Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Mr.. Funk told Of one school in Ia
koma Park where there are 500 chill
dren enrolled. 800 of whom live in The
District and 404 live in MARYLAND
while just over the Maryland line
there is splendid modern school
house, two rooms of which are empty
why don't the people Of Maryland
educate their children in their own
schools and not graft on the District
of Columbia" he asked
Representative Connally. Democrat,
of Texas, spoke vigorously in support
of the Black amendment. Answering
him. Representative simmons of Ne.
hraska a member of the subcommit-
tee on the District budget insisted
that the appropriations committee is
not attempting 10 leEiSlate but that II
is trying to fulfill q duty ri protect.
ing the taxpayers Of the District
against being forced To pay for the
education of children from MARYLAND
and Virginia.
An amendment offered hy Repre-
sentative Simmons. Republican. q.
Nebra ska member of the Subcom
mittee on the District budget. limits
the cost of sites OF school buildings -
the assessed value plus - per cent.
This affects the fund of SOB 500 for
| the school building program. Mr.. Sim
mons said that an investigation dis
closes that on private purchase the
Commissioners are paving an average
| of ISL per cent above the assessed
| value and on condemnation they are
paving 302 per cent. The National
Capital Parks Commission. he said. is
paving 1T3 per cent The amendment
provides that they shall not pay more
than the assessed value plus % per
cent makes the funds available for
two years and provides that II the
purchase cannot he made at a fair
price the money may be used for pur-
lch4se of some other site that can he
acquired in accordance with the hVe-
year building program.
The simmons amendment reads,
's7O3. 500 10 be available Immediately
and to remain available until July
/. 1929. and of such sum $405.000
shall be charged to the buildings
and grounds. public school surplus
revenue fund: provided. that no part
of the appropriations made shall be
expended for the purchase of any
site, the cost of which shall exceed
the full value assessment of such
value last made before purchase
thereof plus - percentum of such
assessed value; provided further that
if any of the sites named in the
tation as TO price then any of said
moneys remaining uneXpended or UNI
obligated by reason of such price
limitation plus the unexpended bal
ance of the appropriation of $154.00o
contained in the second deficiency
act, fiscal year 1925. on account or
the Parkview School, which is here
bv re-appropriated may be expended.
subject to said limitation as to price.
in the purchase of any or all other
land authorized to he acquired in the
five.year school building program act.
approved February 26, 1895
Specific appropriations for school
buildings and grounds include:
For completion of Francis Junior
High School. $275 900; for preliminary
studies on plans for new Business
High, 5000.
scot, 900 for Mckinley.
For continuing construction Of new
building for Mckinley Technical High.
5000 900; for construction of S-room
addition. including combined gym
nasium and assembly hall. to the Bur
roughs School spas 900; for construc-
ton Of a third story addition OF -FOUR
rooms to the Amidon School. $50
For erection of an extensive junior
high school building TO replace the
present Garnet Patterson Building. In
accordance with the plans for the Me
E'arland Junior High School. $3O0.O0O
and authorization to enter INTO con-
tracts not to exceed $475, 900
For construction of 4-room addi-
tion to the Smothers School, $S5.00O:
for erection of a junior high building
in Georgetown. 100000. with authori-
zation TO enter into contracts not 10
exceed S475, 900: for addition to the
Langley Junior High School, 100000
for an addition to the Hine Junior
High School, 800. 900: for construction
of a combined gymnasium and assem-
b,y hall at the Petworth School, S15.-
900: for construction Of an S-room
extensible building on the site at
Charlton and Central avenues north
east, 100000.
For construction of a combined
gymnasium and assembly hall at the
West School. $4,000.
Appropriations We're approved for
purchase of school and playground
sites in Brightwood: for new junior
high school in the vicinity of Four
teenth and Ogden streets northwest;
of a new 16-room building in the
vicinity Of Sixteenth and Webster
streets in the vicinity Of the Morgan
School for playground purposes; for a
new Junior high school in the Brook
and Woodbridge section; in Potomac
Heights, in the vicinity of Alaska
avenue and Hally street: in the
virfnif,, of tho \Nheatley School and in