx
nately ~ per cent Average daily
attendance. 1861. 1924. Average
daily attendance. 1928. 1891.
''rhe elementary schools show an
increase In average daily attendance
Of s5s or I $40 per cent. Average
daily attendance. 1S26-27. 1905.
Average daily attendance. 1929,
s.ss3.
The total average daily attend
ance for all schools for 1926-27 was
1l.733. and for 1928 it was a.
S1l. an increase Of 5SS in all schools
tor the year. or more than per
cent.
1T 10 interesting to note that the
largest per cent of increase was in
the senior and junior high schools,
and that these are the schools which
arc now In need Of relief from over
crowding. An increase OF per
cent yearly In the senior high school
means that In six years Tin 1933-34
the school may be expected to have
IN average number belonging of ap-
proximately Its pupils.
The increase of 10 per cent
IA the average daily attendance Of
the two junior high schools indicates
. junior high school membership of
approximately $3.50 pupils in 1888
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Senior and Junior High School
Problem
I'm the last II years, New Britain
has provided only one additional
building to accommodate its rapidly
1ncreasing Junior and Senior High
School membership. at a cost Of
e225,000. ] refer to the Nathan Hale
Junior High school annex. The result
OF this Is the present shortage of
school rooms for Senior and Junior
High schools. with the prospect of
IN increasingly serious lack of room
In the near future.
That there Is need for immediate
action Is too plain to need further
demonstration. Until relief is pro-
,vided. pupils OF Junior and Senior
High schools will suffer serious loss
and injustice because Of a shortened
school day and a curtailed program
OF studies. Those comparatively few
days which these boys and girls can
Give to school will be passing and
lcAn never be made up The losses
sustained will stand as record OF
the results Of delay in the solution
Of the problem of high school ac-
commodations.
The first step in the solution OF
this problem should be the erection
OF an addition to the present Senior
High school, which will make the
Senior High school completed and
modernized high school, with a ca
pacity of two thousand pupils. This
plan Of procedure seems prefera BILE
to all others so far suggested, be-
cause "a 1t is the least expensive
way In which to provide sizea BILE and
HOutTH utS IL pClool pldut, W IL 40
the least expensive to administer:
(3) II prevents the separation of pu-
pills of the Senior High school, and
20 promotes mutual good will. ur-
derstanding. and appreciation
among all Senior High school pu-
pills representing all sections of the
city; a. 1t offers at least a tenn
porary relief for the present and
prospective overcrowding OF the Ju-
NOR High schools.
1T may not be out of place TO
correct an impression which may be
In the minds Of some to the effect
that while the city is obliged to
maintain elementary schools, it is
not under any obligation to main
tain a high school. The presence in
the Senior High school Of tuition
pupils from Newington and other
tnv,nR II fhA apSwer IA this i'm nrea-