The Coolidge examiner., 1939-12-21
Some Children Will
Move To New School
House After Holidays

The Works Projects Administra
ton and school authorities Of Coo
lidge School District No. 21 are
trying to complete the west wing
OF the new elementary school
building, SO that It. will be ready
for occupany January End when
school opens following the holi.
day season.
The classes, that now occupy the
Methodist Church Building and
the old frame building on the
southeast corner of t h e main
grounds. will be moved to the new
building, together with the usual
group that comes in at midyear.
The teachers making the move
will be Dixie Lee Springfield, Eva
f. Harris, Christine McDaniels, A.
X Osborn, and a new teacher who
Is being added to the force, Helen
Johnson. Miss Johnson is a gradu-
ate of the Arizona State Teachers
College at Tempe.
The copper roof, made In shingle
effect, On the west wing is COM
pleted, and all heating equipment
is installed Locker room and
hlackboards will be installed. dur
ing the holiday season. The paint
ing, which is to be of oil paint,
VIII be done at that time also. The
ceiling Is TO be of acousti-celotex
board. making the rooms correct
acoustically. The floors are to be
of asphalt tile with tan marble
finish. The heating equipment Is
fully automatic, working off an
electric thermostat, permitting an
intake of $4,000 B. T. u. and an
output of 10000 B. T. j.. The
equipment is also arranged to pro-
vide continuous re-heating of the
air in the class room. or, by a
manual control vent, bring the en-
tire air from the outside of the
building. The equipment is so con
structed that a bypass permits
cool air to pass the heating unit,
and cool the rooms during the
spring and fall.
The lighting system is the most
modern devised, being full auto.
matte. working off an electric eye
tEat brings the lights on when the
light of the class room is insuf
ficient. The building is to be
equipped with an inter-communi
cation system, an electric clock
and secondary clocks for each Of
the class rooms.
The building, when completed
will have ten class rooms.
modern nurses office, superinten
dents office, and a fire priof vaul
for the districts permanent rec
ords, deeds, insurance papers, ant
other valuables. In addition, ont
room is equipped for music ant
art along with being a class room
There will be two modern res
rooms, having the modern feature
of two doors which will facilitate
traffic The building will. have ;
large corridor ten feet wide aroun'
the complete interior of the build
ing with steel porch columns Civ
ing full view. The flag pole will
set at the intersection of the tw'
wings and from the entrance t
tie street. 1t will be large enougl
to be completely seen from tn
highway over the top of the build
ing.
Surveys are now being made t
tOCdlc SlQc dlhS, cSbdOilSu lCuSCS
drinking fountains. and the leve
ing of the ground, which is e1
pected to be placed in Bermud
grass in the spring, planting G
shrubbery and trees, and genera
landscaping wi IL follow tn
leveling of the land.
When the building is complete
the first grades of the elementar
school will be placed in the me-
building. The sixth, seventh an
eighth grades and the kindel
garten will occupy the recent mai
building, or south building.
The old building, that is no
housing the majority of the ST
dent body, will have new concret
walks laid as a part of the pro1e'
when the sidewalks are being lai
around the new north school bull
ing. The irrigation ditch in froI
OF the present building will be fiji