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Show 175 15:,700 Nava jo children between therefore, 18 whom nQ for years Bushnell Utah, County, bed general , school facilities the of ages 6 and available. General Hospital, Brigham City, originally 'buil t by the Army was and are Box Elder as a 3,700- The plant conneruopsychiatric hospital. sists of 108 permanent buildings on a site of about 298 acres, immediately at the edge of the city. The orginal installation is reported to have cost $10,393,000. The buildings are in good condition, although all of the mov able equipment has been removed. The,plant has bee examined with;a view to its don version to an Indian vocatonal schooli While not deal, from school standards, it was found -that a majority of the buildings may be conerted to profitable use. Two great lacks will be classroom facilities and quarters for resident It will also be necessary to reequip the plant employees,_ completely. In " the . sible. proposed use pos the; plant, two go a Ls are about 1,400 pupils, which can of Frst, a school of be achieved! with a minimum of additional construction. Se60nd, a school of 2,000, which can be achieved by the construc tion of ; additional classroom facilities and employees' In either event th per-puptl cost will be well quarters; below tht necessary to provide new facilities for an eqal number o children. Alter mature consideration it,is my recommendation that plans be made for a school of 2,000 Navajo children at the Bushnell hospital plant, for this will provide for the education of the greatest number of Indians not now in any school for the least expenditure of funds. The necessary remodeling to provide dormitory facilities for 2,000 chil However, it will be necessary to pro slight. vde by remodeling or by new construction quarters for approx.imately 100 married 'couples as well as mo r e d ee'Lr a bl.e 'quarters for approx.imately 90 single employees. It is as sumed that about 25 will be housed off campus. The only employees housed on the Bushnell grounds were single nurses and WAC officers who were' g i. ven one small room each, whi-ch is less than is being- supplied to Indian Service employees Officers were required to anywhere in the United States. live off campus; many of the maintenance employees were employed from among the local residents who already had hbmes in Brigham City; and relatively few of the employed For an Indian Service 'boarding personnel were married. school, it will be necessary for the majority of teachers, dormitory workers, and supervsory personnel to be houad ,on the campus. It will be possible to make an arrangement very similar to that of the hospital in seeking mainten ance employees from among the residents of the community who will have their own hqmes. Only 2 of the major build ings on the campus are su±able for rodeling into class toom struc,tures 'and these 'will pr-ov i d e only 35 classrooms. dreri is ,very |
