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Show (Growth, obsolescence create school district building problems J. Clair Morris. Superintendent Iron County School District The Iron County School District Dis-trict Is presently confronted with the dual problems of replacing re-placing a fifty-five year old educationally obsolete, physically physic-ally worn out. Cedar City Junior Jun-ior High School building, and at the same time needs to provide pro-vide additional classroom space for a growing student population. Six hundred and fifty-four junior high students presently present-ly occupy buildings which used us-ed to house all of Cedar City's elementary, Junior high, and high Khool students. Two of the buildings, the old Junior high" and the "old West Ele-mentary Ele-mentary School" located on the east portion of the junior high block were constucted in 1918. The old auditorium building, in which district administrative ad-ministrative offices are presently pres-ently housed and which serves as the auditorium for present junior high students was constructed con-structed in 1937. The "old high school building,' presently cal-led cal-led the West Building, was constructed in 1933. The old West Elementary School build-ing build-ing was occupied by elementary elemen-tary students from 1918 to 1959 High school students inhabit, ed it from 1959 to 1964. Since 1964, or nine years, It has been used by junior high students. The old junior high building has been occupied by junior high students continuously since 1918. The Junior high began be-gan using the old Cedar High building in 1964. Comparatively speaking, Cedar Ce-dar Junior High students are housed in the oldest and most obsolete buildings In the Iron District. Elementary and high school students are housed in modern type buildings in Par-owan Par-owan and Cedar iCty and accelerated ac-celerated growth pattern Is expected during the next few years. In the fall of 1972, the district had four empty classrooms class-rooms in the North Elementary Elemen-tary School. After school started, start-ed, two new sections, a kindergarten kind-ergarten and a second grade, had to be created which filled up two of the four Tooms. It Is presently known, due to the added kindergarten, that one of the two remaining reams at the North will be occupied by an added first grade beginning begin-ning in the fall of 1973. Since present first grades are overloaded, over-loaded, it is anticipated that the remaining empty room will be filled by having to add a new second grade section in the fall if 1973, leaving no empty rooms at the North. The "pod" and its satellite rooms can handle about 100 more students at the North which will house the added North students as they move from the primary grades into the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. The South has one empty classroom class-room and the East is filled. The Parowan Elementary school has three empty classrooms class-rooms and no problem Is expected ex-pected there for several years. The Beryl school has no emp. ty classrooms, but can handle ) more students per teacher per room. By, or even before 1975, all space in th three Cedar elementary schools will be filled and additional space will be required. An Increase of from 50 to 100 students per year is expected during the next few years. The Iron County Board of Education and administrative officers welcome community growth and are presently making plans to care for the replacement of obsolete buildings build-ings and at the same time make provisions for added growth. |