Show School Facilities I Is Great Need PT PTA A Learns By C. C Robert The need for or adequate sites for the construction of new school buildings w wits s i ed ait at a oa meeting of the Moab Parent Teachers Association Wednesday by Dr E E. Allen Bateman Bate Bate- man Salt Lake City state superintendent sup of ot public lIon tion Talking before a good sized crowd of school patrons Dr Bateman Bate Bate- man pointed out that the standard stand stand- ard site recommended for elementary ole ele schools Is Js a base five acres with an additional acre for lor each pupils enrolled A 15 acre base is b advocated for high schools with an acre for each enrolled In this respect practically 10 1 I acres would be the minimum loran for lor foran foran I an elementary building in Moab based on the Ithe current enrollment and between 17 and 18 acres for a high school It was pointed out by Dr Bateman Bate man that th-at policies of the state board of education made it almost almost al al- most impossible for him to approve approve ap prove school building sites which unquestionably were too small to provide ample outdoor activity ity space for children He le pointed out that he was recently forced to refuse his approval when a aBarge Barge tege district in the state had asked permission to enlarged a bul building located donated on on a site te of Turn to Back Page |