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405 ADJOURNED TOWN ME ET I N G JUNE 9 , 1930 A4 journe d town meeting was called to order by Robert H . Holt , Moderator , at 8 : 10 P . M . Mr . James Stuart Smith asked that Articles 1 and 8 be taken up together , and no objection being made the Moderator so ruled. Mr . Smith read the report o ' the Committee on School Building , and displayed and explained architects plans as shown on large chart . A Arts • l The meeting voted to accept and place on file the Committee ' s report . REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COLI:;I ITT EE One year ago , the School Committee asked the Town for a new school , to be located in the south section . At that time the average annual increase in the school population was about 150 , and it was clear that if this growth continued, the Town would need a building in the Fall of 1930 . When the school census was taken in October, 1929 , it was discovered that our increase was below normal , and the School Committee , having in mind the extra burden of a shhool house , told the building Committee that the program could be postponed for a Near . In 1929 , there was an increase of 75 in our scholars . Another 75 , or even fewer , coming to school in the Fall of 1930 , will bring us to the point where there will be undue hardship upon small children connected with the use of space that was never intended for classroom purposes , and extra trans - portation of children, in order to get them to buildings where there is available room . In all probability , it will be easier, financially , for the Town , and better for the building, to have a job that will not be rushed to completion , and perhaps open and in use before it is finished. For this reason the Committee believes and liecommends that the new construction be commenced at an early date , with the building to open in September , 1931 . To postpone the building program beyond this year , would be unwise , unsafe and unfair. It would entail heavy bills for transportation and necessitate the separation of small children from the sane family , so that they might have to go to two or three schools . While conditions may not be ideal between September , 1930 , and September , 1931 , there will be no widespread hardship , and the Town will be spared same rather heavy additions to the 1930 tax rate . The proposed construction in the south end, moreover , should not overlap school development in the East Village , and that in turn should not be permitted to fall into the same year with a required addition to the Junior and Senior High School .