The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 35

City schools ; Outgrow Housing Acct mmmodations Need New Buildings Says Supt. T.R. Cole School Board Considering Program to Relieve Congestion BY THOMAS R, COLE City Superintendent of Schools Seattle has had two building programs since the World War, when all school build erection was for a time dis- continued. ‘The first was in 1919, when a $4,500,000 bond jssue was voted for the purchase of, school site and the erection of buildings; and the second was in 1923, when a three-mill levy w oted which produced funds amounting to approximately $720,000. he 1919 building program included two hig Roosevelt snd. Garfield; two high school annexe: ganex and | nnex; three Gatzert, Gicmbt and Highlar school additions, B McDonald, North Que h schools, Broadway Bailey eattle Hig d Saslans r interme postponed until ufficient fund muulding at one tim © complet of school buildings, however, has not kept e inerease in pupil enrollment were voted for addi sed 4,359, while oe eaations { for pu hundred and five portables an nd tempor ary rooms were use in March, 1923 » at present we are using 144 ter porary structures. The congestion is quite equally divide between the elementary and high schools. The board of education has given much thought and tim« during the past year to a building survey, with the expecta- tion of asking the public to vote funds in March, 1925, to meet the most pressing building needs. This program will include a high school, high school : intermediat sehools and glen rentary schools. iditions, * Cost Per Pupil aes During the Past Year Unusual Growth Met by Tireless Efforts to Prepare Teachers for Huge Task BY WORTH McCLUSE sistant aeons of Schools O21 was marked t mhool increases of unusual p: y ions Wher pupils and to pre vent threatened congestion in cer tain schools, $0 additi ul of the University of C Tentative ¢ principa high school. over | being Sducational welfare o' beard of directors wa the fiscal year which cl a July 1, {the work WH, to devote 76.6 % out of} tion. every current expense dollar, as Against 75 cents for the same pur-| ed: Dore last year, to the ttem of in-|yn addition to carefully pla Mruction. Careful management and | struction looking toward co-operation by board | tishment of fundar 1 tiembers and heads of administrative | new form of rep Gpartments in lowering operation | 4, hom: Sd niaintenance costs made this | +), Schteverment poss, ble th Curri¢ slum: sta()s by Greutive Si. \ an made co . | Mile headway duriig the past year. | Like thove of many other brogressiv« VICTORY HEIGHTS An ideal spot for Suburban Homes. Large tracts, accessibility, many conveniences—such as would insure fortunate owners A HAPPY NEW YEAR for this and succeeding years. Goodwin Real Estate Co., Inc. MA in-4357 312 Leary Bldg. Increased emphasis upon character teachers and| of th Salmon Pack for World ate Here he Ps < n pack {s mark We Wish You John S. Hudson, Inc. A Happy and Prosperous New Year . City Sash & Door Co. EL jot-4253 GENERAL _CONTRACTOR | 19 Empire Building TYPE OF CITY’S NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS — TLSELL STATE TO:Poutzy, edu, WHORE NATION 4 Monih of Boosting for ; Washington Is On x 7 i? - ? “4 § ist ae . A - Eve : : fe Some of the new 1 t —— construction erected by the pence Steer us eason’s 5 Greene a neat amar. Nout new Garfield high ae Ai the Mamtlal ) in ave. N. attd No. 3 the 1? aati eater school, G0th ave. Sand 7 Ninth end Streets st.; No. 4, the naw 1 . “TACOMA. SSearrie the West Seattl high hool Berry Piadincies Proves Profi: able ll fait E Pe; eS ‘homas R Cale ntendent School. rUR MARKET ee — LUMI Todd Dry Docks, Inc. Harbor Island, Seattle, Wash. Cable Address: THREEDOCKS Largest and Most Modern Ship Repair Plant on Puget Sound Repairs [Made to Steel and Wooden Vessels | Floating Drydock 15,000 Tons Capacity i Floating Drydock 12,000 Tons Capacity 1 Floating Drydock, 3,000 Tons Capacity Quick Service on all Classes of Marine Engines / @ General Agents for Mechanical Fuel Oil Burning Systems @ Parsons’ Turbines WHITE = . = TMU ULUULU UR en UU