Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-25
Maher Proposes Bond
Issue Totaling
$4,000
TAXES
Will Not Be liked, Says
Secretary OF School
Board Monday

An S60,00 bond issue for the con-
Struction OF two six or eight-room
elementary schools, as we'll as ne
coSSary improvements In other
school buildings. was suggested
Monday by John P. Maher. secre-
tary Of the Brownsville Board OK
School Trustees.
A statement issued hy Mr.. Maher
today explains the need OF more
school buildings 10 take care OF the
ever increasing numJCr ~ students.
He also pointed out that the
$4,000 bond issue would not IN
crease the tax rate 0r 1880 tax
valuations. and would not disturb
the existing $3.50 ration between
maintenance and bond debt taxes.
Maher Statement
Mr.. Makers statement is as fol-
lows.
For the year Just closed the
State paid the B. )wnsvllle District
for 1867 enumerated scholaSuCs. The
new roll. Just approved by Mrs. w.
n. Jones. county superintendent,
names 55l5. OF whom 088 are SIX
wear olds. never belOye enumerated
This merely cOntisues the phenom-
email growth Of the Brownsville
schools j. recent years The actual
cnroled attendance OK the scholas-
tie year 1929 was 26T6. FOR the
year l93C-3l. 4l57 Cboth exclusive OK
College studentsl. an increase or
1921. or A per cent.
~ --rnrNe - NAHa warefI nrnuNn-
the schools are continually faced
with the difficult problem OF IND
inE quarters for new pupils In the
elementary grades. Since 1928. 10
additional class rooms have been
provided. ten at Washington PARK
and six az east Brownsville-v1th
A normal capacity OF 600 pupils
Since the pupil increase IN That
time was 1851. about 500 have not
vet been provided for. During the
past year this oyer.lo was cared
Tor in part by OvercroWdlnG, put
mainly b. teaching 10 Of the
Younger pupils BY halliday sessions
only. But since Washington Park
now has 324. and the 4th Ward
School 202 pupils on halliday ses-
sions, all OF whom viii he with US
next wear. besides the siX-year old
beginners no more pupils can be ac-
commcdated from the territory
served by these two schools even
Tor halliday sessions. and If the
elementary schools are no be MAIN
tanned al their present standard, az
least two new Six Or. olght-room
schools must bc built.
S~chools Needed
Besides these new elementary
schools 20 badly needed, the board
is under the necessity Of making
repairs and bettermenlS AT other
units to protect the value Of tax
PAYERS money already expended
These include.
~uD Rerooiing the older portions
" the old Junior High school build
ing terected w 1921 and now uSed
as A grammar SCHOOL,
-r2l Paving the roac which sep
arates the buildings Of the cenlraL
plant from Tucker field and me
other Fairgrounds. and tile draining
tile Fairgrounds in order To provide
parking space at the Central pant
and make these Fairgrounds serV-
iceable IN wet weather.
"t3l Constructing storm sewer
and filling big ditch between old
and new Fairgrounds az west
Brownsville school 10 prevent con-
tInued erosion of the grounds.
"C4i Filling I'm and otherwise I'M
proving grounds OF the Washington
Park school tn conform IN appear
ance to beautiful Washington park.
Isl Improving the Junior COL
lege-High School library, and ad-
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