The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18

Ine survey team, endir
tvs schools, set the figure
ings - including a aew ju
$2,302, ,040.
This figure is only for new
construction.
1t does not include money
for new equipment in the
classrooms and other facili.
ties.
Horace o'Bryant, superintendent
of public instruction, called tn,
figure Every, very conservative. )
The money to finance the pro
jected building program woult
come from Federal funds, state
funds, and from a bond issue
O'Bryant added.
About 500, 900, he said, would BIZ
state funds, and about $440. .Oo(
would be Federal funds. The re-
mainder would be through a bono
issue.
Federal funds already have beer
allocated for extensive improve
ments at Key West High School
Federal approval to divert this
sum -. $250,000 - to the new
building program will be sought
OBryant said.
Most Of the $500, ,o4o will 40
for fhe new junior senior high
school to be built at Duncombe
and FIasIer Avenues where fhe
school system owns l4.76 acres
Of land.
In its recommendations, the sur
vey team visualized a $1,O64, ,88(
plant on the site to handle grade.
from Z through IL - a total O,
1,226 pupils.
The total number of students was
broken down into 662 senior high
pupils and 5S4 junior high at the
new school.
This will leave the bulk of the
junior high school students attend.
ing the present high school which
will be turned over to junior high
studies entirely.
The present high sch,ol annex
will be used as an elementary
school.
In the new junior senior high
school building there will be 8:
classrooms, two science laborator.
les, a home economics suite. q
commercial suite, an industrial
arts shop, a music and band room
an auditorium, a cafeteria, a gym
library, clinic, offices and auxi
liary facilities.
The high school annex will bt
converted into an elementar,
school at a cost of $32, 900. The pre-
sent band room will be changed t
library and the home economic.
suite will be divided into two class
rooms.
/. Seven new classrooms and a ca
feteria will be added at the annex
At the present high school, plan.
call for a new building across Whal
ton Street to provide a band room
while one of the high schools la
boratories will be converted to /,
home economics room.
These alterations are estimated
to cost $19,40O.
The survey team, in outlinin.
these expanded facilities for jun
ior and senior high school students
predicted that by 1860 Key Wes
will have 662 senior high pupil,
and 1854 junior high.
For each of the county's othe
schools, the survey team made re
Communications. Here they are b,
schools:
Harris School - Recommends,
this be set up for $40 students b,
removing the present portable
classrooms and adding 10 new per
manent rooms in a two-story win,
for a total Of 10 classrooms.
cafeteria also viii be added.
In the corner rooms of the build
ing, the partitions win be remoy
ed to make two small classroom,
into one big room.
These big rooms will contain q
square feet more than the Stat,
Department of Education recon
mends for classrooms.
Cost for Harris School: $162 900
Truman School = Recommend
ed that it be set up for 720 stu
dents. Enlarge the cafeteria by tax
ing in one classroom and decreas,
the student capacity by one class
room.
No cost figure given.
Reynolds School - Set for 21l
students. No changes recommend
ed.