Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-23

boards efforts to obtain more generous
appropriations for buildings and grounds
in accordance with the five-year pro-
gram, Carusi said:
THE Board of Education has annual
ly attempted to secure 100000 for
buildings and grounds. It has under
taken to ascertain the proportion OF the
total District budget which, following
the practice of other cities of compar-
able size, should be allowed for schools.
On the basis of information which 1t
secured from the United States Bureau
OF Education. it appeared that some
thing more than full one-third Of the
total budget for the District was not too
much to ask and expect. Whether such
disposition of the revenue of the Dis
trict would be approved by the taxpay-
ers was placed before representatives Of
the organized citizenry of the District
and the idea was very generally in
dorsed. Despite this fact, the only result
of this effort on the part of the Board
OF Education appears to have been the
precipitation Of a discussion at the Dis
trict Building as to what the actual
amount of the District budget is. BY
the bookkeeping device of eliminating
certain so-called special funds sys-
tematic effort was made on the part OF
those off1cials to have 1t appear that the
than one-third of the District budget.
Adopted New Budget Method.
I'm view of the failure to reach an
agreement with the Commissioners as
to the relation of the school budget to
the total budget OF the District and
knowing that the schools are not re-
ceiving the amount of money which
they should have to meet the urgent
needs OF the schools, the board adopted
a different policy in the last estimates
which they have submitted to the
Commissioners to be transmitted to
Congress in December. The board
prepared budget reduced in the judg-
ment of the board, to an absolute
minimum, the total of which was APP
proximately $13,000.000. It then pre-
pared a very carefully selected group of
additional items for land and buildings
and submitted the same as supple
mental estimates. The idea was that
Commissioners or the Buerau of the
Budget undesirable to include any
particular land or building item in the
total budget of $4,000. 900 the supple
mental estimates would furnish the
Commissioners or the Bureau of the
Budget with items which could be Sc
lected to take the place of any of the
regular items thus eliminated"
Dr. Ballou's report on the status of
the five-year program. which DR.. Carusi
submitted to Senator Capper along with
his own comment. shows that the pro-
gram act was to provide the following:
Elementary schoolS-358 classrooms
and % assembly gymnasiums.
Junior high schools-15l clasSrooms
for elementary grade pupils and ac-
modationS for 2,745 high school grade
pupils.
Senior high schools-Accommod
lions for $500 pupils.
Vocational Schools classrooms.
OF these, DR.. Ballou's report indi-
Gates that the following have been
completed and occupied:
Elementary schools-106 classrooms
and 10 assembly gymnasiu
Junior high schools-73 classroomS
for elementary grade pupils and ac-
commodations for l,295 for high school
grade pupils.
Senior high school-Accommoda
for 1900 pupils.
Vocational Schools classrooms.
Already Provided.
The following have been appropriated
for and not yet completed:
Elementary schools-108 classrooms
and 10 neutrality-suspicious.
Junior high schools-42 classrooms
and accommodations for IT'S high
school grade pupils.
Senior high schools-Accommoda
for 1900 pupils.