Evening star., 1924-12-02
More Than Million Increase
For Public Schools Is Asked
Estimate for Fiscal Year Covers Salaries.
Ne,o Text Books, Repair of Buildings
and Other Necessary Expenses.

essdry Expenses.
ing. phyrical culture, domestic sci
ence. domestic art, kindergartens and
penmanship. seven. at $500 each:
Provided, That the assistant director
OF penmanship, who shall be an in
structor In the normal school and an
assistant director In the grades, shall
be placed at a basic salary of sl,S00
per annun. and shall be entitled to
an increase of $50 per annum for five
years.
i Assistant supervisor of manual
; training. $500.
1 Heads Of departments in high and
manual training high schools in
group B Of class 6, 16, at $1,000 each.
Normal high and manual training
high schools, promoted for superior
| work, group B of class s, So, at $4,000
each.
Group A OF class 6, including
principals of grade manual training
schools. sos, at s1,440 each.
Glass 5. 245, at $1,000 each, includ-
ing administrative principals, voca-
tionai trade instructors and teachers
Of Americanization work.
Class 4. 5s5, at $1,000 each.
Glass 5, 65l, at $1,000 each.
Glass 2, sac. at $1,000 each.
Glass 1, 12s. at $1,000 each.
Salaries on Fairgrounds.
For the instruction and supervision
OF children in the vacation schools
and Fairgrounds and supervisors and
teachers OF vacation schools and play
grounds who may also be supervisors
and teachers of day schools 100000 is
recomm ended.
| For payment OF annuities, $4,000
Is recommended.
), For an actual valuation of the
teachers retirement fund as required
by Congress an appropriation ofss 600
is asked
schools, including teachers of indus
trial. commercial and trade instruc-
tion, $4,000 Is recommended.
For contingent expenses including
the purchase Of supplies for classes
in industrial. commercial and trade
instruction, $4,000 is recommended.
For expenses tending the instruc-
tion of deaf and dumb persons ad
mitted TO the Columbia Institution for
the Deaf from the District, $4,000.
Tuition of Mute..
For the maintenance and tuition of
colored deaf mutes belonging to the
District. in Maryland or some other
State, under a contract to be entered
lAlO ny TIC khc
supervision of the Board of Eduea-
ton, 81 900.
For instruction of blind children of
the District in Maryland or some
other State under contract as above,
$4,000
| For America nization work and in
structiCn of foreigners of all ages in
both day and night classes. $4,000.
For salaries of the director, general
secretaries and community secretaries
OF community center work. $4,000 is
recomm ended.
:. For salaries of 419 employees of
school buildings and grounds, S465.920
is recommended. An additional s124s0
for eleven new positions, bringing
the total up TO s47S,4oO, is recon-
mended, ...
Hygiene and Sanitation.
For hygiene and sanitation work by
SO employees, $4,000 Is recommended.
For the maintenance of three dental
clinics In the public schools. $1,000.
For equipment of temporary rooms
for classes above the second grade
now on half time and to provide for
estimated increased enrolment under
the compulsory education law and for
supplies for atypical and ungraded
classes a total Of s45oo is asked.
For the maintenance of schools for
tuhercular pupils, 81. 600 is recommen-
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portation for pupils attending such
schools.
For the purchase and repair OF fur
liture, tools, machinery, books, ap-
paratus. in manual training, s65,00o
Is recommended.
|. For fuel, gas, electric light and
power, 100000 Is asked.
A total of s67,SS1 is recommended
for furniture. including pianos and
, window shades, for buildings and
additions to buildings. equipment for
kindergartens, and tools and furnish
ings for manual training. cooking and
sewing schools, as follows: Arm
strong Manual Training School and
addition thereto (si00,00o) S55.0a0;
western High School and additions
thereto. Ss2A63; eight-room school
building on Spring Road site, Sass;
eiEht-room addition TO the Teniey
School. S7.3sS:) sixteen-room building
n and assembly hal1 to replace John T.
Cook School, $14,06l; addition to Mac
farland Junior High School, s5.11+:
eight-room building at Fifth and
buchanan Streets. s5.306; equipment
and furnishing of Health School for
tubercuiar pupils. $4,000; three
kindergartens, $4,000; two sewing
schools. $1,000; two housekeeping and
cooking schools. $4,000; two cooking
schools. $4,000; two Misunderstanding
shops. $4,000.
For contingent expenses, including
furniture, repair OF furniture, pay of
| cabinet maker, stationery printing
ice and other necessary items, $1,000
IL recommended.
e17S.0Oo for Text Books.
For text books and school supplies
for the use Of pupils Of the first eight
grades to be distributed by the super
intendent of public schools under
regulations made. by the Board of
Education, s175.000 is recommended
For kindergarten supplies, $1,000;
, for purchase of United States flags,
$1,000; for establishment and mainte-
:. nance of school gardens, $4,000
! For purchase of apparatus, fixtures
specimens, technical books, etc, for
the maintenance OF laboratories of
the department of physics, chemistry.
biology and general science in the
several high schools, junior high
schools and normal schools, $1o.0Ge
II is recommended
Rent of Buildings.
For the rent of school buildings and
grounds. $4,000.
For repairs and improvements TO
school buildings and grounds and for
, repairing and renewing heating,
plumbing and ventilating apparatus,
and installation Of sanitary drinking
fountains in buildings not supplied WITH
same. and maintenance of motto,
trucks, $s75,ooo.
or mAini enance and repair of on.
hundred school Fairgrounds, $4,000.
For equipment, grading and inlpro;
ing eight additional school yards TO
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