Bainbridge High School - Putnam

As one of the results of a general inspection of school buildings throughout the state by William E. Blakely, State Factory Inspector, two school buildings one at Bainbridge in Putnam County and the other at LaPaz in Marshall county, have been condemned by the State Department of Inspection. The report on each building was that it could not be remodeled in such a way as to be safe for the pupils. Neither of the buildings, it was believed, would have stood the test of a severe windstorm. The building at Bainbridge was inspected by CE Butcher, Deputy Inspector. Mr. Butcher reported that the walls of the building were cracked, cracked so badly that the sides of the building bulged outward. During the last year 100 pupils have been taken care of in the upper rooms.  LaPaz … the inspectors of this department are under orders to inspect school buildings in every community they visit. Mr. Blakely: “This work will be kept up, and unsafe buildings will be condemned as rapidly as we find them. I can see no reason why a school board should permit the continuance of school in a building which may be blown to the ground any day.  I believe there should be severe punishment for such negligence.”