Evening star., 1922-12-04
SCHOOL BUILDING
PROGRAM SLASHED
"a Sites for New Structures
and Fairgrounds Vetoed
by Budget Bureau.

Items calling for the purchase Of
twenty-four properties for sites for
new school buildings and the extern
sion of school Fairgrounds t:ere
among those eliminated from the
board of education's original school
building program. an examination OF
the school estimates transmitted to-
day to Congress showed.
approximately $l,os6.o00 was slash
ed from the building program by tho
budget bureau and the Conn lission-
ers. leaving an appropriation of
s1.20o.000 for school buildings and
grounds during the next fiscal year.
Other Items slashed.
inal budget and eliminated were:
For the construction Of an addition
to the Mcfarland Junior High School.
100000.
For the construction of combi-
nation assembly hal! and gymnasium
at the Wheatley School. $4,000.
For the purchase of additional land
adjoining tho Dunbar High School.
100000.
For the remodeling Of the Garnet
Patterson schools and the construc-
ton of an addition TO these schools
to provide a combination assembly hall
and gymnasium. SS0.0h6
For tie beginning of the erection of
Ia coiored Junior high school on IL
site between 10th street and Rock
Cree. and X and . streets or yicin-
ity, 100000.
Western Athletic Field.
For. the. purchase Of land in the
!. -{,t,, 80 Co1, Or.
an athletic field. $4,000.
For the purchase OF q new site for
Business High School. 100000.
The sites for new buildings cut from
the budget were:
For the purchase OF additional land
$4,000.
For the purchase Of site for 4 new
junior high school in the southwest
section Of the city. $4,000.
For the purchahse Of a site for =
new junior high school In the north
east section Of the city. $56,O0o.
For the purchahse of site in the
vicinity of the BriEhtwood School for
a new school to replace the Bright
wood School. 100000:
For the purchase Of q site for q new
school in the vicinity OF Rittenhouse
street and 5th street northwest. $4,000.
For the purchase OF site for new
school north of Webster street and
east of Georgia avenue northwest.
$4,000.
PlaygrOunds Suffer.
The items for the extension OF school
yards and playground purposes elm
mated, were: For the purchase Of addi-
tional land adjoining the Petworth
School. 100000.
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Langdon School. $4,000.
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the lexington School, $4,000
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Payne School. $500.
For the purchase Of additional land
in the vicinity Of the Burrville School,
$4,000
For the purchase of additional land
In the vicinity Of the Jackson School: in
the rear of Dumbarton Courts, $4,000.
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Addison School. $4,000.
For the purchase OF additional land
adjoining the Douslass-Simmons
School. $4,000.
adjoining the Benning School. $lS.500.
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Banneker School. 315.-
oO1
For the purchase of additional land
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Cranch School. $4,000
For the purchase OF additional land
adjoining the Wormley School. $12,-
OoO
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Birney School. $25.000.
For the purchase OF additional land
adjoining the Park View School, $2.-
900.
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Monroe School. $4,000.
For the purchase OF additional land
adjoining the Wheatley School, $10,-
600.
For the purchase Of additional land
adjoining the Bradley School. $4,000.
school Heads Pleased.
Deeply disappointed on one hand
and somewhat thankful on the other.
is the way school authorities describ-
ed their sentiments. regarding. the
drastically cut school building pro-
gram. The authorities are disap-
pointed because the original program
calling for absolutely necessary
building needs was reduced. but are
thankful because the budget bureau
added more than 100000 to the esti-
mates after the Commissioners had
1t is expected that the officials. II
supported unitedly by the various
civic bodies, will mako determined
efforts when they go before the ap-
preparations committees Of Congress
to defend the estimates to have a
number of items eliminated from the
original building project reinserted.