St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-05-15
Warrington PTA
Seeks improvements
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ceilings with accoustical tile.
Lack of Space

In documenting the need for
additional space at Warrington
the committee told DR.. Lewis that
students have to go out of school
for band practice; pupil load would
indicate need for additional teach
ers, for which there is no space;
no place in school for remedial
reading or speech therar" nor no
place for testing by psychologists
and no conference room for visit
ing teachers.
Teacher Facilities DeplOrable
Teacher facilities at Warrington
are deplorable and may account in
part for abnormally high teacher
turnover the committee said.
Male and female teachers at War
rington must share all facilities.
for great criticism. The report says
the GYMS low ceiling and small
size limit tremendously the ply
steal program. There is a haz-
ardous post in the middle Of the
gym which further hampers the
program.
The lounge is too small to accomo-
date all teachers. The eating area
for the teachers which is, off the
record dubbed THE Dungeon" is
in the hot boiler room area, and
described as a "dingy' sub-base-
ment room without any cooking
provision.
Office Area Poor
Offices at Warrington are poor
a member of the PTA reported.
The nurses office is located in
the basement while all school re-
cords are on the second floor. The
school clerks office is not ventil-
ated. Office supplies are stored in
basement. There is no office space
for the visiting teacher.
The committee suggested that a
small conference room and CO.
ordinating offices for all on the
first floor would be most desirable
to increase staff efficiency.
The school gymnasium came in
for great criticism.
In the gym there is no room or
office for the physical education
teacher; individual participation
is hampered because of gym size
and chairs must be stored in
cloakroom.
The small size of the gym the
report states makes a school as
sembly impossible. Lack Of as
sembIy, an important part of the
group identification and school
spirit program, is harmful to stu
dent morale, the PTA believes.
The inadequate gym and assemb-
~ facilities discourages staff from
inviting parents to attend chill
drens' programs because of lack
Of space. The floor in the gym
also buckles and there is no stage
in the gym of the schools only
indoor assembly.
The Warrington PTA report also
crticises the makeshift room in
which the school library is housed.
It is small and cherries and is
the partial partition of a former
kitchen. In addition to this the
library is used as a lunchroom for
children who do not go home for
lunch.
To cap the list of building woes
at the school the committee told
DR.. Lewis, that the school roof
leaks!
The committee also objected to
any plan to redistrict the school
because of the threat that a raci-
ally segregated pattern would be
set up, which the committee
thought undesirable for Minneapo-
lis.
The school administrator also
was asked whether the school Of
ficials had conferred with state
highway officials on the need for
pedestrian cross-overs on the new
freeway to prevent the present
Warrington and Bryant Junior
high school districts from being cut
completely in two and isolated one
from another.
A member of the committee
which conferred with the assistant
superintendent of schools at the
May meeting indicated that the
present plan to relieve the crowd
ing at Warrington includes a ten
tative promise to add one porta-
BILE building with a possible second
later.
Meeting Set For May 10
Meantime a PTA meeting to
which the entire Warrington COM
munity is invited had been an
nounced for 1870 pm. Tuesday,
May 10 at the school.
A group of school officials and