Show NEED MORE MOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS DINGS One of the Indications or of Salt SaIt is the Increase in s hoot population and the lec necessity for more school buildings than are available now In spite of the tho construction now In pro progress progress gress arni accomplished the schools In some districts are badly crowded and andin in others the board ot of education has hash h d to redistrict and shift until there Is no proper relation lo localities and school facilities Official statistics show for tor instance that the Emerson building with a nor normal normal mal capacity of pupils now nw ha has the Franklin capacity actual enrolment enrollment the Grant with a ca capacity Capacity ot of ha has 93 Hamlton Hamilton whose normal limit Is has Sumner capacity attendance This showing ot of excessive demand might be multiplied indefinitely but the exam pIes cited suffice to show how over overcrowded overcrowded crowded the important buildings are and how urgent is the need of more buildings tO relieve this presure The total capacity of aU all buildings Is a lt lit littie te tie over ad and the tho children in at number Under the present fiscal taws laws the board or of education has 1 13 mills o tax lax taxat at it its disposal for building purposes or a revenue of about annually Th The annual Increase in is about 1 1500 anc and to house the these a from rom eighteen to tw rooms Is needed Wih With the money at at the board cann t begin to to rooms enough fo the thc normal increase much l less ov thee the e econs cess attendance which is s I a pro lcm To put it ii al different erent jY Oe for this year and next would hot flot suffice to buld build TO S eno gh for the children who ho wl will attend tend ol next fan fail sc th school plant has n behind behin needs and more funds wilt have haye to be furnished Pf conie coie tt the he ordinary annu l lt t tax To meet the emergency anc meet i It promptly t tile e board of decided to submit to the people for voto oto a proposal to raise by a ar abond abond r bond iss issue e th the money to bp b appe ApplIed to the erection of new buildings im imm Im m I After A careful and ad thorough Investigation gation The h H Herald is CO in ed the bondS should be and the board authorized to proceed wih with thE the new buildings as quickly ly as possible No one feature of the attractions is so potent for good as Is its public school system I It is not only valuable to the tho people whose children attend the schools but it invites newcomers adds to the reputation for pro progressive enterprise and repays is Its cost costa cosla a thousand times over In the advantages I it gives the younger generation |