The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 26, 1952, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, June 26, 1952
School Survey
Continued from page*!, 1st Section
at each level. The greatest ohjec-
t:on would be the limited offer-
,ines in service available^ for a
senior high school
pupils. Facilities for high schools
such as gymnasiums, shops, music
room, laboratories, etc., are expen
sive to construct, but should be
available in all high schools. That
is one reason it is desirable to
for whom no state aid is received.
Records indicated that the pres
ent 8th grade has been small since
it entered the first grade. Chil- i anna or Clinton as it is about cqui-
dren in this grade were born in j distant from both schools. How- f
Training School, has an enrollment
of approximately 19 pupils. These
pupils may well attend either Jo-
1938 which was just prior to the
time birth rates began increasing
due to the second World War.
with 250 -3001 There mlftt, however, -be -other
ever, bus routes should largely de
termine where these pupils attend
school. j
Transportation routes now in ex-u
factor;, to account for the small j ^ ence can eas iiy arranged so
s^e of this particular grade In, that all four schools discused above
spite of this fact attention should | could bc abandone d immediately,
be focused on the grade size and j be p UD ji s 0 f these schools would
the definite need for two sections; then ha%e access t0 the improved
. in mos ^ grades. This attend- f ac i b ties afforded by the Joanna
lui.d new high schools to accom- ance. however, (332) only entitles, and clinton sc hools and Joanna
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modate larger numbers of pupils.
Mountville and Cross Hill will
c ntinue to have a surplus of fa-
i dies for elementary purposes.
Much of this area, which was once
used mainly for cotton farms is
m w being diverted to cattlb rais
ing. This type of farming de
mands fewer tenants and “ those
who do live on the farms will ex
pect better education for their chil
dren than can be offered by one
and two teacher schools.
The following recommendations
are made for the Clinton area:
1. Abandon Academy Street
s<chool for elementary purposes.
Maintain a primary’ school in new’
addition for first two or three
grades living in neighborhood.
2. Build new’ elementary school
in northern part of town designed
to house present Academy Street
enrollment—plus primary grades—
plus Long Branch and Musgrove.
3. Construct new high school for
grades 10. 11 and 12 on a site of at
kast 30 acres on outskirts of town.
Plan a gymnasium if construction
materials, are available. Include
all-purpose room for cafeteria and
assemblies. Use 'ipresent audito-
r.;.m for public functions. _
4. Convert present high school
3 ^j 1001 ^ en , ^ cac ^ ers - i due to an increased enrollment
The above facts are presented ; would no doubt qua iif y for addi-
only to indicate that additional pu-1 tional teachers on a st ate aid basis,
pils are needed at Joanna in order ^ recorn mended. therefore, that:
to provide educational opportunl-1 j Joanna remain a permanent
ties at a moie reasonable c< ^ s '', elementary school center. •
Laurens county is now paving fom „ „ ou j ^ i
5 teachers at Joanna out of local ^ c I in u’ ^ ac ^ y ( -' rove ’ j 1 ^ ^
tax monev because of conditions Hurricane be closed an
already stated. There is one empty | l ^ e elementary pupils be transport-
classroom available and another ed to Joanna where accommoda- I
tions now' exist to care for them.
which is used only for music in
struction. Most elementary schools
are now having music as an inte-
3. That all high school pupils 1
from the above area attend Clinton
gral part of the classroom program ' school.
Laurens Area (White)
The town of Laurens has a great :
need for white schpol facilities.
and do not use a special room.
With these facilities available and
the possibility of absorption in . 1A , , , . . ,
present sections it is apparent that! Although a new elementary school
75-100 additional children can be! ^as recently been constructed on
cared for at Joanna without the i Garhn g ton stre 4 et ar l d . has ad «l uate !|
construction of any additional | roorn .'° care f° r additional pupils,
classrooms '—' I attention must be given to the .
What has been said above about! P re ^ nt at u Laurens . |
the grow’th of Joanna village can-i sc hool. This building when,
not be said for the rural area north-! constructed, many years ago, was
west of the town where Renno and i a d »stinct credit to the community.
to junior high for entire area.
Joanna Area (White)
Joanna is a textile village locat-
, J in the extreme eastern part of
Lrurens county. It is evident that
ire village itself is growing since i for the past decade indicate a p;ak
Shady Grove are located. Renno
is' a-station on the Seaboard Rail
way and was at one time a thriv
ing rural-community and trading,
center. Good roads and automo
biles have changed all this. Fifty
or sixty ..years ago a two-story
However, the mistake was to com
bine a high and elementary school:|
of this size. At the present time
there are approximately 1159 pu
pils, from grades one through 12.
housed in this.building. Every con
ceivable-roo mis being used. Con-,.
brick school bunding was erected4 se< ^y en ^ y there are many rooms
in this community, consisting 0 f such as those tn semi-basements
tw’o classrooms on the first floor S W ^ IC ^ s ^ ou ] d k e used for class-
and a rather large auditorium lo- r 00 ™ 5 a f a ^’ Although located on
cated on the second floor. Records i ^auUful and valuable site, it is
there are numerous signs of post-
v.ar building of both a residential
rird business nature. Since Joanna
is located on the Laurens-Clinton-
enrollment of 38 children in 1941-
42. At present there are 23 pupils
enrolled with one teacher. The
building is being used by the com
| entirely too small to adequately
' care for the number of pupils
housed there. More room is need-
! ed in Laurens to care for elemen- j
1 tary school, children in small
Newberry Highway it is probable j munity as a Sunday school and, f£^ 00 J s ^ated in the area. It is,|
that it will continue to grow it the church tenter which might be the i therefore deemed advisable to con-
f Lire Perhaps in a few years the. only reason for its existence. i %er *4 P’' es< j n * building to elfi-,
pipe one may be extended! Shady Grove is a one-teacher: rTien ). ar y 3C "® 0 * use on |y- This
ng this highway and this would! school with two rooms, frame con-1 rec l uire * un ds fer modernizing the |
t o a logical location for further in-
stnal development. Joanna’s la-
: wr-management-relations has al-
■ ays been considered well above
the average and this could easily
struction with practically no site, i P*' esen t building and making some
The records show that for the past i Ganges in order to enlarge rooms;
10 or 12 years—it-has varied from* and adapt them to elementary
an enrollment of 6 to 18 pupils.
Since there is a paved road to
influence further industrial Joanna and due to its available fa-
growth.. j cilities, there seems to be little, if
-The—school—populatton—has^jdggjany, justification for the continu-
ir.creased in Joanna over the p^|5TTce~of---Shady'.,Grove as a school
ckcade from 249 in 1941-42 to a i center.
present enrollment (February.! A large part of the northeastern
1952) of 378. This is a crucial
point in enrollment for any school
part of Laurens county is now a
part of the Sumter National Forest.
under the State law in South Caro-! A glance at the spot map poirits up
lina. In order to qualify for ten! the sparsity of population in this
area. In the heart of this National
teachers a school must show an en
rollment of 330 pupils. To qualify
ior eleven teachers the enrollment
must be 374—or an addition of 44 ment is the Garlington school con-
use.
A site of at least 40 acres should |
be selected and purchased in a de
sirable area and a high school ; |
constructed to care for 600-700 pu !
pils. — J
The new high school in Laurens
should be constructed for grades!I
7-12 providing facilities needed forj|
a modern high school. Attention
should be given to existing shops
at Ford high school and no at
tempt should be made to duplicate 11
pupils in order to add one teacher.
The law requires an additional 46
pupils—or an enrollment of 420
f ;r a 12-teacher school—and for ^ No child lives nearer than about
all above 12 teachers an enrollment I one and a half miles from the
i f 36 pupils per teacher is requir
ed. The painful years' of growth
fer any elementary school are those
years when the enrollment is ap
proaching 400 pupils. This cause r .
overcrowded conditions in grade
sections which cannot be coi reel
ed except by employing teachers Highway 76,
Forest and enjoying the natural expensive facilities. The present,
beauties of its peaceful environ- auditorium can easily serve for
public functions and the new
school could have an all-purpose
room for a cafeteria and school as
semblies. A gymnasium should be
built if funds are available and
Thih construction, however, should I
sisting of one teacher and about 9
pupils. The school site is truly an
island surrounded by a pine forest
school. _ There are nou-power lines I crrLeflrF
available and artificial light is pro
duced by four kerosene lamps
which are attached to the walls by
brackets.
Hurricane school, a one-teacher
•reTtlfedr
the needed classroom
frame building, located just_ off] are often erected that
behind the
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space.
Barksdale-Narnie school is an
example of the fact that due to
school populations shift buildings
t are not
State needed in later years. This is a
two-story brick building with an
auditorium on the sedond floor,
j There are no outside fire escapes
1 and it is dangerous to hold meet
ings in the present auditorium.
Only three rooms are used at pres-
( ent and the approximately 75 chil-
}| dren should be moved to Laurens
:J)when construction of the new high
! school building makes this pos-
fj sible.
:: Trinity-Ridge school now has 2
h teachers and 4 children housed in
! a two-story frame building which
jjS | is badly in need of repair. The
* I spot map shows that the majority
of these children live between the
present building and Laurens. Tho
auditorium on the second floor of
this structure is a distinct hazard
and should be abandoned imme
diately. This school should be
abandoned as soon as facilities are
available in Laurens.
Oak Grove and Bailey schools
are entirely too close to Lauras
to justify their existence as sep-
aret schools. Transportation is
no problem here and these pu
pils should be brought into Lau
rens just as soon as facilities are
available for them. Oak Grove
particularly serves an area which
is both rural and suburban. Many j
of the pupils now being trans-;
vj ported to this school live within ]
| walking distance of Garlington |
i Street school in Laurens and class- j
$' rooms are available to absorb
M these at the present time. ^This!
should be done immediately.
New Prospect school, which
burned recently, and whose pupils
now attend Mr. Pleasant, along
with Mt. Pleasant and part of
Center Point, should be consoli
dated with Laurens. High school
i children from this area now go
to Laurens and there is no justi-
: fication for permanent elementary
j centers at either place.
Recommendations for the Lau-
j rens area are as follows:
1. New high school in desirable
I population area to house 500-600
pupils.
2. Convert present elementary-
high school to elementary use on
ly, and close Barksdale-Narnie,
Bailey, Center Point, New Pros
pect, Mt. Pleasant, and Trinity-
Ridge. . V
Close Oak Grove and absorb at
Garlington Street school.
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