Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
SCHOOL PURCHASE
SYSTEM ADOPTED
Responsibility for Supplies Is
Placed on First Assistant
Superintendent.

Responsibility for making school sup
ply purchases was placed directly upon
the first assistant superintendent OF
schools, in charge of business affairs, by
the Board Of Education, which late yes
terday adopted q standardized procedure
for tranSacting this kind Of school
business.
BY the same action the school board
announced its decision to set up stand
ards. In the way of school building
equipment for the first time in the his
tory of the public school system. Az
present there Is no established list OF
equipment and furnishings for the kinds
Of school buildings in the system, ana
It Is this need which the boards de-
ctsion proposes to fill.
Anticipating that the first assistant
superintendent, in charge of business
affairs, who at present is Jere j. Crane,
may not always be able to reach an
agreement with the District purchasing
of1cer, with whom 1t declares he shall
deal, the board ruled yesterday that
differences between the two officers
shall be presented to the Board of Com
missioners and the Board Of Education
3or settlement.
Boards Purchase Plan.
AS adopted by the school board yes
terday, the purchase plan follows:
''That IN 90 far as the school depart
ment is concerned, the purchase Of
equipment and supplies shall be carried
on by the first assistant superintendent,
In charge of business affairs who will
deal with the purchasing off1cer Of the
District of Columbia; that the first
assistant superintendent, in charge Of
business affairs, shall purchase such
supplies and equipment as shall be de-
fined as standard equipment and sup
plies for the school system, which stand
ards shall hereafter be established by
the school officials and approved by the
Board Of Education.
'"That In case Of differences Of optn-
Ion between the first assistant superin-
tendent, III charge 70 business affairs,
and the purchasing officer Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, such differences shall
be presented to the boards of the re-
spective officers for adjustment between
said boards"
In the same meeting the school board
approved the method Of "wind-prooflng
the portable schools which was devised
by Mr.. Crane, himself an architect, and
Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris.
With its approval, the board ordered
the wind-prooflng Of the remaining
portables which are in exposed posi-
tons. The board was informed that
reinforcement of the one portable at
Wesley Heights, which work was done
as an experiment, cost $50, but that the
remaining structures can be strength
ened at cost Of SIS apiece. DR.. Ballou
suggested that money might be saved
by emitting the work on the portables
which were to be dismantled at the
close Of the current year, and Mr.. Crane
advised the board that SO portables re-
manned TO be reinforced. This might
include some to be taken out of service
this year, but 1t would embrace only
those in exposed locations.
Police Protection Sought.
The board decided to ask the Met
gopolitan Police Department for addi-
tional police protection Of school prop
erty. Il was pointed out that with the
return Of good weather children are
taking to out-of-doors all over the city
and that many Of them are playing in
school grounds. AS a result Of this
usual Spring migration to school yards,
DR.. Ballou pointed out, windows In ad-
tacent houses we're being broken In in
creaSing numbers and school property
itself Is being abused. Closer patrolitng
Of school neighborhoods, the board be-