Evening star., 1923-10-12
S12,oDQ,OO0 SCHOOL
BUILDING Project
READY F0RBUDG
Fiye-Year Program, Framed
al Conference, to Be Sub
mittsd Tomorrow. 4

A five-year school building program
calling for the appropriation of ap-
proximately s12000.o00, and designed
to eliminate all of the present OBJ
jectionable features in the school sys-
tenn, will be submitted to the budget
bureau tomorrow morning by school
authorities The program was framed
last night at special conference of
the board Of education and school Of
ficials in the Franklin school.
Budget bureau officials requested
school authorities several weeks ago
to frame such program. and prom
ised to give it serious consideration
in connection with the hearings. on
the District estimates for the next
fiscal year which will get under way
tomorrow. Supt. Frank w. Ballou,
Assistant Supts. Robert L. Haycock
and Garnet c. Wilkinson and MEM
bers of the school board will be pres
ent at the hearings.
49, Abolishes All Portables.
The five-year program, it is UNDER
stood, calls for the abolition in this
period OF all of the one-room port
abIes, rented and other undesirable
accommodations now in use, the elm
ination of all part-time and oversize
classes and the purchase of available
school sites in advance of their use.
The program, II carried out, would
put the Washington school. system
ION its feet" literally speaking.
The program urges strongly the
acquisition as soon as possible of all
property which in future years will
be the site OF a proposed schoolhouse.
For several years the school authori-
of a far-sighted policy with regard to
the purchase of school sites before
rapid development makes this I'M
possible.
The estimates for several years have
carried items for the purchase of q
and each time they were stricken out
Of the appropriation bill. These sites,
which the officials are particularly
anxious to acquire. follow:
An appropriation OF $4,000 for ad-
ditional land in the vicinity of the
Ludlow School; $4,000 for site for
a new junior high school in the
southwest section of the city; $56 900
for q site for new, junior high school
in the northeast section: $4,000 for a
School to replace the Brightwood
School; $4,000 for site for new
school in the vicinity of 5th and
Rftfenhouse streets and $4,000 for a
site for new school north of
Webster street and east Of Georgia
Havenue.
The school budget also has carried
items for theYpurchase of number
of playground sites adjoining school
buildings which probably will be pro-
vided in the fve-year program. These
play sites are wanted at the follow
ing schools: @s
Petworth. Langdon. lexington.
Payne. Burrville, Jackson, Addison,
Simmons. Bennfng, Banneker, Bruce.
Cranch, Wormley, Birney. Park View,
Monroe, Wheatley and Bradley.
The fve-yearN program was drafted
by sups. Ballou, with the aid OF En-
and Assistant Engineer Commissioner
John e. Wood. These two District
government officials recently COM
pleted survey showing the possible
growth OF the District by commune
ties within the next twenty years
and indicating where additional school
facilities probably win be- needed.
Awaiting Presentatfon.
. School ofi1cials and members OF the
school board declined today to dis
cuss the new building program until
1t has been presented to the budget
bureau. Those who attended the con.
ference At the franklin School last
night and studied the program in-
cluded Supt. Ballou. Assistant Supt
Wilkinson, Daniel J.ACallahan, presi-
dent of the school board. and the fol-
lowing members OF the board; Err
nest Greenwood. Mrs. Howard r
! Hodekiiis and Mrs. Raymond B..Sior.
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