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b, Any addition will occupy part of present inadequate site. c. The present heating system cannot heat a large additional k�u��e d. If classrooms are added to existing structure, it will � building unbalanced. The lunchroom now serves four lunchshifts each day to 1:00 o'clock. The gymnasium, locker beginning at 11.15 and extending rooms and shops are now being used at maximum capacityNo room is now we are to' a availableeentfor Musicplant, wet work. In shouldinclude otherwords, units necessary forge our oschool 1 classrooms. ' complete high school and not simply e. Rooms in the Junior High School are now being used for class- rooms that are below thebest staa dafieds. These yond tro r apreiooms are intended only fo� emergency use. Other rooms f. Enlargement of the present plant will make it of such size that • its use as a building for one school in the futureillneabe dir he High School is g, The absence of an adequate playground now one of its defects•theThere is a railroad tracks limited lot of While this land wouldbeof betweenalueto this builoland playgrounds are possible. the school, the site wooulatedlwhere suitable anew high school unit is planned, it should be It is the opinion of this Committee thabut should secure at oncthe town should not make e a additions to the present High School Building, proper central location for a future high school unit. III. By Erecting a New Building to Serve for Either of the Two High Schools u ils from Bedford and If the town decides to retain the tuition pupnt ils School forddin d it will be and noty to make additions to the erect. a new school unit. it will be necessary It has been suggested that a separate junior esent combinederected Junior ' School. While itwsll undo b ebdlyebe trrue as in another section of the town and still continue our p ool High Schooldeand Senior High the at present are that no one section onunof and tow s the town develops that more than one junior high nowf objectionsf to this planFurthermore,it, and the is of sufticieca sizeh to we rerant another permanent educational onal toforecast obtained from a e growth l unit are very It is our opinion that for some years to come Lexington can best be served by one junior high school maintained in some central tbuilding or entrral location. e e d be located in a eve this juniorhigh ntralosect on ol lof the town. in the present newa building in a C. .Problems in Selection of.Future Building uin that any parcel of must of necessity measure up to a four The Committee had in mind from the beginning land purchased for school purposes , I point program, viz: I. The land marticularlylto the condition r a school building. ' This refersrs of the soil for sustain-. p ing a heavy weight, also drainage and sewer conditions. ark- Ih Sufficient land must be purchased for all school activities, p ing space and possible future additions to plant. ack" tennis, etc., as well as This,includesrea baseball, aa king carscausedby evening sessions, enter- allowing sufficient area for p , tainments, etc. 5 8