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408 JD 0 san As there are now six grades in our primary school system , this building will be put in operation with six grades . Some of them , fortunately, will not be filled to capacity . Vwith eight rooms , as the population grow , we can have a flexible unit thrt will care for , let us say , two third- grade classes and two fifth- grade classes as well as the other four grades , or however the school population happens to come into that part of the Town . All our smaller children can be taken care of on the ground floor . We can give the whole school an exercise room above the ground , which will also serve as a lunch room and for community purposes . With the general floor plan determined , it seemed the part of wisdom , ( as this is a new building and not an addition to an old one) to make the plan modern ; to put such things into the construction so that it will not be out of date when the doors are open . The useful life of a school building is probably about forty years ; to have it obsolete some years before its time is poor economy . The building is designed for safety, for helth and for low cost of upkeep . It can be increased without undue expense , to fourteen rooms . The architects assure us that all construction and materials have been tested , and the whole structure is to be in modern form to fit and satisfy both the technical requirements of the schools but also the requirements of a town of dwellings like Lexington . The COMMITTEE respectfully present this report and recommendation to the town in accordance with the town vote . James Stuart Smith William H . Ballard Clyde E . Steeves Howard S . 0 . Nichols Clara M . Barbour Mrs . C . E . Glynn . One of the members of this committee , Ar . Charles H . Spaulding , died recently . We regret the loss of his able counsel . Under Article 8 Mr . James Stuart Smith offered the following motion . " Voted : That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $132 , 000 for the purchase of a certain lot of land located on Old County Road near Allen Street , known as a portion of the Swenson Brothers Farm, containing approximately eight acres , and that there be erected thereon a public school building , including the original equipping and furnishing of same ; and111 for the purpose of meeting said appropriation , there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $19, 150 , and that there be transferred from the account of Purchase of Carbarn Property from Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company the sum of , . $1 , 850 , and the treasurer , with the approval of the Selectmen , be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of 1120 , 000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws , so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note , or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine . It is also voted that a Building Committee of seven including the members of the School Com- mittee be appointed by the Moderator , with full power to pure-