Evening star., 1885-11-20
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Estimates OF Expenses for Next Year
New Buildings Needed.

ASAAs os ". AONCyOyp PISSAucAk Vi tu0 SCuOOi
board, has transmitted to the District Commits
sioners a brief report of the operations of the
public schools and q statement of estimates and
needs of the public schools for the next year as
follows:
''The board Of trustees in response to your COM
munication of October 22d, requesting IAN esti-
mate of the amount required for the support Of
your department for the fiscal year ending 3Oth
June, 1887; also detailed statement of the
transactions OF your department for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1885, with any recon-
mendations you may deem it advisable to
make with the object of increasing the
efficiency Of that branch Of the District govern
ment,' has the honor to submit the following
report and recommendations with an estimate
port of the public schools in the District of Co
lumbia for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth,
1887. The number Of youth Of school age Is to
cording to the census Of 1880, was: white,
29,612; colored. 1896 :. total, 43,55S.
The Whole number Of pupils enrolled in the
80, 1885. was: white, 19, 173; colored, II, ,0O9;
total, 80, 1872. The average number Of pupils
june s %as
colored, S.679; total, 25,O26. The number OF
teachers employed for the school year ended
in the &c Scoored Schools 1877: tot total % SSs. The TSe
total payments for the support of the public
schools for the school ended June
rooms owned is: For white schools, 2sI: for
colored schools, 133; total, Ala. The number
of school rooms rented is: For white schools,
2S; for colored schools, 10; total, Al.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES.
For one superintendent first six divisions
$2,7OO; for one superintendent seventh and
eighth divisions, s2,25O; for one secre-
tary to the board and clerk to the su-
perintendent, 81 200; for one clerk to the
mfttee on accounts, $500; for teachers, at an
average salary of 1885, S43O, 900; for janitors
and care Of buildings and rooms, ss5, ,s4s for
expenses, $50, 1000; for sites and new buildings,
100000; for furniture, $4,000. Total,
$641,O9S
ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS NEEDED.
The additional school rooms absolutely
needed for the accommodation of the pupils in
the several divisions are as follows, viz: In the
first division, white schools one S-room build
ing to take the place OF the building at corner of
22d and streets; one s-room building for the
relief of the first and second divisions (white
schoOls). In the third division, white schools,
one s-room building. In the fourth division,
white schools, one S-room building, to relieve
move mo the Schools from the BASEMENT au Of Jeer
son building and from rented rooms
In the sixth division. an additional
lfor white children) and one four-room school
building at Good Hope (for colored children).
In the seventh division, one eight-room build
ment of Miner school and at the building at
corner 14th and @ streets (owned), (soon to be
sold) and in rented building at Goth and
streets. The pupils in two remaining rooms,
now occupied by the lower grades at the Miner
school, will be crowded out by the growth of
the High school at the beginning of the next
school year (colored schools). In the eighth
division. one eight-room building in South
Washington, to relieve the very crowded rooms
at the Randall school, and also one eight-room
building. to take the place of the Proctor build
ing (rented), and the schools now situated in
basement ofthe John F. Cook building. The
sixty-two rooms above asked for are absolutely
needed to properly accommodate the pupils
now attending the schools, without making
any provision whatever tor the annual increase
of the population of the District. One thousand
and three more pupils had to be provided for
in September Of this year than in the cores
pOnding month of last year."