Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-05-08

III CoISlueTlnR tne matter OF build
ing a new School Plant in our CITY
1t is natural the taxpayers will wan
to know just why such an enterprise
IS necessary. We of course assumt
from the start that the Citizens of the
Community want as good Education
facilities as they can afford even the
they may not have Children in the
Schools. No attempt will be made in
this article to argue this point since
it is the common belief of all Public
Spirited Citizens. The matter of the
amount of additional taxes that each
Taxpayer would have to pay has been
so carefully explained on numerous
occasions that that phase of the ques-
ton will be ommited in this discus
sion. What the writer does wish to
bring out before you is an analysis of
the School Plant itself and what it
offers to the present children in the
Plentywood Schools as we'll as those
who are not yet enrolled.
AS we hear and read of the more
progressive ideas advanced by our
prominent educators and as we see
what other progressive Communities
are offering to the children in their
Schools, we cannot help but fee that
we are not giving the pupils in our
W Schools the same equipment for
Life's battles that others are getting.
When we turn to the Plentywood
Schools We do find that the variety of
subjects offered is very limited as
compared with those Schools with
which we have the right to compare
ours. Repeatedly we hear from both
Parents and Pupils, isn't there m
thing else that you can offer?" With
out comparing the Curriculum here
with that of other schools of the size
of Pentywood's, we realize that our
High School pupils in particular are
not being given in many cases those
subjects and courses they and their
Parents desire. 1t may be advocated
that some of those now offered be
dropped and others be introduced, but
this is just where we are handicap
ped. With its present room capacity
and facilities, Plentywood Schools can
offer but the single Course Of Home
Economics in addition to a straight
Academic Program required for Col
lege entrance and for State accredit-
ing. Since over half of the graduates
of the Plentywood High School do go
on to Higher Institutions it is very
clear that this Curriculum must be
maintained. Our conclusion then is,
that those who do not 60 on to High
er Institutions are not getting the
they are entitled to and which
will do them the most good in fitting
them for useful Citizenship.
Turning next to the question of the
size or Pupil capacity of the School
buildings themselves we wish to men
ion the report for this year, of the
State High School Supervisor. In Wis
ting your school / found everything
n good condition except that your
school is extremely crowded. / hope
hat your community will find it pos
'ible to take steps during the present
year to increase the rooming facil-
ties for the opening of school next
The State Department doesn't
.hink we should wait even another
rear before we start to build a modern
School plant. The same report was
made on this school for the year 49,
1929. To call attention to specific in
of this over-crowding we
night first mention the Grade rooms.
the east Building, two Classrooms