2764 Report of Committee on Proposed New High School Building, September 21, 1901

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_ below that of children old enough to endure, without harm, the strain of long walks or of transportation in barges. The Tidd School, re-opened for the primary pupils in that section, is an + example. It seems a little early yet to determine where a new primary school house may best be located, having regard not only to present conditions, but also to the probable future growth of the Q town. In the mean time, the most feasible way in which to meet pressing necessities, and at.the same. time to,make reasonable pro- ` vision for the near future, seems to be to put the two upper grades d of the Hancock Grammar School, the eighth i and ninth, perma- nently fi a ® � in the High School building, and also,to maintain there,for a limited time, a primary school embracing children that belong in the two lowest grades. With the eighth and,ninth grades located 0 in the new building, and a primary school of, say, 40 to 50 pupils, also opened in one of its large class-rooms, the pupils remaining in. i - - - W the Hancock building may be so seated throughout its eight several rooms that the accommodations afforded by them will be adequate r, and comfortable. This arrangement cannot, however, be regarded as permanent. It will serve only fora few years; and then_nothing short of one or more separate primary-school buildings, located � where the then,school population shall suggest, will be sufficient to r ,�� P p. gg. �" ii lid meet the necessities of the case. The primary school conducted Q in the temporary quarters •afforded,by the new High School house W= will be composed of those children, now attending the Hancock School, who live in a district having the new building for an approximate centre, and limits extending perhaps as far as Utica 0 Street along;the Woburn Road, ;and Pelham Road along Massa- chusetts Avenue. The district would, of course, be defined by the School Committee. An estimate made by the Superintendent shows that in the territory which a primary school placed where the High School house now is would naturally serve, there are now first and lsecond grade pupils to the number of nearly 50. It is with pleasure that we find.that the plan which financial necessities of the town, urging economy, seem to dictate, is, in the. opinion of high authorities in educational matters, at.heart desirable. To say.a word further upon the subject before calling attention to the sketches which form part.of this report, we :quote from a report. made"only two ,years ago, by a committee of the i National Education Association. That committee advises that the reforms most needed in.the.public schools can be worked out best I by making the eighth and ninth grades. parts of the High School 7