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53 tinue its use for school purposes for a series of years to come, your committee earnestly recommends that the town appropriate and assess the sum of $1600 for the purpose of heating, entilating and lighting this building. As to the condition of the High school building, your committee feels that it will not warrant the outlay of a large sum and we believe that it would be real economy for the town to consider the early construction of a new High school building. The present one will very soon be inad- equate to accommodate the pupils, and the building itself is so old and made up of additions that it is a poor make- shift for what our system of schools deserves. Then, too, the Hancock school is now filled to overflowing, and some plan must be devised soon to provide for the surplus, or else the town will be forced to build a primary school building to take the pupils of the lower grades. What your committee would recommend would be the erection of a High school building of at least eight rooms, four of which to be occupied by the four upper grades now using the Hancock school. This would relieve the latter school for many years and would be a saving to the town of the erection of an extra school building. If, however, the town does not now feel the necessity of this recommend- ation, and the present High school is to be used for five years or more, we would recommend that the three furnaces which now but poorly heat the building, be replaced by a system of steam heating with ventilation. As at present arranged, there is no ventilation in three small rooms and very inadequate ventilation in the large school room. We invited inspection and estimates of this building the same as in the case of the Adams school, and the same num- ber of estimates was presented to us, and we feel satisfied that no satisfactory system of steam heating with ventilation can be installed for a sum less than $1000. Most of the 54 estimates were in excess of this amount. Therefore if the town does not decide to proceed to the early erection of .a new building, we recommend that the sum of $1000 be ap- propriated and assessed for installing a suitable system of heating and ventilating in this building. In the case of both these buildings we do not feel war- ranted in asking for a less sum, but if we should be fortu- nate enough to make contracts for a less amount, the town, of course, will be the gainer thereby. In conclusion we wish to urge upon the town the importance of immediate action in relation to the condition of these two school build- ings. Respectfully submitted, R. W. HOLBROOK, H. S. TEELE, EDWIN A. BAYLEY. Voted, That the report of the committee be accepted. On motion of Mr. C. G. Kauffmann it was Voted, That the sum of sixteen hundred ($1600) dollars be appropriated and assessed for improvements at Adams school house. On motion of Mr. E. A. Bayley it was Voted, That the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars be appropriated and assessed for improvements at High school house.