Evening star. [volume], August 23, 1939, Page A-5, Image 5

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$18,775,197 Asked
, In 1941 School
Estimates
28 Building Projects,
31 Site Purchases
Sought by Board
(Continued From First Page.)
4 the Community Center Department
or for summer playgrounds, these
being left for future consideration
or separate handling, since the to
tal appropriations have been trans
ferred to the newly formed Board
of Recreation, following the merger
of the Community Center Depart
ment and the District Playground
Department.
Better transportation to school
classes will be provided for the
crippled, tuberculous and sight
conservation pupils if the estimate
is approved, since the board re
quests an increase for this purpose
from $23,200 to $26,375. Most of
the increase is for the service to
Sight conservation pupils.
• Hits Purchase Delays.
In pleading for larger land items
Dr. Ballou took a slap at the Com
missioners for having six times re
ryected requests for purchase of a
sue for a junior high school near
Massachusetts avenue and Macomb
streets N.W., at last provided in
the 1940 act on recommendation by
the Budget Bureau, which once
eliminated the item, in 1934, the
only year w'hen it was given the
Commissioners' O. K. This land was
still available, but Dr. Ballou said
in other cases of delay in approval,
the land no longer could be pur
chased.
The list of construction projects
proposed by the board, totaling $4,
170.499. as against a sum of only
$1,623,000 for this year, not includ
ing the $1,000,000 in the P. W. A.
program of the District, is as fol
To begin construction of a new
senior high school, having a limit
of cost of $1,625,000. on a site al
ready owned fev the District, at
Twenty-fourth street and Benning
road N.E., $350,000, including $32,025
for plans.
To begin construction of a new
home for the Wilson Teacher Col
lege, on a portion of the land of
the old Tuberculosis Hospital, near
Thirteenth and Upshur streets N.W.,
to be designated by the Commis
sioners, $630,000, including $30,000
/or plans.
For plans for a new Miner Teacher
College, to be located near Twenty
fourth street and Benning road N.E..
- 130.000, plus $65,000 for purchase of
land.
In Anacostia.
To begin construction of a new
* Junior high school on a site in the
vicinity of Seventeenth and Q
streets S.E., in Anacostia. at a cost
not to exceed $881,850, an appro
priation of $418,518, including $18,
618 for plans.
To begin construction of a junior
high school, at a total cost not to
exceed $734,650, to be located in the
vicinity of Bladensburg and Mount
Olivet roads N.E., $400,427. includ
ing $15,427 for plans.
To begin construction of a junior
high school in the vicinity of Massa
chusetts avenue and Macomb streets
N.W.. at a total cost not to exceed
$734,650. an appropriation of $440.
427. including $15,427 for plans.
For plans for a new junior high
school adjoining the recreation cen
ter at Forty-ninth street and Wash
ington place N.E., $15,427, plus a re
quest for $40,000 for needed land.
For construction of a 10-room ad
dition and a gymnasium for the Taft
Junior High School, including neces
sary remodeling. $188,000.
For construction of an additional
gymnasium at the Browne Junior
High School and installation of in
clined floor for the auditorium, $59,
000.
For construction of additional
'lavatories on each floor of the Ter
rell Junior High School. $20,000.
tv $5,000 for Shaw Junior High.
For study and preparation of archi
tectural sketches for alterations and
Improvement of the Shaw Junior
High School. $5,000.
To begin construction of a new
building to house the Abbot Voca
tional School, to be located as de
termined by the Commissioners and
the National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, in Brentwood
Park. $470,000, including $20,000 for
plans.
For construction of an assembly
and gymnasium at the Phelps Vo
cational School, Including remodel
ing. on land owned by the District,
$90,000.
For construction of an assembly
and gymnasium at the Margaret
Murray Washington Vocational
School, including remodeling, on
land owned by the District, $70,000.
For construction of an eight-room
extensible building, including an as
sembly and gymnasium, on the site
of the old Dennison Vocational
School, $210,000.
For plans for a new school for
the physically handicapped pupils
in the vicinity of Freedmen’s Hos
pital, $15,000, and for plans for a
new school for physically handi
capped pupils in the vicinity of
Children’s Hospital, $15,000. For the
first, $100,000 was asked for a site
and for the latter, $105,000 for need
ed land.
To construct an eight-room ex
tensible elementary school of four
classrooms and with unfinished
space for more classrooms and an
assembly hall, on a District-owned
site on Bladensburg road Nil.,
$216,000.
Extensible School Southeast.
To construct an eight-room ex
tensible elementary school in the
vicinity of Minnesota avenue and
Ely place S.E., $174,800, including
$4,800 for plans. For the site $20,000
was asked.
For plans for a 24-room ele
mentary school, including an as
sembly and gymnasium, to replace
the old Corcoran, Grant and
Weightman Schools, $9,400. A sum
pf $240,000 was requested for the
site.
For plans for a 24-room school,
including an assembly and gym
nasium, to replace the old Cranch,
Tyler and Van Ness Schools, $9,400.
The board asked $125,000 for a
site near Eleventh and G streets
S.E.
For plans for a 24-room school,
including an assembly and gym
nasium, to replace the old Peabody,
Hilton and Carbery Schools, $9,400.
For the site the board sought
$35,000.
Plans for a 16-room extensible
elementary building to replace the
old Lincoln School, $7,350, plus
$9,500 for a site.
rums ior a ic-room elementary
building, including an assembly and
gymnasium, to replace the Twining
and Morse Schools, $7,350, and $90
000 for a site near New Jersey av
enue and P streets N.W.
Plans for a 24-room elementary
building, including an assembly and
gymnasium, to replace the old
Walker and Jones Schools. $10,500,
plus $90,000 for needed land.
To construct a second story to
the Lafayette School, $25,000.
To construct an assembly and
gymnasium addition to the Phillips
School, including necessary remodel
ing, $45,000.
To construct an eight-room addi
tion to the Syphax School, includ
ing an assembly and gymnasium,
$229,500.
$2,099,000 Total for Land.
For purchase of land, school offi
cials asked a total of $2,099,000. as
against only $205,000 for this year.
In numerous cases school officials
sought extra land for additional
play yards. Items not listed above
; in connection with construction
I projects were:
For a new site for the Cardozo
High School and for physical edu
cation purposes. $95,000.
For land for an addition to Arm
strong High School, $30,000.
Additional land for junior high
school ^purposes near First and
Pierce streets N.W., $140,000.
For a site for a junior high school
in the vicinity of Kansas avenue
and Gallatin street N.W., $100,000.
For a site near Forty-sixth and
Davenport streets N.W. for an
elementary school, $45,000.
For a site for a four-room ele
mentary school near Fourth and
Rhode Island avenue N.E., $100,000.
For additional land for the Rose
Lees Hardy School to offset land
to be carved out of the present site
for street extensions. $12,000.
For a site for an elementary
school in the vicinity of Pennsyl
vania and Alabama avenues S.E.,
$25,000.
Near Thirteenth and Van Buren.
For a site for an elementary
school near Thirteenth and Van
Buren streets N.W., $35,000.
For land near Nichols avenue and
Sumner road S.E. for a 16-room
elementary building, including a
hall and gymnasium, to replace the
Birney School and for physical edu
cation purposes, $40,000.
For a site for a new school in
Brookland and play space, $40,000.
For land near the Logan School
for site for an assembly and gym
nasium, $60,000.
For purchase of additional land
for provision of space for physical
education purposes: Land adjacent
to the Harrison School, including
space for an assembly and gym
nasium, $100,000; land near the
John A. Chamberlain Vocational
School, $95,000; additional land ad
jacent to the Johnson Building at
the Powell Junior High School,
$30,000; land adjacent to the Smoth
ers School, $25,000; land adjacent
to the Grimke School, $65,000; land
adjacent to the Cleveland School,
$22,000; land adjoining the Bell
School, $25,000, and land adjoin
ing the Douglass-Simmons School,
$10,000.
Under the proposed Increased ap
propriations for salaries for admin
" I"' "
istratlv# and supervisory positions,
there would be employed one new
senior high principal, for the new
Calvin Coolidge High School; 15
additional assistant principals and
two heads of departments, one for
the white and one for the colored
schools, in vocational guidance
work.
Two additional school attendance
officers also would be appointed.
School officials proposed re-inser
tion of a provision to permit quali
fied personnel, with the approval
of the Federal agency concerned
and upon request by the Board of
Education, to give lectures in the
public schools on the effects of
alcohollo liquors and narcotics.
The board also requested the
elimination of the legislative pro
vision in recent supply acts requir
ing that the average of salaries
paid librarians in the public schools
shall not exceed the average salaries
paid employes performing the same
grade of work in the Free Public
Library. School officials held this
rule was “unnecessary, undesirable
and unworkable."
The board also requested elimina
tion of the “rider” requiring that
funds for fuel, gas and electric
light and power must be appor
tioned over the 12 months of the
year and so administered as to
constitute the total amount that
will be utilized for the purpose tn
the fiscal year. An Increase In the
sum over this year was asked.
The estimates also include a new
item of (20,350 for establishment
of biological laboratories at Arm
strong and Dunbar High Schools
and general science laboratories at
the Deal, Eliot and Stuart Junior
High Schools.
For repairs and improvements to
school buildings and grounds, the
board asks an increase from (490,
525 to (656,025. Among special
items would be installation of a
clock and bell system and a new
roof for the auditorium and ad
Joining wings at Macfarland Junior
High; a steam-heating system in
the dugout at Central High; re
modeling of the old Jefferson Junior
High School as a storehouse; con
struction of inclined floors in the
auditoriums of the Francis, Mac
farland and Stuart Junior Highs;
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\School Estimate Comparison
Estimates submitted to the Commissioners by the Board of Education
for the next fiscal year, compared with appropriations for the 1940 fiscal
year, are as follows:
1940 1941 Increase or
Item. Appropriation. Estimate. Decrease.
Salaries, administrative and super
visory _ $689,803 $751,446 + $61,643
Salaries, clerks, etc._ 189,160 236.754 4- 47,594
Salaries, attendance department... 41.167 44.300 4- 3,133
Salaries, teachers and librarians_ 7,191.930 7,574.494 4- 382.564
Salaries, vocational schools_ 30,400 40.840 4- 10.440
Salaries, night schools_ 102.180 106.392 4- 4,212
Contingent costs, night schools_ 4.000 4.000 ...
Americanization work_ 9,400 13,410 4- 4,010
* Education of children of soldiers,
sailors, marines _ 1,600 500 — 1,100
Vocational education_ 22.099 23,599 4- 1.500
•Community Center Department... 255.320 _ — 255,320
!—.‘Summer playgrounds _ 25,000 _ — 25,000
I Equipment for school yards_ 7,000 7.000 _
Care of buildings and grounds_ 968,725 1,035,088 4- ' 66,363
Schools for tuberculous and crippled
uimuru - »,icrv tjiww --—
Transportation for tuberculous,
blind and crippled children_ 23,200 26,375 4- 3,175
Purchase and repair, furniture and
machinery _ 70,400 125.877 4- 55,477
Fuel, gas and electricity_ 312,500 325,670 4- 13,170
Contingent expenses_ 150,000 189,200 + 39,200
Furniture and equipment for old
buildings _ 9,724 79,525 4- 69,801
' Furniture and equipment for new
buildings _ 87,000 317,043 + 230,043
Musical instruments __ 7,540 4- 7,540
Textbooks and supplies_ 190,000 217,470 4- 27,470
Kindergarten maintenance_ 5,600 5,800 4- 200
Equipment and maintenance of
laboratories - 17,875 17,950 + 75
New science laboratories_ 20,350 4- 20,350
School gardens . 2,400 4,800 + 2,400
Renalrt and imDrovpmpnte +n vmiM.
ings and grounds_ 490,525 656,025 + 165,500
Improvements, municipal grounds.. 25.000 .. — 25,000
Teachers’ retirement_ 550,000 609,000 + 59,000
Education and maintenance of deaf,
dumb and blind, totals_ $56,500 $57,500 + $1,000
Totals, excluding buildings and
grounds - $11,536,258 $12,505,698 + $969,440
Buildings and grounds:
Buildings . $1,623,000 $4,170,499 +$2,547,499
Land .-.. 205,000 2,099,000 + 1,894,000
Totals ....J $1,828,000 $6,269,499 +$4,441,499
- Grand totals for schools.$13,364,258 $18,775,197 +$5,410,939
1941 estlm»te total from achoola because of eon
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