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Show If . 1 mmli J& it' j fV -tf W -rf M Ik & jff & Hf Nunfbor of School Buildings, 31. jH r- About Salt Lake City 's Public Schools wmgZ I Jffffl ( Each year in the history of the Salt 5-J5 ! Lake City public schools witnesses an ' ! increase in the school population and Ml I also an increase in. the percentage of HH I J the enrollment to tho population, and Kt ( this year it is 85.4 per cent. Each rr7eari a60 8063 additional appropria- Jpons 7 tue board oC education for Infiws schools, for tho enlarging of old y! J fyand minor capacity school buildings, i f v'for bettor heating and lighting facili- '3 J ties, for hotter sanitary conditions, for .greater protection against fires and for Iv , the more thorough training of the ( pupils. During tho year 190S 'the board V has authorized the expenditure of $271,- I 000 for one new school building, tho .h I ljenlarging of the Emerson, "Wasatch and vUji j lRiversido schools and the extending of 7S 2 the heating facilities in proportion to 7 tho incrcaso of rooms in each of theso f buildings! In addition to thiB expendi- X 9 ture, tho board has authorized plans to I be drawn Vor tho erection of a now E echool building with twenty-four rooms and io bo erected on tho north bench, at an estimated cost of $100,000. Bids t will be invited for the construction of I this new building after tho plans have , 1 jbeen accepted and the specifications T7i ; tare drawn, and it is tho intention of j the board to havo it-ready for occu- JH 'paucy at tho beginning of the school jH : 'year of 1900. Manual Training Schools. Hj k ( The expenditures of tho closing year pncludo eight manual training schools - that havo been built for the following HH schools and aro valuablo adjuncts of ' jtf' 1hc same: Tho Emerson, tho "Wasatch, ll V an"lton ,uo Webster, tho Lowell, ' Hjtf. ft fhe Stunner, tho "Waterloo and tho Wifal 1 Grant. These manual training schools $;? and their equipment cost an average W l0 20 cach an aro Tcpufdcd by the h$M board as money well spent. Tlic board is also confronted with tho ifs TFjneccssity of securing a. more central Bite i 'for tho high school and for moro ca-f ca-f paciou3 quarters than aro now avail- able in the old university buildings, sit-: sit-: ' ualcd on tho west side of tho city. The v : j cost of such a building nlono is esti-. esti-. j mated by tho board to bo $500,000, and tho cost of tho site in some central j - I 7art of the city will, of course, increase j the cost. f . Tho members of tho board of edu-;JM edu-;JM I cation of Salt Lake City for 1908 aro 1 f - "pils follows. Tirst muuicipal ward, Byron ! .f Cuiamings, C. S. Martin; second mu- I nicipal ward. M. J. Choesman, Arnold rG. Giauquc; third municipal ward, "Wil liam .T. Newman, Oscar "W. Moylc; fourth municipal ward, James T. Ham mond, Mnthonihah Thomas; fifth mu -nicipal ward, II. P. Henderson, Joseph ;3 '' Oberndorfer. M ' H. P. Henderson is president, Byron m ' Cunimings vico president, L. P. Judd ; clerk, and Austin "Whitney treasurer. j D. H. Christonsen issnriorintoudont ai ( o schools. STrifiLwelT superintend-) superintend-) cnt of buildings, and Alma C. Clayton ?iruant officers, with H. "W. Earl storc-y&KM storc-y&KM i 'deeper. Improvement in Buildings. During tho year 190S tho city board 5l! i of education has mado many improvo- ments in tho school buildings of tho city and has authorized at loast two a t jicw Bchocl buildings of modern ca-v. ca-v. "i I pacity, iu addition to iho building of - large additions to several of tho former ( minor capacity' school houses. Tho A j campaign of improvement has also em- i braced the building of eight manual fa 'ram'DE schools 'at a uniform cost of j ,Jj2000 each, these being attached to tho 'Vo?orfih!Z schools, already built and op- I) eratiug: The Emerson school, Iho "Wa- . satch, the Hamilton, Webster, Lowell, f j . Sumner, Waterloo and Grant. Tho improvements referred to aro: To the Emerson school, now a twelve-jttM twelve-jttM j room school building, au addition of 1H . eight rooms, making a total of twenty WsB' Lc&rooms' also increased boiler capacity r' k for tho heating of the school, new and additional conveniences; and the cost ' of these improvements, includiug tho manual training school, was estimated .1 i at $1 5,000. . . , ' ,; A thirteen room addition to tho Bivcrside school, now in progress, will i give that school a capacitv of twouty-1 twouty-1 iwo rooms, and, with tho additional toilers ncccssaiy, tho cost will be $50,-iRcro $50,-iRcro is an addition of twelve rooms '.to tho Wasatch, making it a school with twpnlv fivo rooms. Additional boilers. toilets and fixtures, and tho manual training school, will bring the cost of this improvement up to $02,000. The board has authorized nlans to be drawn for a now school building of twenty-four rooms, to be built on block 332 on tho north bench, between Ninth nnd Tenth avenues, to accommodate tho school population of that district, and to cost, completed, $100,000. Tho board is alno giving deep consideration consid-eration to tho needs for a now high school building, the ncccssitj' for which is rapidly becoming apparent from all points of view, tho first of which is the fact that the present; high school build nig is not nearly central to tho school population, but, on tho contrary, is located lo-cated on ono side of the city. The board is looking for a siie suflic'icnt for tho school and grounds that will bo withiii equal distance from the four quarters of the rity. This secured, iho board is contemplating the expenditure of $500,000 on tho construction, alono. Another reason wh.y the new high school building is ncccssar' is tlwit tho present quarters will not bo able to tako in all tho eighth grade pupils for the school year ending in I.liJ1. . The enrollment in tho district sehods of the city in 100S waa J 5.500. and tho present enrollment in the high school is 1200, including the eight li gra io graduates that made good in the hair year and went into the high school. With nn ever-increasing population' from immigration of a class that require re-quire good and ample school facilities for their children, it is easy to soo that tho school board is not lodkir- too far ahead with its proposition for a $500-000 $500-000 building for a high school. Tt wili bo needed badlv before the close of 1909. Thcro aro 400 high echool and primary pri-mary class teachers now in the employ of tho board of education, and this number will inevitnbly increase 'SO per cent by tho additions to tho school buildings set out above, and 10 per cent moro with tho completion of tho nw school on Tenth South street now undor construction, and tho other new scuosd projected on the north bench. Concrete" School Building. This, the now schoolhouso that in now nearing completion on tho "Walker sito located south of Ninth South street and between Wain uud "West Teraplo strcots, is the first example in tho state of a schoolhouse built entirely entire-ly of reinforced concrete. Tho picturo shows tho building whon it is completed,, complet-ed,, when it will liavo thirty-six class rooms. For the present only that p:n-'-to the right of tho vertical dotted lii.e, containing eighteen class rooms; the manual training school, shown in the center oi the design, the boiler room and toilets at tho rear, are being constructed. con-structed. Tho complete building, according ac-cording to the entire design, will bo constructed later. Not only are tho foundation anl tho outer walls constructed of riiuioeeed concrete, but the stairwavs, partitions, floors and roofs are of tho .s.'.me construction. con-struction. This makes it not -)uy a fireproof building, but a saiutu' building build-ing as well, for every flovi can lie flushed and cleaned with water ovory day if neccsBary, drainage outlets for tho water being provided in tho construction. con-struction. For the purposo of attaining proper ventijation, tho toilets aro in a Bopnnize building at the rear of tho boiler room, and aro reached from either sido of the completed buOding through inclosed corridors; and there is also n stoio room for books and stationery. This form of construction reinforced concrete which was strongly urged upon tho board of education b- 1C. Klctling, tho architect, will cost $90,000 for tho part that is now boiug built and nearing completion. Constructed of any other' building material tho cost would havo boon the samo, but in ttus , caso and with the concrete construction a practical fireproof building, with exceptional ex-ceptional sanitary conditions, has burfn . the result, and without extra cost. It is not onlv tho first building of its kind in Utah, but it is also tho firBt school buildinc of this construction in tho entiro intormountaln region. The samo system is now being applied in tho now hotel building that is being erected by J. J. Daly on tho corner of Stato and Fonrth South streets, tho plan bying adopted by Mr. Daly and his architect not only for its stability, but for tho absolute protection against firo. Here aro some figures regarding tho publio schools that aro of unusual intorest. Tho flrBt tablo is a statomont of receipts and disbursements of tho board of edu cation for tho school year liMf-OS, cud-in cud-in Juno 30, 1908: Eecolpts, Balance on hand July 1, 1907..? 2,303. 32 City tax. maintenance, supplemental supple-mental col,, 190C 2.G71.47 Citx taxr-redcmptlons 3.225.80 City tax, maintenance, 1907 259,650. -12 City tax, maintenance, redemptions, redemp-tions, 1907 2,3Gn.89 Bnlltllnfr fund 70.37S.29 Interest on bondn 40.750.00 Blnklnp fund 18,000.00 Stato school apportionment .. 89,503. 2C State school, Intorest on land .. 9,686.50 County echool apportionment, 1907 104,226.71 County nchool. balance apportionment. appor-tionment. 190C 2,034.4a Partial payment on bonds .... 12,002.50 Janitor suppllos Bold 2S .42 Sale old material '. 150.15 Illch school lunchroom 25.00 Insurance. Octulrrh Tiro loss .. 127.01 Garnishment fcon 10.00 Salo of high school books 4, GIG, 35 Sale grado books 1-10.73 Fines, lost and damaged books 1,317.01 Total 5C59.n00.4-l Disbursements. General expense .... 5 20,223.20 Interest on boruls... 30,750.00 Teachers' salarlos.. "2"'7"i2 Janitors' salaries.. S-l.18i.iC Janitors' supplies... 2,370. 2u Fuel and lights .... 10.1G1.9S Books and school supplies 12.G31.SS Maintenance and repairs re-pairs 30.225. Ct Rent 1.925.82 Furnlturu and apparatus ap-paratus 10.3S9.84 Building fund Emerson, additional ground 5 1,225.00 Oncqua school 23.711.38 Sumner addition ... 28.750.07 Toplnr Grove school 10. 135. S3 Gymnasium 20,082.42 Interest on high school 1.S75.00 ' Uintah school 247.50 . ' "Walker site- 3.500.005 90,427.80 Balance on hand June 30, 1908.. -10.45-1.70 Total $653,600. -M F.our Mouths' Espeuscs. Tho following tabic gives the amount of expenditures by the board of education educa-tion of Salt Lake City for the months of July, August, September and October, Oc-tober, 190S: General expense 5 9,142.27 Interest ..' 15.375.00 Teachors' salaries 37.78S.02 Janitors' salaries 10,033.50 Janitors' supplies 1,345.39 Fuel and lights 2.199.22 Books and school supplies .... 10.299.12 Maintenance, and repairs ...... 30,097.81 Rent . 215.00 Furniture and apparatus 1,803.12 Bdlldlng- fund 90.760. SO Total ?221,055.25 Following is tho estimated expenditures expendi-tures by tho board of education of Salt Lako City for tho school year 1908-09: General expenses $ 25.000.00 Interest 12,000.00 Teachers' salaries 300,000.00 Janitors' salaries -10.000.00 Janitors supplies 3.000.00 Fuel and lights 1S.000.00 Books and school supplies .... 30,000.00 Maintenance and repairs 35,000.00 Rent 2.000.01) Fumlturo and apparatus 3,000.00 Now Building for tho Jefferson School. 1 Building fund 75,000.00 . Sinking fund 18,000.00 jH Total $051,000.00 General Statistical Summary. lH Population of the city 95,000 Legal school ago l 0-18 IH School census tor Julv, 1908 ...... 20,251 Incronso over July, 1907 S755 Number of pupils enrolled In tho publio schools - 1C.555 Increase over last year 813 Por cent of school population en- rolled In the public schools 85. JH Per cent of school population not iH enrolled In the publio schools .... 14. G JH Number ,of days schools were In uc- IH tual session 171a jH Number of days schools were In au- jH tual session last year 173 IH Number of teachers, principals and supervisors, Including- the train- lui? school 4-10 I jM Number of grade tcachorc .-. 335 Averapo number of pupils belonging for tho year 13.007,7 iH Largest monthly averngo number IH belonging (second month) 14,423.1 Average dally attondanco for the . year 12.S70.9 .H Largest monthly attendance (first month) 13,337.8 Average per cent of attendance for jH tho year, baaed on number be- longing 94,a JH Average per cent of attendance for jH tt. ', ycar' bflscd on enrollment.... -87.3 Highest monthly percentage of at- tendanco (first month) 90. 1 Number of pupils enrolled by or- Iglnal entry during the first month 13oos Number of pupils enrolled by orlg- , Innl entry all the rest of the year 1,437 Number of colored pupils enrolled ' by original cntrv- SO Average number of puplle per grado teacher, based on enrollment .... 41,3 Avcrago number of grade pupils per teacher, based on average number belonging k 34r ; Average number of grade pupils per teacher, baaed on avernge dally at- ; tendance ... 51 5 Number of pupils not absont"or 1 ' tardy during the year 51-1 Number of visits by patrons 13.833 Number of visits to patrons 1 ".- Number of cases of truancy " 17S Number of cases corporal punish- im-nt (; H Number of suspensions' si |
