New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
HIGH SCHOOL PLANT
CALLED UNSUITABLE
FOR Use BY PUPILS
CONTINUED from First Page)

the old High school building and
foun dit to be In a sad state of re-
pair. class rooms were found to be
dark and dismal. the plaster on the
sidewalks cracked and discolored.
the ceilings in some rooms in danger
of falling. In fact the plaster in one
room had evidently recently fallen
as 1t still Uttered the floor and part
OF the corridor when we made our
inspection. The floors in the main
corridor and in some Of the class
rooms were very much in need Of
repair This school. in its appear
ance and sad state OF repair. shows
gross neglect and it is very evident
that repairs must be. made at once
as in its present state it is not con-
elusive to securing the best results
from either teacher or student.
Bassctt st.. Building III Suited
THE newer school on Bassett
street, while not In as bad state OF
repair as the old school. was, how
ever found to be i'll suited for a
High school and in need of some re-
pairs and many changes. The cort-
doris. Railways and class rooms are
dark and gloomy and should be i'm
mcdiately made lighter by proper
painting of walls and changes In
the natural and artificial lighting ar
rangements. The. windows In this
building are Improperly placed. in
ADEQUATE and do not admit sufficient
light to properly light the rooms.
In this building we're found several
class rooms in the basement where
the students are forced to study in
a half gloomy natural light or else
under artificial lights Improperly
placed, the basement rooms should
not he used as class rooms. The
girls gymnasium. bathroom and law
atories in this building were found
to be dark and unsantiary.
1.-THE result Of your committees
inspection OF these two buildings
found the committee unanimously
favoring immediate and drastic
changes II these buildings were to
be continued in use as High schools.
"On Monday evening. July 3oth.
your committee met with the school
Accommodations committee at the Of
flee of Superintendent Holmes and
the matter Of building a now addl-
ton to the present High school
buildings. repairing the present High
school buildings. changing the pro-
posed plan to allow for the building
Of a smaller unit. the building OF
new High school plant north Of the
railroad track and use Of the old
Burritt school as Commercial High
school were discussed.
North and South Enrolment
During the discussion it was
the Senior High school was as fol-
lows: New Britain pupils 1,o77, tut
ton pupils from Berlin 81. and tut
ton pupils from Newington IS. a
grand total Of LIT. The number
of pupils living north of the track
1875. and the pupils living
south of the track numbered GAP.
"On Tuesday. August 18th. your
committee again met in the mayors |
office and discussed the facts and !
figures given to them by the school /
committee and Mr.. |
Holmes at the previous meeting. The
suggestion was made by Mr.. Kelly |
that the old Burritt school be taken
over and used as commercial high I
school was thoroughly discussed. Mr..
ke1ly's idea was that the three or
four hundred students taking the
course at the high
school could be transferred and the
at the Senior High school
be relieved for the next three or
four years and the building of the
postponed. The proposition