Evening star., 1930-12-10
|BALLOU OUTLINES
| D. c. SCHOOL NEEDS
AT JOINT SESSION
Holds Enrolment Demands z
New Senior High Schools
Every 8 Years.
CHARACTERIZES BUDGET
ESTIMATE "VERY FINE"
Cites Need for Junior Institution
and Five Elementaries
Annually.

Annual increased enrolment alone
demands q building program which
would make available to the District
public school system two new senior
high schools every three years, better
than junior high school a year. and
four or five elementary schools annual
ly, DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
OF schools, told the civic body repre-
sentatives at the semi-annual Joint con-
ference between school authorities and
the citizens at the Franklin Administra-
ton Building last night.
At the same time, DR.. Ballou char.
acterized the 1892 estimated budget
as submitted to Congress by the Bureau
OF the Budget as very fine"
1t provides us with a lot Of addig
tional class rooms, and It distributes
the facilities where there Is greatest
need for relief"
DR.. Ballou observed further that un-
DER present prices 1t should be possible
70 get more school house accommoda-
ton per dollar than during any year
since the enactment of the flve-year
school building program act.
Budget Based on Needs.
But while the 1882 budget is gener-
Gus, DR.. Ballou pointed out that, after
all, 1t Is based on existing needs and
affords relief Of congestion already In
existence. II the District school sys-
tenn Is to get abreast of the actual de-
mands for facilities, he declared at the
conclusion Of his comment on the bud
get, provision must be made for the
annual enrolment increase
He pointed out that for the year end
ing December there were actually
3,254 more pupils in Washington public
period year ago. OF this total 1908
represented the increase in the senior
high schools, 735 constituted the Inc
crease In junior high schools and LABS
represented the elementary school in
crease.
Hence, to accommodate the increased
enrolment alone, DIR. Ballou declared,
two new senior high schools, each with
an estimated capacity of 1900, should
be made available every three years; at
least one new junior high school capable
OF enrolling 750 children should be
opened each year, and not less than
four elementary schools should be
erected every year.
Cites $2,500 for TRANSPORTATION.
In the course Of his address DR.. Bal
lou cited each item In the 1882 esti-
mates. He mentioned specifically the
$1,000 included for bus TRANSFORMATION
OF children living great distances from
existing school buildings. He explained.
as was reported in The Star yesterday.
that the transportation Of these pupils
VIII 6e put into effect next Fall in the
Bradbury Heights section in Southeast
washington as an experiment. The
test, he explained. should indicate
whether 1t would be practicable to es-
neighborhoods instead of setting IN
communities of portable schools. h
previously had been explained In school
circles that not only would successftIi
Dus transportation reduce the field Of
possibilities for the continuation of
portables, but It might also result In
the use OF old school buildings which
nave been nearly emptied by the NOV
ing to new neighborhocds OF the chill
dren who formerly attended them.
=. In response to expressed concern over
the $295,00 included In the 1882 esti-
mates Tor fuel, gas and electricity IN
gne race OF the school boards request
Tor $S15 900 for that purpose, DR.. BaI-
lou advised the conference that uniesa
the Winter Is extremely severe. the al.
lowed sum will be adequate, since 800
200 probably viii be carried over from
the present year.
Vote for Joint Conferences.
At the opening Of last nights con-
ference, DR.. Ballou, acting on instruc-
tons given him by the school board
Dc the last meeting, asked the civic
body representatives whether they de-
sired the seni-annual joint meeting TO
be continued. The vote was unanimous
IN favor of the conferences. Last nirht's
conference was for the purpose OF re-
porting directly TO the citizens on the
fate Of budget requests made by the
school authorities. Later in the Spring.
? similar session win be held, at which
time the civic organizations will voice
their needs In the way Of school house
accommodations. The requests will be
used by the school authorities In the
preparation Of their 1888 budget.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle was the
only member Of the school board pres
snt at last nights session. DIR. Ballou
began his address to the citizens be-
tore she reached the auditorium, and
Mrs. Doyle assumed the chairmanship
ater.