Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
PLAN ABANDONED
TO CUT SCHOOLS
Prince Georges Board OF
Education Meets
Conditions.
Ey GEORGE PORTER,
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UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, May IL
Definite decision concerning the pro-
pesed closing CT reducing OF teaching
personnel in several Prince Georges
County schools has been reached by the
Board of Education, Supt. CT Schools
Nicholas Orcm announced today.
Plans for the closing Of the Fair !;
Spring, Croome and Hickory Grove one-
teacher schools because the prospective
enrolment for next year was less thu.
that required by law. have been abaI.-
doned, the board having been assured
enough pupils will attend to inset the
legal requirements.
A proposal to reduce the teaching
force of the Woodville School from two
teachers to one has also been aban-
doned, unless the enrolment actually
drops below the legal standard. The
principal of that school has assured
the board. however, that attendance
next year will in all probability be SUI
ficiently great to justify the retention
of two teachers.
Seat Pleasant Decision.
The present two-teacher force at the
Scat Pleasant School was ordered kept
if the enrolment at the opening of
school justified it. Upon REPORT of the
principal that the SurratSville School
would have an enrolment of over 30
pupils next year. the three-teacher staff
there was also ordered retained.
Only in the case of the Hall School
has the board failed to reach at least a
conditional decision. insufficient data
having been presented to it regarding
this institutions enrolment outlook, Su-
perintendent Orem was instructed to
gather additional information on the
matter for final action at the next
board meeting.
Special Conference.
Having agreed with the owners of the
John P. Riley farm or the purchase
OF five acres for the new Bradbury
Heights School, the board of education
will hold special meeting and confer
ence with the county commissioners
May % to complete financial arrange
ments for the construction of the
school.
The land selected is on a high eleva-
ton about half way between Bradbury
Heights and the Marlboro pike. Both
the building committee of the school
and the county board of education be-
school purposes. 1t will be necessary to
lay sidewalk to it, and this will be
done, it Is announced. Upman g.
Adams have been retained as architects
for the new building.
At its last meeting the board de-
cided that, because of the present con-
dition of the money market. bonds for
the construction of Bradbury Heights
and other school buildings. which the
board has been authorized to issue after
June l, will not be sold Immediately.
1t was deemed advisable to defer sale
until Fall, when it is believed the bonds
can be disposed of more favorably. AL
together $207,000 worth of bonds are to
be issued.
This postponement of the sale of
bonds will not delay the building of the
Bradbury School, however, if the plans
OF the Board of Education are approved
b. the county commissioners.
Proposed Plans.
These call for the commencement of
operations. on the Bradbury School
through TIE of $4,000, which the board
now has On hand for other projects.
The commissioners will be asked to al
low the board to temporarily shift this
$4,000 from the other projects, upon
which, it cannot be spent at this time,
with the assurance that the amount will
be credited to the items from which it
is taken as soon as the bonds are sold.
The board feels justified in making
this request, it is said, as the new Brad
bury Heights School is the most urgent
building need of the system at present.
Several high schools, to be constructed
with the money derived from the bonds,
are also badly needed. but even if those
were started now, they could not be fin
ished before December, according to
Supt. Nicholas Orem, who declares it
Is impossible to organize a new high
school IN the Winter time.