The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
BROAD RIPPLE
DEMANDS new
H. 5. BUILDING
Present Structures Con-
demned in Letter to City
School Board.
TERMED FIRE HAZARDS
Residents Also Declare
They Are 0verCroWded,
Poorly Ventilated.

Demand for a new high school in
Broad Ripple is contained today in
a letter sent to the School Board by
a group of residents in the area.
The group charges present struc-
lures of the Broad Ripple High
School are fire hazards, poorly VEN
tilated and over-crcwded."
The letter, written by Walter C..
Kelly, contractor and builder. urges
that the board alleviate crowded
conditions at Shortridge and Tech
nical High Schools by constructing
a new Broad Ripple building.
The letter demands decent edu-
cational facilities" for the follow
irg reasons:
Six Reasons Set Forth
l. The original building is fire
hazard, poorly ventilated.
2. Glasses in certain advanced
subjects notNpffered each term.
3. There isNSo provision for dra-
MATES, no auditorium, the study
hall is overcrowded and the cafe
terra inadequate as it can accom-
modate only about one-fourth of
the pupils.
4. Inadequate library and 20 pro-
vision for music activities.
5. No provision for interscholastic
games in basketball or for practice
on a regulation-size floor.
6. Physical training, dressing
rooms and showers for girls wholly
inadequate and there are only
partial facilities for boys.
School Inadequate Despite Addition
The letter points out that al
though small addition and repair
of the main building was completed
last year, the school still is made
quate.
"a vast number of students re-
siding in this section trek their
way, every day, miles to both
Shortridge and Technical High
Schools. AS absurd as it is, spe-
cial car goes past Broad Ripple each
day with pupils fer Shortridge. The
car makes special return trip
after school hours" Mr.. Kelly said
in his letter.
with the exception of Mrs.
Clayton Ridge and Samuel E. Gar
rison, your school board members
all live in the territory that this
cOI,NOl c1NAfY1I hn fhnv
should be familiar with the deplor-
able conditions that we have had
to endure" the letter says.
Termed weakest Spot"
'In viewing the entire chain of
city high schools, it would appear
that here in the very midst of the
most rapidly growing section, is the
weakest spot" Mr.. Kelly said.
I'VE feel. if you will accept the
ideas of others, that the School
Board would better approach this
problem from another angle and
meet its needs in the only perma-
nent solution. Instead of adding adj
ditional facilities to already over
ol1Su oOllOOAo, plOFluC QUILL 1dClllIlSS
here on the North Side that will at
tract and satisfy their educational
needs, and thus relieve both Short
ridge and Technical.
There is ample ground, approx
: mately II acres, upon which to
build; there are ideal surroundings
and all transportation facilities" the
letter concludes.
The letter was sent to members
of the School Board in time for its
meeting tomorrow night and copies
were sent to Mayor Kern. civic
leaders. newspapers, and North Side
clubs.
A. B. Good, business manager
of the board, said that the school
city long had contemplated i'm
provements at the North Side school
but said that these could not be-
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