Show L Legion gion Backs 16 The cho l' l Building Pl Plan 1 SuPport favoring the coming school diStrict election and the plans d the Grand county board Of education on their new building prOgram was given by b- he le Moab American Legion during duro dur ing a meetIng held Monday night This IbIs support came through a adopted following a on the local school situations situation I by Helen M. M Knight school superintendent who had been by the Legion as guest speaker ITu Turn to Page ge Five Legion Backs School School- This Is the second organization In Moab to recognize the dire need for new building facilities due to the rapidly Increasing en en At the last of or the Moab Lions club a unanimous unan unanimous unari unan vote carried a motion that that organization throw Its Us full support behind hind the pro program ram as planned by the board of education tion flea a committee to as assist In the presentation of the program to the public At the Legion meeting Mrs Knight Knigh described described the overcrowd overcrowded I ed school and sand som some of ot the problems which have confronted the board of education education tion and the special school school building committee as they have laid the plans for needed buildings Particular difficulty Mrs Knight pointed out came in determining ng the size of ot elementary building need ed Original plans plans' made two or three years ago we for a building o of only about six rooms with the Intention that only onay the primary grades would be housed Continued enrollment ment of students In both elementary and high school however soon outmoded such planning she said Through Throughout out the current year every available avail avaH able room in the present buildIng build Ing has h been utilized full time with the Increasing number of rooms required for elementary pupils causing a a fiery ery serious space situation l for r the high school which an increasing in ln creasing enrollment enrollment tive figures at the present time show that a 14 room elementary school plus kindergarten and vine lInd other space will be almost fl filled as soon as lit It can be constructed The present school building Will WiH have ver very little If not fuLly fuMy utilized utilized due to the number of high school students bringing a need eed for a wider curriculum J Finding the Ute need i fora for r a 14 room elementary building forced the board education ot education to drop anal plans Jh tho possible using of the he present school site for all ad new buildings Convinced t that Moab children should have faculties facilities to obtain as good an education as possible maintaining maintain ing the scholastic and growth standards to which the children are entitled the board boord of education education edu edu- cation recognized the need for tor putting the new elementary building on ona a larger site larger site and so took advantage of ot the opportunity ity Hy offered them to purchase 16 a ac r i from Charles A A. Steen on the north side of town Mrs Knight told the Legionnaires In thIs respect she pointed palmed out that there absolutely was not space available more centrally Ny n board urr unless the board of of education had resorted to condemnation fo to included In the building plans property y I Explaining the construction told her Iler audience es estimated mated mated to cost a new elementary building 48 Is s shop building addition to the auditorium enlarging it to s seat t e en ens a heI U system remodeling Thompson and Cisco schools schoos and providing furnishings sings and furniture for all aU new new schools making at a t ta i A complete Notice of ot Bond will Election be found on page this Issue of he the Times Times- Ind Independent i |