Evening star., 1928-12-27
MONTGOMERY MAY
SEEK BOND ISSUE
Legislation for Additional
School Needs Contemplated
by Survey.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December 81
In addition to authorizing a bond issue
of more than 100000 to take care OF
emergency public school construction
il the county, to which legislation the
county'S legislators pledged themselves
before the building program was
launched, the Legislature, which meets
early next month, will be asked to au-
thorize a bond issue for rather exten-
sive school building operations.
Prof. Edwin w. Broome, county su-
perintendent of schools, has been study
ing the situation, with view to sub
mitting suggestions to the county board
of education and the county commits
sioners, and as a result of his survey,
based largely on the recent census taken
by the public school teachers and on
information gathered in other ways,
has prepared a statement of school
needs. A copy of the statement has been
sent to each county commissioner and
each member of the county board OF
education.
Laboratory Rooms Needed.
According to Prof. Broome'S survey,
the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
needs laboratory rooms for the senior
commercial department and rooms Tor
the shop for boys, the estimated cost
of which would be $35,850; six class
rooms. two of which for probable use
as a study hail. to be added to the audi
torium-gymnasium building, to cost ap-
proXimately S47,200, and to complete
the entire plant a unit to contain do
mestic science rooms ana propaoly ten
class rooms, to cost around $65,O0O.
The needs Of the Chevy Chase Ele-
mentary School were found by Prof.
Broome to include the erection OF a
new building, as, in Prof. BroomeS
opinion, the present building cannot be
added to. The first unit of such build
ing would cost approximately S86,ooo,
and the second unit, which would COM
plete the structure, would mean an eX-
penditure of something like $127,O96.
THE site. upon which an option has al
ready been obtained, would cost $S,oOO.
A second story will have to be added
to the Glen Echo-Cabin John Junior
High School and Elementary Scnool.
This will add six class rooms, to cost
about S29,500. The East Silver Spring
Elementary School needs second story
to provide six more class rooms, costing
something like $29,500.
OpAAA6 @NCOOSs
Enlargement of the assembly hall and
the addition of one elementary room
should be provided for the Sandy Spring
High School, according to the state
ment, the cost of which would be S9,3O0;
a new two-room building, to cost SILL
600. is suggested for Washington Grove,
as is a three-room building, to cost $16,-
600. at Colesville, and $500 should be
provided for new colored school build
ings. The report suggests acquisition
of advance" sites for an elementary
school at Alta Vista, elementary school
in the Chevy Chase Lake Eeighborhooo
and separate senior high school Tor the
Takoma Park-Silver Spring community,
the three sites to cost around $4,000.
1.-The Rockville primary rooms are
perhaps the poorest Schooirooms In the
county" states the report, but there
is a hopeful possibility of a plan for
the Improvement of the old Academy
building for the primary grades through
the cooperation of the Academy trus-
tees"
Definite action on Prof. Broome's
suggestions is expected to be taken at
the next meeting of the county board OF
education. and the new building pro-
pran will, it is understood, be ready Tor
consideration of the Legislature early
in the session.