Staunton High School - Echo Yearbook (Staunton, IL)

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Will Be Held Saturday n hu t Steps 0 ltlon bably the Staunton r on Sat hen the lt School asked to v bulld a btuldlng 40000 ln ect that the llltles ln uate and e of the s old the bulldlngs f the slte space for Then too adlly crowdlng ttle space 8CtlVltl6S Staunton lon held s carrled need for ldlng was of educa rlousness t lng plans he matter strlct for Edward was em prellmln tlmate of termmed lth other mltted to purchase ese fll'l'l'1S sed b0l'ld was the any who the ISSUE rs at ln to 3V 'Zn ty dates e school wlll be ed by the Commun the facll terla can e tenta ulldlng of e enough the pres by both School Board Engages SCYVICBS of Archltect The board of educatlon of the Staunton Communlty Unlt School Dlstrlct No 6 has engaged the flrm of Kane Sz Kane archltects of Edwardsvllle to draw up pre llmmary plans for a proposed new elementary school mate the amount of would be needed to col a building Kane 8: Kane are th for the Edwardsvllle trlct whlch IS puttlng extenslve bulldlng pro flI ITl also made the pl supervtslng the constrl new Progresslve A G now belng bullt at of Staunton Prellmlnary plans tlons for a bulldlng estlmated cost are fore a proposltlon to school can be presented to the voters of the dlStI'lCt Only the necessary prellmlnary work wlll be done now the worklng plans and other matters must of course be deferred untll such a tlme as the people of the dlStl'lCt haye ap- proved the constructlon of the new bulldlng The members of the board as well as other Staunton resldents lnterested ln our schools reallze that the present elementary school fHClllI19S are lnadequate and that durlng the next flye years at least the enrollment wlll lncrease each year maklng lt necessary to proxlde more room The old grade school bulldlng constructed oxer SIXIX years ago must be re placed as lt has passed lts use ful stage and does not meet the requlrements set by the educa tlonal department of the state SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION SET FOR FEBRUARY 20th tContlnued from Page 13 when the flnal plans are drawn The board has set Saturday February 20 as the date of the electlon Two yotlng places wlll be used Preclnct No 1 belng at the Albert Blom dwelllng house ln Ollve townshlp Madlson coun ty for the terrltory ln that ylclnl ty descrlbed fully ln the OfflCl3.l notlce of the speclal electlon whlch appears on another page ln thls ISSUE Preclnct No 2 wlll be ln the Clty Hall bulldlng ln Staunton The polls wlll be open from 12 O0 o clock noon untll 7 00 o clock that exenlng Thls speclal electlon IS of great lmportance because lt Wlll defm ltely affect the future welfare of the youngsters of thls generation his new lum2 t of ed fled the e alter Jr pres IS more he old modern lch wlll nalnten are flre of one ld I The more lch suc xt flve t Slte whlch restrlct to a mlnlmum such 8Ctl xltles whlch are yery lmportant Q What wlll the people of the Dlstrlct get for this S540 0002 A The pre new 18 room lng lncludlng a shop a ho and other m a new to acco tests Yhllh those Hlllsboro others ln The V51 grade and gram of the necessary tarv facllltles l Yes the new grade ulge uery x who 15 nt also has recreatlon gy mn mmod 1 IGDIU sucxn, Y On Saturday of thls week the xoters of Communlty Illllt School Dlstrlct No 6 wlll be called on to make a momentous declslon whe- ther or not the youngsters of our communlty of thls and the com lng generatlons shall haye a grade school whlch lS adequate ln every respect to glve them the educa tlonal advantages they deserve and should have On Saturday the voters of the dlStI'lCt will be called upon to vote YES or NO on a proposltlon to bulld a modern grade school on a slte south of the hlgh school now owned by the dlstrlct and to authorlze the ISSU ance of 3540000 ln bonds to pay for the constructlon of the bulld lng whlch also includes a modern gymnaslum for use by both the grade and hlgh school students varlous reasons why the two prop- 0Sltl0IlS should be approved by the voters Whlle It lS admltted that thls project wlll cost a conslder able sum of money It IS not ex cesslve It wlll cost each taxpay er only 32c per 810000 on the as sessed value of thelr property and from a glance at the last real estate assessment llst It IS evldent that about half of the propertv owners in Staunton wlll n S6 00 per year great advantage llldren vastly lm al facllltles we thls communlty mcrease prop- as much as the in 20 years lS needed ln thout argument of educa notlce that the oyer 50 years belng more are out moded hazards The has crowded NN0lfd1'0 of the COITIIHUDIYY to WOW? the facllltles so that efflclency ln YPS OU bflfh DYOPOSWOUS Those classrooms has been lmpalred and O .U y kb- . - - I , A1 , . 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IIIl 'I ' ' ll ' Il ' IIIIIIIIIIII ..........IIIIIIIlI r I The 1956 ECHO is dedicatedto the CITIZENS Of STAUN- i ll. 4' ' I , I TON who have so generously and wholeheartedly supported 'P' ' their schools, and no the BOARD or EDUCATION who unself- l ishly and willingly gave of rheirtime and efforts to give us the best buildings and schools possible, 4'4- 0 ,rs M In ' R ,K f 'lf X s 1 , ' 1 X i X ' L s . i X' X M . ' M ' 1 N X4 '90 l CPS or W0 S N006 N0 S2060 ' BO Q' gi a was-S OYSQXW ods. Q es? E rx. 9991 NLQYQKWB Yxaige '