The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
TO START SOON
 ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOLS
Actual Work Will Begin Within Two Months,
 Glenn Says

Construction work on two new school units will start within two months, Dr. c. B. Glenn, superintendent of schools, announced Saturday. The start of con- structiOn on the units will mark the beginning of an extensive building pro- gram that has been mapped out by the board of education.
 Additions to Phillips and Woodlawn high schools will be the first on which work will be done. The program calls for the building of new unit to each. Although the cost has been roughly es- timated, no publication of figures has been authorized.
 Beginning Monday morning, sealed bids on these two units will be received from contractors by the board and Will liam B. Ittner consulting architect. These bids will be received until Sep tember IS, when they will be opened, and contracts let.
 When work on the two units at Phillips and Woodlawn high schools starts, the beginning of one of the most extensive school improvement programs ever carried out in Alabama will have been inaugurated, members of the board of education say. RenOvations, addi- tions and improvements on practically every building of the public school sys- tenn in Birmingham will be made, and the new schools will be built.
 Two West End Schools
 The program was made possible by the $S,500,000 bond election voted last May. Fast growing population made it naoaeea rv that nddad aud bnkAen eoosIs ties be available for educational pur- poses for the children of the city. The method in which the voters responded to the call was highly encouraging. Dr. Glenn and others of the school admin istratiOn staff, have declared.
 The two new schools that are going up are both in West End. It was at first planned to have only one school there, to be built on the Lee avenue site. Protests of citizens, asking for the substitution of Harris park as the site, brought about decision from the board of education to build on both sites. This step was taken after care ful deliberatiOn, Dr. Glenn said. The fast growing population of West End was given as the main factor causing the decision.
 New Kennedy Schools
 Another important project in the pro- gram is the construction of a new Ken nedy school at Second avenue and Sixty third street. Property for the new school has been bought behind the present building, approximately a" entire block having figured in the real estate trans fer. The price paid for this new property has been placed unofficially at around $25,OOO. ..
 The method of construction of the new Kennedy school is one calculated to give the most efficient service to the children of the community. It wifi be built unit by unit, each to be put in use as it is finished. The new school. by this method, will be used along with the old, and when the new building. is com pleted, the two together will be known as the Kennedy school.
 To Speed Up Work
 Architects plans for the West End and Kennedy schools are. being made now. Sketches and preliminary draw ings are being submitted daily to the ed ucational authorities for their approval. As each sketch is approved, the work of drawing up the actual plans for the buildings goes ahead. So far, the only