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407 As other portions of the south part develop , there will be need of another school . Until that time comes , there will be transportation for children , but the number will be much smaller than at present . We think that over 70% will be much better off , and the remaining 30% will be transported as at present . The school department will try in every way to make conditions satisfactory . The location should be , and is , part of a general logical plan and will not cause a dislocation of future schools . The Town would do well to purchase other building sites and additions to sites , not only in the south part , but in other sections of the Town , while land is still at reasonable prices , but in accordance with a plan which would contemplate population of at least 20 , 000 . The East Village , of course , should have immediate consid- eration as soon as this proposed building is finished , and should have it even if the Town does not adopt the recommendation with witn /this report deals . which 2 . The lot for the building and small playground is almost flat . Flat land means economy in building , and economy in finishing the grounds . As far as we can discover , the land is reasonably free from stone ledge . 3 . Although near the main traffic highway , yvalthelm Street , it is remote enough so that the passage of motor vehicles will not be a nuisance at the time of the year when school windows are open . 4 . There is sufficient space both for the present and a future playground when the school may increase in size to 14 classrooms . A large part of this land , moreover , is available without special expenditure . 5 . The land is in a district where there is much broken ground and many wet meadows and springy hillsides , but is high and dry . The sub- soil has been explored by boring , and , so far as we can tell , indicates that it will absorb sewage with little danger of becoming unhealthy and offensive . 6 . Allen Street is hard- paved to carry coal trucks to the lot line . There will be no need of road building except the customary driveway or turnaround on the school grounds . When traffic demands it , the Old County Road can be developed . The Committee , as said before , is unanimous in the choice of this location . TEE BUILDING Tha proper type and size of building has been a matter of concern . In the first place , with the location recommended , we are able to avoid the use of basement rooms for classroom use . The design calls for eight classrooms and such other rooms as are required in a modern school building . Eight rooms seems to be the smallest number we can build and give the school department and the school population room for expansion inside the proposed building .