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the March 1st number of the
Bulletin, estimating the cost of a High School for
Wilton, have been criticized as "very rough
.
" They
are
.
That they have some basis in fact is
.
however,
indicated in a letter of Dr
.
Paul Collier, State Super
-
visor of Secondary Education
.
He wrote on March
15th, "I have looked over your editorial on the high
school in the Wilton Bulletin
.
I have no criticism
which I wish to offer as I think you have
covered the important points and have been very
careful in your estimates, costs, enrollment
.
etc
.
I
believe that a small school can provide a satisfactory
program if great care is exercised in the selection of
a versatile faculty
.
"
Dr
.
Collier has also supplied the figures for the
East Windsor High School
.
used jointly by South
Windsor, and built in 1935
.
East Windsor
Estimate
for Wilton
Cost of building
$1 30
.
000
$150,000
Number of teachers
9
10
Tuition and rent
$30,510
$33,000
Number of students
270
300
Cost per student
$1 13
$120
CO
To the Editor, Wilton Bulletin: March 24
.
1937
Many of us have followed with serious interest
Dr
.
Collier's talk before the PTA
.
Mr
.
Hubbard
able resume of the High School problem in the
Bulletin, and now find ourselves confronted with
Mr
.
G
.
W
.
Martin's letter
.
in answer more to a
printed article than to an educational problem that
he h
personally
.
Summering in Wilton
to other schools, is not a way of
l
"It
any real difference
between the needs of Wilton and Westport students
.
Well, no, perhaps it isn't
-
from
vary
.
Close, personal understanding often helps to
fill
th
Many private schools have
people wisely send their children to such schools
.
We ask only
th
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about the problems of transportation between Wil
-
ton and Westport to those wintering in New York
.
Fifth Av
buses are more than a bit stifling to
v
Wiltontian" argument is spurious as
far as I am concerned
.
It does not seem important
.
much less "most important"
.
However "wide con
-
tacts"
not of the same advantage to children as
they are to grown ups
.
Maturity copes with
gains under conditions that
b
St
is this: "Surely it is time enough to
that
bridge when it occurs
.
" Isn't there EVER going to
be ONE town that will meet school problems
AHEAD OF TIME
.
which really amounts to being
on time? In no other effort has even slight provision
for the future met with the opprobrium that it has
in educational matters
.
Neither dulcet tones of "delay, delay" nor smart
notes from New Yorker
-
Wiltonians appeal to those
of us with the education of
community
.
Rather do we have a sincere desire to
keep to constant, wise
.
and immediate improvement
for the Wilton Schools
.
Our present school was built For six grades and a
kindergarten
.
It now
h
Several people have advanced interesting
ideas of saving on the
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.
which has relatively limited use, by making
additions t
pr
the town of its auditorium for t
th
the High School problem
.
But
I r
on
generosity and
toward the
completion of th
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and justly so,
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