Evening star., 1925-02-08
5YEAR SCHOOL BILL
REPORTED IN HOUSE
Total of S18,6O5,OOO for
Sites and Buildings Carried
in District Measure.

Declaring that the Capital City of
the Nation should possess the best
school facilities to be found In Amer
lea, Representative Ernest w. Gibson
OF Vermont, for the House District
committee. yesterday reported the
ffve-year school building program,
calling for total appropriation of
$18.s05 900.
OF this amount s9,4so,0o0 is for
elementary schools. $5,375 900 for
Junior high schools and SO, 750, 900 for
high schools.
The following elementary school
sites are recommended at a total cost
Of s1,325,ooo
Grant road (vicinity of, Potomac
Heights. Brightwood Park School
(adjoining), Thirteenth and Montague
streets (vicinity). Fourteenth and
Ogden streets (vtcinity), Alaska ave-
nue. and Holly street (vicinity), Ad-
ans School (vicinity), Abbot School
Vicinity, South Dakota and Rhode
Island avenues (vicinity), Langdon
School (vicinity). Lenox School (ad-
joining). Fairbrother School (adjoin-
ing)' Bruce School (adjoining), Will
son School (adjoining), Garrison
School fadjoining), Smothers School
tadjoining), Harrison School wi
cinity), Giddings School (adjoining).
Birney School (adjoining), New Bell
school (adjoining), Lovejoy School
tvicinity), o Street Voca tional School
(vicinity).
Total Cost, :4,s7aooo.
Twenty-Five elementary schoo,
buildings, each to contain ls rooms
or more, at a total cost of s4,S75.0oo
are as follows:
Janney. s125.0oo; Fifth and De-
catur. s325.0o0; Brightwood Park
s260,000; Thirteenth and Montague
1925. 900; Raymond, 100000; Bancroft,
s125,000; Force-Adams, s450,Oe0: Park
View, s150.oo0; Burroughs. 5000, 900;
Langdon, s525,o00; Buchanan, $3.50.
900; Bryan, $4,000: Fairbrother
s26o,o0o; Bruce, 100000; Wilson
100000; Phillips. 100000; Garrison
100000; Deanwood. 100000; Gid
dings. s325 900; Birney, s125,o00; New
Bell, s325,000; Q Street Vocational,
s125, 900.
Twenty elementary school buildings
fewer than 6 rooms each, and which
will cost $2,525, 900. are as follows:
Calvert street, 100000; Grant road
100000 Potomac Heights, $4,000;
Fifth and Sheridan, $4,000; Four
teenth and Ogden. s200,000; Wood
burn. $4,000; Alaska avenue and
Holly street. 5000 900; Abbot. $40, 900;
South Dakota and Rhode Island ave.
nues, 100000; Kenilworth, $4,000;
Lenox, $50. 900; Amidon. sso,ooon Mill.
tary road, $4,000; Reno, $4,000;
Smothers. $4,000; Crummeu. s1oo,.
900: Harrison. 100000; Randall
s1S5.o0o: Lowejoy (vicinity), $4,000;
Syphax, $4,000.
Cost Of Assembly Halls.
Combination gymnasium assembly
at total cost of 100000. The
buildings are: John Eaton, West
Petworth, Takoma, Wheatley, Doug.
lass Simmons. Lovejoy and Buchanan
At a total cost of 100000 land for
Fairgrounds, to be used eventually
for school buildings, Is to be acquired
at the following schools: Addison
Eaton, Jackson, Morgan, Hubbard
Johnson, Petworth, Brookland, Eek.
ington, Benning. Ludlow, Wheatley
Carbery, Peabody. Cranch, Ketcham.
Van Buren, Toner, wormley, Mont
gomery. Stevens, Sumner-Magruder
Slater-Langston, Banneker. Douglas
Simmons, Jones, Payne.
Seven elementary school sites pro.
vided for at a total cost of S325, 900 for
IutuTc use are. SOnHeCtiCuC aVenu ue
and Upton street (vicinity of, Fox
hall road and Calvert street (vicjnity
of. Wesley Heights. E. v. Brown
School tvicinity of), Sixteenth and
Webster streets (vicinity of. Rhode
Island avenue and Twelfth street (vi.
cinity of. north of Michigan avenue
extended Tin the neighborhood of).
Junior High School Sites.
Seven sites for Junior high school,
at total cost of s775,00o, are:
Georgetown, Reno, Brightwood
Brookland, Kingsman, Jefferson, Gar
net Patterson
The buildings for Junior higl
schools at total cost of $4,000, 90,
are as follows: Georgetown, s475,000
Reno, $475,Do0: Macfarland (comple
| tion). $325,0o0; Brightwood, $475,O0O
Langley (completion). s325,O0O; Brook
land, $t75.000; Stuart (completion)
$780, kingsman, $475,O0O; Jeffer
son, S475,000; Francis, $475.0O0; Car
dozo, 100000: Garnet Patterson
$475.000.
Sites are now owned by the Dis
| trict for the two proposed senior higl
| schools. These schools are Mckinley
ss,250, 900, and Business, $1,500,OOO.
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