The Washington times., 1909-08-02
WANT NEW NORMAL
AND HIGH SCHOOLS
Board Estimates for Number
of Additional Fairgrounds
About Buildings.

In their estimates for 1911 the Board
Of Education VIII include appropriations
for a number Of new school buildings
as well as the acquisition of additional
Fairgrounds.
The items to be submitted are as fol-
lows;
Construction Of a normal school
building in Parker and Pulsifer sub
division, Columbia Heights, estimated
to cost $4,000.
Purchase of a site for A new high
school building north Of Florida avenue
and west IF Georgia avenue, TO take the
place of the Central High School; about
900, 600 square feet.
Completion Of Business High School.
Equipment of Business High School;
estimated cost, $25,OOo.
Purchase of site for a normal and
model school for colored pupils. north
Of o street ana west of North Capitol
street. approximately $1,000 square feet,
and the erection of a building, the esti-
mated cost of the latter being S125.OO0
Manual Trainin. Buildings.
Purchase of c site for a twelve-room
school building north of g street and
south OF NJ street. west of Twenty-third
street, and east of Rock Creek, approx
mately $1,000 square feet.
Erection Of a six-room manual train
ing school on the site of the present
High Street School
Erection of a six-room manual train
ing school or the Jefferson School
stOIIl4S. s , eix--rooy, manual train
ING school on the grounds OF the Car
doZa School.
Purchase of the ground lying east OF
NJ Street High School and the Abby
Simmons School, and north OF the Doug
las High School, extending 10 tnst
street on the east and N street on the
north. approximately 5000 square feet.
Erection of an addition TO the Arm
strong Manual Training School; est-
mated cost $4,000.
High Sch Ool building, including ali nee
essary repairs and Improvements
Addition to Orr School
Purchase of additional ground, approx
imateIy 1000 square feet in the vicinity
of the Orr School and the erection OF
a four-room addition.
Purchase Of site adjacent to the.
wv CITY School and the erection of
six-room building to replace the pres
ent building.
Purchase of Two lots adjacent to the
Senning School, approximately D,oo0
square feet
PURCHASE of a site for the new East
ern HigE School. approximately 10000
square feet, to be located east of Sec
0'i Purchase Of ground adjacent to the
Peabody School, approximately 1900
79 P1rebase Of ground adjacent to the
Fillmore school, approximately $4,000
Purchase of ground adjacent to the
Adams School, approximately 1900
square feet.
Ground For Gage School.
Purchase of a lot adjacent to the
Gage school. approximately 12,0O0 square
feet
Erection of :. four-room school build
ing on the size of the Fort SlOcum
School
Purchase Of one acre in the vicinity
Of the Burvi!le School.
Equipment of the addition to the
Western High School.
Eouipment of addition to the MCKin-
ley Manual Training School.
Equipment of addition to Armstrong
Manual Training School.
Purchase OF grounds for erection of
school house west of the Soldiers Home
grounds. east OF Sherman avenue and
New Hampshire avenue, south of Rock
Creek road and north of Girard street,
and erection of twelve-roOin bullying.
Addition Of eight rooms to the s. J.
Bowen School
Erection Of twelve-room building on
the site to be purchased, and for which
en- appropriation has been made west
Of Seventh street west and north Of Q
street north.
Commissioners to Investigate Costs.
The Commissioners viii immediatel5
bessn an investigation OF the cost II
the above items in order that the best
possible terms may be obtained in the
purchase Of sites. Separate appropria-
tons will be asked for the purchase
Of the ground and the erection of the
buildings, as recommended by the Board
Of Education, which says that in it's
opinion the lack of Fairgrounds is
largely due to the former practice of
Jumping appropriations for buildings
and grounds.
chased the beard recommends the ac-
QUESTION of 10 less than thirty feet
for each pupil, exclusive of the ground
occupied by the building.
The preliminary report Of the esti-
mates Of the board was requested by
the Commissioners in order TO permit
an investigation Of the various sites
offered.