Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
Estimates for Next Year Sent
to Commissioners.
NEW BUILDINGSNEEDE
ASKED FOR THE NEW
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Salaries Of officers and Teachers and
Other Requirements of
Growing System.

The board of education today forwarded
to the Commissioners of the District for
transmission to Congress the estimates of
appropriations necessary for the mainte-
nance and improvement Of the public school
system Of the national capital during the
fiscal year beginning July l next. One Of
the features of the estimates Is the request
for additions to both the white and colored
manual training schools just opened this
fall. Under the head Of buildings and
grounds the board asks for additions to the
school system follows:
For new Business High School, SIZE, 900.
Extension Of Mckinley Manual Training
School, $135. 900. Purchase Of lot adjoining
Mckinley Manual Training School, $500.
The original plans Of this building contem-
plated the erection Of main building at a
cost of about $125 600 and an extension to
cost about 100000. While the accommoda-
tons In the shops are ample at present, the
class rooms in the present building wall
the school is already $50. The erection Of
this extension cannot be postponed without
serious Inconvenience to the pupils. nearly
half Of whom are not provided with class
room seats. The rise In building material
mas been so great that the inspector Of
buildings estimates that 1t will now require
$135. 600 to complete this building. To give
proper ventilation and sufficient light to the
new structure 1t will be necessary to ac-
quire the lot south Of the present site. an
estimate for which is herewith submitted.
Purchase of lot adjoining Armstrong
Manual Training School, 1898. Construc-
ton of a building adjoining Armstrong
Manual Training School, $65. 400. The Arm
strong Manual Training School has also
outgrown it's seating capacity, and has
neither assembly hall, armory nor suitable
rooms for the work for girls. There are
$50 pupils and only 303 seats. and there Is
every reason, to anticipate a large increase
in the membership Of this school next year.
New Buildings Asked For.
Site and building, second division. $4,000.
This building is made necessary by the ex-
traordinary growth of the population west
of lexington.
Site and building. sixth division $4,000.
The completion of the Trinidad School will
only partially relieve the congestion in the
Taylor, Madison. Webb and Pierce schools.
This building should be near the Taylor
School
Four-room addition to Takoma School,
$4,000.
Two-room addition to Ivy City School,
s., coo. Additional accommodations are
needed at once in these suburban schools,
owing to their crowded condition.
Four-room manual training school north
west corner 7th and G streets southeast,
$4,000. The appropriation bill for the year
ending June 80, 1902. contained an item Of
$4,000 for the purpose named above. The
rise in building material and labor made 1t
impossible to build it for the sum named;
hence this new estimate Of So, 900.
Four-room manual training school, School
street southwest, $4,000. The erection of
this building will provide for a manual
training school, a cooking school and cut
ting and fitting school, one of which Is now
in basement. another in a grade school
room and third occupying rented quarters.
The ground is owned by the District.
Estimates of Salaries.
For salaries of the members of the board
of education. the secretary, clerks, etc, the
sum of s2092O is requested.
For 1.346 teachers the board requests an
appropriation Of s96S, 375, which is divided as
follows:
For director of high schools, $500; for
eight supervising principals. at $500 each,
increase of $500; for three supervising prin-
cipals. at $1,000 each; for director of man
ual training, $500; for five principals of
high schools, at 5000 each; for principal
of Mckinley Manual Training School and
principal Of Armstrong Manual Training
School, at s., 900 each; for principal of Nor
man School No. ! and principal of Normal
School No. 2, at $1,000 each.
For six heads of departments of high
schools and three heads Of departments in
manual training schools, nine in all, at
81 800 each.
For director of primary instruction and
two grammar school principals, three in
all, at 81, 500 each.
For director of music, director of draw
ing, director of physical culture director of
cooking, director Of sewing. two teachers of
manual training and two high school teach
ers, nine in ALL at 81 400 each, increases of
from 5000 to $40O each; for six principals of
buildings at 81 300 EACH increase of $500: for
two normal training teachers, an assistant
director Of drawing, three teachers of man.
ual training, ten high school teachers and
twenty-seven principals Of buildings, forty
three in ALL at 81 200 each: for assistant
director of primary work and one high
school teacher. two, at 81. 100 each: for
eighty-six. at $1,000 eachi for eighteen, at
$3.50 each; for twenty-one. at $500 each;
for twenty, at 1915 each; for sixteen, at $3.50
each; for ninety-three, at $500 each; for
thirty-four. at $500 each: for one hundred,
at SITS each; for seventeen, at $3.50 each;
for 143, at $TO0 each; for four, at $675 each;
for ISL. at $3.50 each; for forty-eight, at 5000
each; for four, at $575 each; for 49, at
$3.50 each; for five. at S525 each: for 1876, at
$500 each: for sixty five, at $475 each; for
140, at $3.50 each.
For teachers of night schools who may
also be teachers in the day schools $4,000 Is
requested.
Contingent Expenses.
For contingent and other necessary ex-
penses Of the night schools, 81 GOO
For kindergarten instruction, $4,000.
For the care Of buildings and grounds
total OF $50. 500 is requested Under the head
Of miscellaneous the boards ask for the fol-
lowing: For rent of school buildings and
repair shop, SIT 900; for repairs and i'm
provements to school buildings and grounds,
$4,000; for necessary repairs to and changes
In plumbing in existing school buildings.
$4,000; for repairing and renewing heating
and ventilating apparatus, $500.
For the purchase and repair Of tools. ma
chinery. material and apparatus to be used
in connection with instruction In manual
training and for incidental expenses con-
nected Herewith. 10000; for fuel. $45. 600:
for furniture for new school buildings and
additions to buildings. 1850.
For contingent expenses, $4,000; for pur-
chase of ten pianos for school buildings,
1850; for text books, $52,5O0; for vacation
schools, 5000
The Night Schools.
With regard to the night schools the
board says:
Teachers Of night schools. $4,000. The
efficiency OF the night schools has been Sc
riously impaired by the reduction OF the
appropriation from $500 to $6,O00. and es-